Powerful Speech by Steve Jobs: Embracing Life's Journey
Steve Jobs shares life stories, including his unconventional path to college and the impact of dropping out. He reflects on love, loss, being fired from Apple, and finding love. Inspiring speech about life and following your heart.
00:00:10 Steve Jobs shares three life stories, including his unconventional path to college and the importance of connecting the dots.
Steve Jobs shares three stories from his life in his commencement speech.
The first story is about connecting the dots and how dropping out of college led Jobs to a unique path.
Jobs reflects on his adoption and how his parents' promise of college shaped his life.
00:02:15 Steve Jobs dropped out of college and took a calligraphy class, which later inspired the design of the Macintosh computer.
๐ College didn't provide value, so I dropped out and followed my curiosity.
๐ก By exploring calligraphy in college, I learned about typography, which later influenced the design of the Macintosh computer.
๐ Following my intuition and curiosity led me to valuable opportunities.
00:04:21 Steve Jobs reflects on the impact of dropping out of college, the importance of trusting in destiny, and his experience of love and loss at Apple.
๐ก If Steve Jobs had not dropped out of college, personal computers may not have had the typography they do today.
๐ Steve Jobs shares his story of being fired from Apple and the devastation he felt.
๐ Steve Jobs emphasizes the importance of trusting that the dots will connect in your future and following your heart.
00:06:27 Steve Jobs reflects on being fired from Apple and how it led to his most creative period, the founding of Next and Pixar, and finding love. He emphasizes the importance of loving what you do for great work and satisfaction in life.
๐โโ๏ธ Getting fired from Apple turned out to be the best thing for Steve Jobs.
๐ก Being a beginner again freed Steve Jobs and led to a highly creative period in his life.
๐ผ Finding what you love and doing great work is the key to satisfaction in life.
00:08:35 Steve Jobs delivers a powerful speech about life, death, and following your heart. His personal reflection on mortality reminds us to live authentically and pursue what truly matters.
โณ Steve Jobs emphasizes the importance of living each day as if it were your last.
๐ก Remembering our mortality helps us make important life decisions and prioritize what truly matters.
๐ฏ Steve Jobs shares his personal experience with a cancer diagnosis and the perspective it brought to his life.
00:10:43 Steve Jobs gives a powerful speech about facing death and the importance of living your own life and following your heart.
๐ก Steve Jobs shares his personal experience with a rare form of pancreatic cancer and emphasizes the importance of living life to the fullest.
โณ Death is inevitable and serves as the ultimate change agent, making way for the new generation.
๐ The significance of following one's own path, avoiding societal expectations and listening to one's inner voice.
00:12:59 The speaker discusses the impact of an influential publication called the Whole Earth Catalog and shares a farewell message of staying hungry and foolish. Inspiring graduation speech.
๐ The Whole Earth Catalog was an influential publication in the late 60s, created by Stuart Brand.
๐ The catalog was filled with innovative tools and ideas, similar to Google but in paperback form.
๐ The farewell message of the catalog, 'Stay hungry, stay foolish', is a lesson for graduates to always seek knowledge and take risks.
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