The story that most people tell about me might include a
statement that I am a techie. I have
lived my life going after and purchasing the latest gadgets, and building the
best computers I could manage. This is
why the TED.com post of a speech entitled "How to live before you die" given by Steve Jobs really impressed me. Steve Jobs is an awesome demonstration of
what we can achieve as individuals and professionals. In his 15-minute keynote
address in front of a graduating class
at Stanford University Jobs describes his life in a candid and honest speech.
Jobs talks about how he was able to achieve the creation of a large computer
manufacturing company called Apple. It
is clear that life is going to be full of set backs and strides forward, but
jobs tells the audience to Keep looking for what you love to do. Love and loss are a part of the development
of greatness. When jobs co founded Apple
he was on top of the world and accomplished the launch of something he
loved. By age 30 Jobs had a disagreement
with someone he hired to help him run Apple and the board of trusties sided
with the then CEO and fired Steve Jobs. Jobs soon realized that this was a
blessing in disguise. He went on to
found two new very successful companies NEXT and Pixar. Jobs soon found himself back working for
Apple when NEXT, Jobs fledgling company, was bought by the struggling giant. After all these setbacks Jobs turned it around
and eventually turned Apple into the leading computer company in the world.
The main point of this speech is that we have to find what
we love. Don’t settle for anything
less. If you haven’t found that love
keep looking, and live each day as if it where your last.
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