transcript of steve jobs' speech

8/12/2019 Transcript of Steve Jobs' Speech

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)one of this had even a hope of any practical application in my life% 7ut ten years later,hen e ere desi(nin( the first 0acintosh computer, it all came bac1 to me% Ande desi(ned it all into the 0ac% &t as the first computer ith beautiful typo(raphy%&f & had never dropped in on that sin(le course in colle(e, the 0ac ould have neverhad multiple typefaces or proportionally spaced fonts% And since 4indos and & started Apple in myparents (ara(e hen & as "#% 4e or1ed hard, and in !# years Apple had (ronfrom


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&'m pretty sure none of this ould have happened if & hadn't been fired from Apple% &t asaful tastin( medicine, but & (uess the patient needed it% Sometimes life hits you inthe head ith a bric1% Bon't lose faith% &'m convinced that the only thin( that 1ept me(oin( as that & loved hat & did% You've (ot to find hat you love% And that is astrue for your or1 as it is for your lovers% Your or1 is (oin( to fill a lar(e part of

your life, and the only ay to be truly satisfied is to do hat you believe is (reator1% And the only ay to do (reat or1 is to love hat you do% &f you haven'tfound it yet, 1eep loo1in(% Bon't settle% As ith all matters of the heart, you'll 1nohen you find it% And, li1e any (reat relationship, it


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;ife's chan(e a(ent% &t clears out the old to ma1e ay for the ne% *i(ht no the neis you, but someday not too lon( from no, you ill (radually become the old andbe cleared aay% Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is .uite true%

Your time is limited, so don't aste it livin( someone else's life% Bon't be trapped bydo(ma = hich is livin( ith the results of other people's thin1in(% Bon't let the

noise of others' opinions dron out your on inner voice% And most important, havethe coura(e to follo your heart and intuition% They someho already 1no hatyou truly ant to become% Everythin( else is secondary%

4hen & as youn(, there as an ama>in( publication called The 4hole Earth Catalo(,hich as one of the bibles of my (eneration% &t as created by a fello namedSteart 7rand not far from here in 0enlo ar1, and he brou(ht it to life ith hispoetic touch% This as in the late !D+#'s, before personal computers and des1toppublishin(, so it as all made ith typeriters, scissors, and polaroid cameras% &tas sort of li1e oo(le in paperbac1 form, $ years before oo(le came alon(2 itas idealistic, and overfloin( ith neat tools and (reat notions%

Steart and his team put out several issues of The 4hole Earth Catalo(, and then hen ithad run its course, they put out a final issue% &t as the mid!D6#s, and & as youra(e% On the bac1 cover of their final issue as a photo(raph of an early mornin(country road, the 1ind you mi(ht find yourself hitchhi1in( on if you ere soadventurous% 7eneath it ere the ords2 3Stay :un(ry% Stay Foolish%3 &t as theirfareell messa(e as they si(ned off% Stay :un(ry% Stay Foolish% And & have alaysished that for myself% And no, as you (raduate to be(in ane, & ish that for you%

Stay :un(ry% Stay Foolish%

Than1 you all very much%

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