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Steve Jobs gave a commencement speech to Stanford University in 2009 that was posted on TED.com Best Of The Web. The link will be posted below. I know I usually do event promotions, but I am promoting this because it is worth watching. He told three stories about significant happenings in his life. He truly has an incredible story.
When Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple, was born he was put up for adoption, his birth mom wanted him to be adopted by someone who went to college. His birth mom had a family all lined up, and at the last minute they decided they wanted a girl. Another family was called in the middle of the night, which had no college education. They promised Steve would go to college.
Steve went to college, but dropped out so he could take the classes he only found interesting. He lived off nickels and dimes. Some of those classes helped him have the knowledge to create the Macintosh, as it is known today. He stated the following quote: You can’t connect the dots looking forward, you can only connect them looking backwards. It was a heartfelt quote to give everyone hopes to follow their heart and know inside it will all work out. This really spoke to me, especially being a graduate student and not knowing where life is going to take me once I complete my education.
Another thing Steve said that really hit home was, sometimes life is going to hit you in the head with a brick, don’t loose faith. You have to find what you love to do. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. The only way to do great work is to love what you do. He continued on to say not to settle; you will know what you want when you find it. He also said that is true with great relationships. He also went on to say it even gets better as the years roll on, if you choose what you love. Everyone should think this when they are going through something hard in order to meet their goals; it’s a good way to stay motivated.
The last story he told touched on the fact that life is short so live every day as if it is your last. It is important to ask yourself if what you are doing today, is that how you want to spend your last day? I agree with this to an extent. You should treat everyone everyday as if it is going be in your last encounter with him or her so there are no regrets. But, usually you have to do things you really don’t want to do so you can accomplish what you want in the long run, that is just my opinion. He says don’t go on fearing that you have something to lose. Steve Jobs is a very wise man and has been though a lot in in life and still accomplished much more then the average person. Watch it if you want to feel inspired.
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