The Inkstained Mind: Simple words of wisdom

2 May 2010

Simple words of wisdom

Steve Jobs, CEO and co-founder of Apple and Pixar, gave this famous speech at the Stanford University's 114th Commencement on June 12, 2005.

Like most of his life's work, his speech is profound in it's simplicity:
1. Follow your heart wherever it takes you. The 'dots' will eventually connect.
2. Find what you love. Only then will doing it bring you satisfaction.
3. Your time is short. Don't waste it living someone else's life.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...: halo..i am the anonymous blogger for whom u had left a comment in the right direction blog. first things first i wanna thank u 4 ur time.. i read ur comment and then i watched the video.. its gotten me thinking now. thanks so much for taking time and giving me a valuable piece of advice. hope things turn out okay. i need to figure out wat i love doing since i absolutely have no idea! thanks so much anyway; Wednesday, 02 June, 2010
AnasKA said...: This is one of my favorite inspirational speech since 2007. Two years ago, this speech influenced my decision to say Good Bye to Electronics and join a design course.
I actually read a transcript of this speech and I didn't know that a video existed. Thanks a lot for posting this video.; Wednesday, 09 June, 2010
Anonymous said...: why do i smell sarcasm here.; Saturday, 26 March, 2011
Shanty Mathew said...: I can't be sarcastic about what I'm doing...; Saturday, 26 March, 2011

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