This is the first time I write the blog post using a PC. I reckon I couldn't use my iPhone, as I need to embed video (my 1st time also). Hope it turns out to be alright :) Yes, it is about Steve Jobs' speech that he gave few years ago to Stanford graduates.
I first come to know about this video also few years back, but never really get a chance to watch it. Stumbled upon the Chinese translation from my friend's facebook post (thanks Chee Fong), and was quite touched. The text in Chinese you can find in this link. It was translated very well. If you can read Chinese like I do, I highly suggest you should take a look at the Chinese translation first. You will have a deeper meaning :)
If you are the impatient type, I have found you the full transcript in this link here also.
If you can't view the above video from your mobile device, please click here to open directly in You Tube. Hope this helps!
Of all the three stories that Steve Jobs mentioned, I particularly like the first story about Connecting the Dots, need to look backwards. My personal experience is you can do it regularly on any time horizon, like years, months, or even on daily basis, and you will be pretty amazed when you tried to connect the dots when looking backwards, by reflecting on what you have done (most of the time, by your intuition) to bring you to current state.
Again, you can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.
The second story about Love & Losses was pretty good too.
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.
Lastly, the third story didn't quite resonate with me yet, except the closing quotes
Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.
I hope you've enjoyed watching this video, reading the transcript, or both! and picked up some useful insights like I did. :)
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