Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don’t lose faith. I’m convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. You’ve got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers. 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. 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. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Don’t settle.
Steve Jobs, chief executive officer and co-founder of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, gave this speech at the Stanford University’s 114th Commencement in 2005. This is an old speech but somehow I have missed watching it. It’s well spent 13 minutes if you haven’t either:
Jobs at Stanford University in 2005.
Jobs amazes once again with his fascinating performance. He also summarize quite well a few points I have been thinking about lately. Well, I’m in the stage of graduating (unlike Jobs back then) from HSE and believe I have a great future ahead. We will see. The Whole Earth Catalog “Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish” back cover can be found from here and the text of the speech is also available. Below is another quote; one which I’m definitely trying to pursue.
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 others’ 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.
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