When Steve Jobs' gave his commencement speech at Stanford in 2005, it was undoubtedly powerful and moving to the audience. But the speech gained mass popularity after Steve's death in October of 2011. Here are ten very inspirational ideas that came out of the things he said in his speech:
- He spoke about how we can't always see the big picture at the time something happens. Rather, we often can only see how everything fits after the fact. So we have to trust that what is happening right now is working toward a better future. So true. This idea speaks to having trust and faith that everything will be all right, and that whatever is currently happening is taking place for your highest good. Even if you cannot see that at the time.
- Steve also spoke about how we have to trust in something, anything, be it our gut, our destiny, karma, or whatever we believe in. This idea delves into the truism that it matters not as much what we believe in, but that we believe and know that we have a tool to work with in life's decisions.
- Steve talked about getting fired from Apple at age 30 and how it turned out to be one of the best things that could have happened to him. He spoke about how it forced to re-evaluate his life, showing that while we judge situations as good or bad, they often seem quite different when we look back.
- He also makes a comment that sometimes life can feel hard and "hit you in the head with a brick", but to keep the faith anyway. This idea is along the lines of the previous one and the importance of faith and trust in the process of life.
- Steve discussed loving your work, and how that is the only way to do amazing work in the first place. This is apparent in virtually all the professions of the world. For example, you can always see in her eyes a teacher who loves her job and the profession of education young minds.
- Steve quoted someone who said, "If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you will most certainly be right." - Though this is not an original Steve Jobs' quote, he used it in his Stanford commencement speech because of the profound effect it has had on his life.
- Steve Jobs discussed what he says to himself every morning when he gets up and looks in the mirror. He said that he asks himself if he would want to do what he was going to do that day were it to be the final day of his life. This is such a powerful idea and suggests that we truly have no time to waste.
- Steve mentioned that he never forgets that one day, he will die. This has allowed him to avoid the trap that he has anything to lose, ever. People often get caught up in their heads and talk themselves out of things, when in reality, what do we have to lose really?
- Steve also talked about how we will not be alive indefinitely. Therefore, we should never spend our time trying to live up to the expectations of others. How many of us have gotten caught up in what our parents or society expects us to do?
- Finally, Steve talks about the importance of following our hearts and our gut intuition. So, so true.
Steven Myers is the former CEO and founder of Steven Myers & Associates (SM&A), a defense and aerospace consulting firm. Steve Myers is a serial entrepreneur as well and the first American to fly into the Russian Kamchatka Peninsula.
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