You've got to find what you love - A speech by Steve Jobs

[trekr5]

"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone
else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma — which is living with the
results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others'
opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important,
have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They
somehow already know what you truly want to become.
Everything else is secondary. [...] Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish"
- Steve Jobs

i don't know if anyone has read this speech by Steve Jobs. If you haven't 'You've got to find what you love,' Jobs says read on

[fourthdan]

your title is misleading

but that's an amazing article

[pantera]

I agree, the title is wrong.

But WOW, what a great speech. Thanks, I emailed it to friends and saved it for myself.

[trekr5]

The title is taken from the bottom of the speech. It's a lot more interesting than "do the thing you love" = bland

Alright?

[pantera]

If you really wanted people to pay attention to the thread, you should have titled it "Having Sex & Eating Chocolate & Pizza Will Make You Rich".

Once again - seriously - fantastic find. I loved reading it.

[chopsaw]

It really flushes out the "follow your bliss" statement from The Secret.

Great speech.

[John Wesley]

That's definitely one of the best speeches I've read in a long time. Very inspirational. I would strongly recommend it to everyone.

[Bruce Achterberg]

Trekr5,

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Your original title was somewhat misleading and not very informative. As such, I've edited it to more accurately describe the content of your post. I also managed to include your original title by including it as a quote within your post. As stated in the Forum Rules, it's fine to be "clever", "cute", or interesting, just so long as you do so in your actual post content, not in your thread title. Please keep this information in mind when making future threads.

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[Baltar]

By the way, a video of this speech is available on youtube.

[Joel Chue]

Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement Speech 2005 with some notes

[Henrik]

Wow. That was a pretty awesome speech, especially the last story. Thanks for the video-link.

[dadeon]

Wow! What a great speech! Thanks for sharing that. It immediately brought to mind a very important idea in my life and that is the idea that “today is the last day of the rest of my life”.

So often people proclaim that ‘today is the first day of your life’, but if it is you fail to live it fully and you so often fail to grasp the magnificence of now and what you can do in a second. If today is the first day of the rest of your life then you spend it planning on what you will still do…as opposed to doing it. And it’s all about doing it and living life fully in every moment. It kind of brings things back into perspective when you face the fact that we will all face a last day at some point – we just don’t know when it will be. Like Steve Jobs said in the speech: ‘Death is very likely the single best invention of Life”

[Liara Covert]

Hi trekr5.

Thanks for drawing attention to this poignant speech. I had read it before, and find it as compelling as ever.

For me, what stands out is Steve Job's view on death.
His near-fatal experience with cancer reminds us all that we don't have to wait until we get such a wake-up call in order begin living life to the fullest.
Some of us believe in life after death, yet what prevents you from living now?

I like this quote by James Dean: "Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today.”
Food for thought...

[Andrew Brunelle]

I really enjoyed that speech. Great, great man. Such a dominant force in the "go after your dreams" mantra.

[Erki]

Originally Posted by Liara Covert

Some of us believe in life after death, yet what prevents you from living now?

I like this quote by James Dean: "Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today.”
Food for thought...

I don't think life after death would mean that we shouldn't make big things in this world. Afterall, our earthly experience ends, but if we believe that we don't cease to exist altogether when we die, we probably wouldn't be so scared of death and would tackle bigger things. At least that's how I see it.

[Fusebox]

Excellent speech. Thanks for sharing.

[Liara Covert]

Hi Erki.
I agree that if you believe in life after death, this wouldn't undermine seeking to live the most fulfilling life you can. I was asking the question in my post because I don't think anyone should prevent themselves from living their most rewarding life now based on fears or "what ifs."

[Thomas Jensen]

Guys, I am sure that speech was televised and is on YouTube. Certainly, it was on there a week or two ago. Go check it out - it's even better hearing the words coming out of Job's mouth. Truly inspirational speech, especially when he talks about his battle with cancer.

[Narz]

Great speech, I printed it out so I could fully take it in.

Steve Jobs is the man!

iPod pisses me off though, can't copy songs from the device to the computer? WTF is that?

[RT Wolf]

^ EphPod and a few other programs allow you to do that. There's a thread about it in the tech forum, by Angela.

[Narz]

Originally Posted by RT Wolf

^ EphPod and a few other programs allow you to do that. There's a thread about it in the tech forum, by Angela.

T'anks, bookmarked.

[Gazzali]

Originally Posted by trekr5

"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone
else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma — which is living with the
results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others'
opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important,
have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They
somehow already know what you truly want to become.
Everything else is secondary. [...] Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish"
- Steve Jobs

i don't know if anyone has read this speech by Steve Jobs. If you haven't 'You've got to find what you love,' Jobs says read on

Yes SJ spoke the truth. Everything in life is possible only if you know what you like to do and do it.

i have briefly discussed this here Beneficial Learning for Outstanding Generation

and here Beneficial Learning for Outstanding Generation

check it out
gazzali
Beneficial Learning for Outstanding Generation