Steve Jobs, 1955-2011.
On life, and death. Everything else is secondary. Steve Jobs’ 2005 commencement speech at Stanford:
No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life’s change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true.
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.
As James Dean put so eloquently, “Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die today.” Thank you Steve for dreaming big!
Hi Nick ~ Great quotes to highlight. I especially like: “…Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life’s change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new.” I’m reminded today of not only the great leader we have lost but also an amazing example of someone who “got it” regarding the way to live one’s life. Thanks for posting this – Ann
Thank you.
Thank you, Nick, for sharing such a great excerpt from Steve’s speech. Much appreciated.
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Words cannot even begin to express our sorrow!!! RIP Steve.
a genius in my lifetime a man who changed my world and the way I view it. A sad loss.
Steve Jobs brilliant and the best of life’s inventions