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read between the lines
"don't lose faith" someone forwarded this rather encouraging read by Steve Jobs, co-founder of the great almighty Apple (Macintosh, etc.) to the mailing list i was subscribed to. the speech was supposed to be advice for graduates just coming into work, yet it can be applied to other areas of life as well (and indeed, that is indirectly the speaker's conclusion, at the end). i would've loved to reproduce it here but since it's so long i'll just insert the bits i like:"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...This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life. ...It was awful tasting medicine, but I guess the patient needed it. Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith...You've got to find what you love...Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. ...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. ...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. ...Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish. And I have always wished that for myself. And now, as you graduate to begin anew, I wish that for you." |
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