Friday, February 11, 2011

Food for thought.

Wow. That is the only word to describe the video I just watched of Steve Jobs, founder of Apple, speaking to a large crowd of Stanford University students. I'm speechless. He's so amazing.

"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. Because believing that the dots will connect down the road will give you the confidence to follow your heart even if it leads you off the well-worn path. And that will make all the difference."

"Sometimes life’s gonna hit you in the head with a brick. Don’t lose faith. You’ve got to find what you love and that is as true for work as it is for your lovers. Your work is gonna 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 and don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it. And like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking, don’t settle."

"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. Its 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. 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 other people’s 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."
Truly truly truly inspirational words. What a smart man. Check out the video here:
 
This video has just made me want to work hard at everything I wish to pursue and achieve. Firstly, I need to curb my online shopping addiction - it all begins with baby steps of course!! :p But seriously, I am feeling a strong sense of motivation right now. Let's hope it lasts!x

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