Jobs on Jobs
Thanks to Macworld UK for this link, which is a transcript of Steve Jobs' commencement address at Stanford University:
It is quite an inspiring speech, though to imagine the young Jobs sleeping on people's floors and eating at the Hare Krishna temple once a week is quite mind boggling.
Shoe box in the middle of the road and all that.
But his speech reminded me that the favourite song of my daughters at the moment is "Live Like You Were Dying," by Tim McGraw, which they call the "Skydiving Song."
It really is the intimations of mortality that you begin to feel that mean you lose your tolerance for the bullshit in life, the shitty treatment at gigs, in the cinema, etc., as previously discussed.
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. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.
It is quite an inspiring speech, though to imagine the young Jobs sleeping on people's floors and eating at the Hare Krishna temple once a week is quite mind boggling.
Shoe box in the middle of the road and all that.
But his speech reminded me that the favourite song of my daughters at the moment is "Live Like You Were Dying," by Tim McGraw, which they call the "Skydiving Song."
It really is the intimations of mortality that you begin to feel that mean you lose your tolerance for the bullshit in life, the shitty treatment at gigs, in the cinema, etc., as previously discussed.
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Monday, June 20, 2005
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