Steve Jobs, the co-founder of Apple died last Wednesday, a great visionary, a creative genius and a remarkable human being.
This is one of the stories from a prepared text of the Commencement address delivered by Steve Jobs, on June 12, 2005 which I find very true and inspiring. I want to share the excerpts with all of you.
Steve Jobs - When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: "If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right." It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: "If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?" And whenever the answer has been "No" for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.
Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. .
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.
So true, isn't it ? We all know this but what we do is exactly the opposite, just spending and wasting the precious little time we have got, worrying over silly things instead of enjoying and living every moment to its fullest.
Be happy, follow your heart, listen to others but do what your conscience says.
This is one of the stories from a prepared text of the Commencement address delivered by Steve Jobs, on June 12, 2005 which I find very true and inspiring. I want to share the excerpts with all of you.
Steve Jobs - When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: "If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right." It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: "If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?" And whenever the answer has been "No" for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.
Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. .
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.
So true, isn't it ? We all know this but what we do is exactly the opposite, just spending and wasting the precious little time we have got, worrying over silly things instead of enjoying and living every moment to its fullest.
Be happy, follow your heart, listen to others but do what your conscience says.
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