And 17 years later, I did go to college.
And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.
And no idea how college was going to help me figure it out. And here I was, spending all the money my parents had saved their entire life.
And yet death is the destination we all share.
Because it turned out to be a very rare form of pancreatic cancer.
Don't let the noise of others opinions drowned out your own inner voice.
For me to be adopted at birth by a lawyer and his wife.
Having lived through it, I can now say this to you with a bit more certainty than when death was a useful but purely intellectual concept.
Human Brain Hacker
I dropped out of Reed College after the first six months, but then stayed around as a drop in for another 18 months or so before I really quit.
I felt that I'd let the previous generation of entrepreneurs down.
I play the orchestra #steve jobs #michael fassbender #coordinate #puppet master
I returned coke bottles for the five cent deposits to buy food with.
I was a very public failure and I even thought about running away from the valley.
I'm honored to be with you today for your commencement from one of the finest universities in the world.
I'm pretty sure none of this would have happened if I hadn't been fired from Apple.
If today were the last day of my life, would I wanna do what I am about to do today?
Into a $2 billion company with over 4000 employees.
It means to make sure everything is buttoned up so that it will be as easy as possible for your family.
It started before I was born.
It was awful tasting medicine, but I guess the patient needed it.
It was sort of like Google in paperback form 35 years before Google came along.
It was their farewell message as they signed off.
It's about connecting the dots.
My biological mother was a young, unwed graduate student and she decided to put me up for adoption.
None of this had even a hope of any practical application.
One more thing #one more thing #steve jobs #apple
Pixar went on to create the world's first computer animated feature film, Toy Story.
Put a needle into my pancreas and got a few cells from the tumor.
Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose.
She felt very strongly that I should be adopted by college graduates.
She only relented a few months later when my parents promised that I would go to college.
So it was all made with typewriters, scissors and Polaroid cameras.
So my parents, who were on a waiting list, got a call in the middle of the night asking.
The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again.
The kind you might find yourself hitchhiking on.
This was in the late 60s before personal computers and desktop publishing.
Was and I started Apple in my parents garage when I was 20.
Why does it need to say hello? #steve jobs #say hello #hi #hiya #why
You thought you'd have the next 10 years to tell them?
You've gotta be willing to fail #advice #knowledge #wisdom #not afraid to fail #willing to fail #business #steve jobs
Your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever.
Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life.
