Top highlights from The Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement Address
I'd been rejected, but I was still in love, so I decided to start over.
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Computers themselves, and software yet to be developed, will revolutionize the way we learn.
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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. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it.
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Stay hungry, stay foolish
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Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish: "You have to trust in something—your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life."
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Connect the Dots: "You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backward."
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Love and Loss: "The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything."
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Don't Settle: "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."
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Follow Your Heart: "Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life."
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Don't Fear Failure: "I didn't see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me."
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Embrace Challenges: "The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do."
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Seek Excellence: "Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected."
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Stay Hungry for Learning: "I'm a very big believer in equal opportunity as opposed to equal outcome."
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Leave a Legacy: "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."
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