Steve Jobs’ 2005 Stanford Commencement Address
Steve Jobs delivering his commencement speech to the graduates of Stanford University in 2005.
Three stories:
· “The first story is about connecting the dots.“
· “My second story is about love and loss.“
· “My third story is about death.“
Quotes:
· “Truth be told, this is the closest I’ve ever gotten to a college graduation.”
· “It was beautiful, historical, artistically subtle in a way that science can’t capture, and I found it fascinating.”
· “you can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever.”
· “The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything.”
· “It was awful tasting medicine, but I guess the patient needed it.”
· “As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it.”
· “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. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.”
· “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.”
· “No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there.”
· “Again, you can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards.”
· “…Death is very likely the single best invention of Life.”
· “the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do.”
· “And whenever the answer has been “No” for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.”
· “Stay hungry. Stay foolish.”
via : Full Text of Commencement Address
