Remembering Steve Jobs
An innovator. An entrepreneur. An idealist. He created a new culture. Truly a talent. His name will always be remembered.
“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. 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.”
“Again, 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. This approach has never let me down, and
it has made all the difference in my life.”
“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.”
- Steve Jobs, “How to Live Before You Die” . From the speech given at a commencement in 2005.
“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. 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.”
“Again, 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. This approach has never let me down, and
it has made all the difference in my life.”
“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.”
- Steve Jobs, “How to Live Before You Die” . From the speech given at a commencement in 2005.