Steve Jobs is the co-founder and chief executive officer of Apple Inc., which is one of the most successful companies of our time. He has also served as chief executive of Pixar Animation Studios and he became a member of the board of directors of The Walt Disney Company in 2006. Mr. Jobs gives a speech during a Stanford University graduation in 2005. I found the speech he delivered to be very motivating as he talked about having hope for the future. Mr. Jobs talks about how he made his own path after dropping out of college, not giving up hope, but having faith that his future will benefit from his decisions.
“You cant connect the dots looking forward, you can only connect them looking backwards.”
This quote from his speech really connected with me. It gives me hope to follow my dreams and follow where my heart takes me. When you follow your dreams, you are not always going to have a smooth sailing ride. There will be trials and tribulations that one will encounter; however, one must believe in themselves and what they are doing will benefit you in the future.
Steve Jobs also talks Love and Loss as he tells his story about being fired from Apple, the company he helped start. Being terminated from something you are passionate about has to be very depressing. Mr. jobs tells his audience about how he overcame that moment in his life because he still loved what he did. He didn’t let “getting fired” stop him from doing what he loved. During this period of his life, he began to brainstorm. Over the next five years he started companies that were called Next and Pixar, both companies are very successful.
He encourages his audience to “Love what you do”… “Keep looking, don’t settle”…
Lastly, he encourages the graduates to live their life and their life only. Death is something that everyone has in common; it’s a part of life. Steve Jobs tells his story of his near death experience battling cancer. The message I received from this story was to basically “Live today like it’s my Last”.
Steven Jobs has encouraged me to follow my dreams no matter what anyone else says or thinks. I have to live MY life and MY life only! I hope you will feel inspired the same way as I by watching the video of his speech below.
Video LINK:
http://www.ted.com/talks/steve_jobs_how_to_live_before_you_die.html
