Connecting The Dots

I've been meaning to post this for a while. I found this video while looking for inspirational videos on YouTube. This is a great video of Steve Jobs (CEO of Apple, founder of Pixar, creator of the iPod and iTunes) giving a commencement speech to Stanford graduates in 2005. It's a great, short lecture - full of tidbits on living a productive life. Unfortunately, Steve specifically misses out on the benefits of living a life of faith (a point where he and I certainly disagree). His views on "dogma" is one not shared by this blogger. But, nonetheless, still a great talk which should give us all some perspective. Enjoy. 1. Connecting the Dots a) You can't connect the dots looking forward. You can only connect them looking backwards. b) You have to trust that the dots will connect in the future. c) You have to trust in something. b) Believing that that dots will connect down the road will give you the confidence to follow your heart, even when it leads you off the well worn path. And that will make all the difference. 2. Love and Loss a) The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again...It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life. b) Sometimes life is going to hit you in the face with a brick. Don't lose faith. c) You've got to find what you love. d) Your work is going to fill a great part of your life. And the only way to be satisfied is to do great work. e) The only way to do great work is to love what you do. 3. Death a) If you live each day like it was your last, most certainly eventually someday you will be right. b) Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool i've ever encountered to help me make the most important choices in life. c) Remembering that you are going to die is the best way i know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. 4. Stay hungry. Stay foolish.