Steve Jobs, is no doubt, one of the most successful human beings to ever grace the earth. Steve Jobs’ commencement speech at Stanford University on June 2005 is one of the most inspirational speeches I have ever listened to. The first time I listened to this speech was in the 7th grade, and it is the one speech I can remember by heart. Following your heart, connecting the dots, and love and loss were the concepts Steve Jobs addressed in his speech to Stanford graduates entering adulthood. He shared three personal stories from his life with one fundamental theme; do what you love.
Steve Jobs initiated his speech by revealing that he dropped out of college and that it was the best decision he has ever made. If you are like me, you are most likely …show more content…
Jobs then talks about connecting the dots. Steve Jobs stated that the calligraphy class he took after dropping out of college had no practical use in his life even though he enjoyed it. Yet, this one class assisted him in fostering the refined typography in the first Macintosh, the first device of the Apple products line. This one class, used in his device, became the groundwork for typography is modern devices. "You cannot connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backward." I felt encouraged listening to this. In my life, when I make a choice, I think about the future but never about how my past is shaping me. I remember elementary school and having to learn cursive. I loathed cursive, I was never good at it and it was all boring to me. However, in one of my sixth-grade classes, we had to write an essay in cursive. The dots in my life then included taking a cursive class I found uninteresting to using it in a class for a grade. In short, he was saying, don’t try to connect dots in the future which you are not a part of, but instead, connect the dots in the past, which you have been a part …show more content…
The speech had a theme that resonated with anyone looking for meaning in their careers and lives. In just fifteen minutes, Jobs convinced me to do what I love. “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...Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it,” Jobs said. With his last few words, Steve Jobs ended his speech by adding, “Stay hungry. Stay foolish,” and now those words are on of my favorite
Steve Jobs initiated his speech by revealing that he dropped out of college and that it was the best decision he has ever made. If you are like me, you are most likely …show more content…
Jobs then talks about connecting the dots. Steve Jobs stated that the calligraphy class he took after dropping out of college had no practical use in his life even though he enjoyed it. Yet, this one class assisted him in fostering the refined typography in the first Macintosh, the first device of the Apple products line. This one class, used in his device, became the groundwork for typography is modern devices. "You cannot connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backward." I felt encouraged listening to this. In my life, when I make a choice, I think about the future but never about how my past is shaping me. I remember elementary school and having to learn cursive. I loathed cursive, I was never good at it and it was all boring to me. However, in one of my sixth-grade classes, we had to write an essay in cursive. The dots in my life then included taking a cursive class I found uninteresting to using it in a class for a grade. In short, he was saying, don’t try to connect dots in the future which you are not a part of, but instead, connect the dots in the past, which you have been a part …show more content…
The speech had a theme that resonated with anyone looking for meaning in their careers and lives. In just fifteen minutes, Jobs convinced me to do what I love. “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...Don’t settle. As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it,” Jobs said. With his last few words, Steve Jobs ended his speech by adding, “Stay hungry. Stay foolish,” and now those words are on of my favorite