Wednesday, May 23, 2012
(Yesterday, my laptop computer was out of order, so I borrowed my husband's laptop while he wasn't using it. It's inconvenient to write my diary entry with it.)
Today, I read the transcript of Steve Jobs' speech at the Stanford commencement. Actually, this is the first time I've read it from beginning to end.(I had just read parts of it.) The main reason why I read it in its the entirety is that my husband was inspired by it once again, and urged me to read it too.
Steve Jobs' speech is well-organized and consists of three stories from his life. In a nutshell, he had to drop out college due to the high tuition, so he could sit on the typeface class which he was interested in, as a result, he used it for the multiple typefaces of Mac. Thus, he urged the graduates to trust themselves to connect the dots for their future. When he was 30, he got fired by someone whom he had hired while his company, Apple, was growing well. Even though he was very depressed, he realized that he still loved what he did. Then he started two other companies, NeXT and Pixar. He grew from this experience. Therefore he urged the graduates to keep searching for what they love. In addition, he got cancer and almost died. Through surgery, he was cured. He insisted that not waste living someone else's life, and not live according to what other people think, and just have the courage to follow their own inner voice because time is limited. In the end, he finished his speech with this quotation, "Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish"
After reading it, I came to respect him more, because he overcame his fear of the future and discovered that he wanted to do when he was down. He went through tough time, but he used what he learned to grow stronger. Whenever I feel depressed or hopeless about my future, I'd like to remind myself to his speech.
Corrections:
"I read it in its the entirety"
"I read it in its entirety"
"connect the dots for their future."
"connect the dots of their future."
"He insisted that not waste living someone else's life"
"He insisted on not wasting time by living someone else's life"
"and not live according to what other people think"
"and to not live according to what other people think"
"discovered that he wanted to do when he was down."
"discovered what he wanted to do when he was down."
"He went through tough time"
"He went through tough times"
"I'd like to remind myself to his speech."
"I like to remind myself of his speech."