Interesting things I heard this week.
‘Be strong on vision but flexible on details’
- heard on the Charlie Rose show and attributed to Jeff
Bezos of Amazon.com
‘The best things in life aren’t things’
‘- on a sign attached to a church marquee
Three points from Steve Jobs’ Commencement address at
Stanford in 2005
- You
can only connect the dots of your life by looking backwards. Cannot connect the
dots looking forward. Have to trust that the dots will connect in the future.
Have to trust in something. Believing gives you confidence.
- Love
what you do – you will only be satisfied if you find great work. You’ll know it
when you find it.
- Live
each day as if it were your last. Each day ask yourself would I do what I am
going to do today if it were the last day of my life?
Other points from the Jobs commencement address
- Death
is very likely the single best invention of life. Death is life’s change agent.
It clears out the old to make way for the new. 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 other people’s opinions drown out your own inner voice. Have
the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what
you truly want to become.
- Stay
Hungry – Stay Foolish’
The final message from the
publication ‘The Whole Earth Catalog’
Jobs has always wished that for
himself and he wished it for the Stanford grads.
