Thank you
I am happy to share with you all the graduates of the best universities in the world.
Honestly, I never graduated from college.
I can't get any closer to graduation.
Today I want to share with you three stories from my life. That's it. Just three stories.
The first is about "connecting the dots".
I dropped out of Reed College just six months later.
But it was a year and a half until he left.
Why did you leave?
It all started before I was born.
My mother decided to give birth and adopt me while I was in college.
She wanted to give her son to a college-educated family.
It was agreed that I would be adopted by a lawyer shortly after I was born.
But then they changed their minds and wanted to have a daughter.
Then on the night of my birth I called them from the hospital ...
"We have a son. Are you still adopted? ” When asked, he replied, "Of course."
My birth mother did not graduate from college ...
I found out that my father hadn't even finished high school.
And even though I didn't want to raise my son, after a few months it softened ...
I promised them that I would go to college.
That's how my life began.
17 years later I went to college.
But choose a college that is as expensive as Stanford ...
He was paid with all the money his parents had collected.
Then, six months later, I dropped out of college.
I didn't know what to do or who I was, and I felt like I was wasting my time in college.
In addition, they study with all the money their parents raise.
So I made the big decision to drop out of college.
Of course, it was scary at the time. But in hindsight, that was the right decision.
At first, I was bored and dropped out of classes.
began to study more interesting subjects.
Of course, not everything was easy.
I slept on the floor of my friends' dorm room ...
I used to order a bottle of cola for 5 cents to earn money for food.
Hare Krishna also walked 11 km every Sunday to eat for free at the temple. 3: 13.53
I'm not sorry.
Everything I entrusted to my passion and conscience paid off later.
Let me give you an example.
Calligraphy training at Reed College was the best at the time.
The entire campus was filled with stunning, perfectly calligraphic boards, announcements, and letters.
I dropped out and dropped out of high school, so I decided to study calligraphy.
Then learn how to combine cuts, stamps, stamps, and letter spacing ...
penetrated the deep secrets of typography and learned a lot.
An exciting and wonderful art with a pure feeling, history and culture.
But it was doubtful whether this would be useful in my future life.
But 10 years later, when designing the first Macintosh computer
The calligrapher gave me the benefit.
The Mac is the first computer with a unique and amazing design.
If I hadn't dropped out of college ...
The font, stamp, and typography of the Mac would be completely different.
If you recently copied Windows and Mac, other computers would not have such fonts.
If I hadn't dropped out and taken a calligraphy class ...
personal computers would be created without great typography.
Of course, at the time, I didn't know that calligraphy would be so useful in my later life.
But looking back 10 years later, everything is clear.
No one can predict what will happen in the future.
You can only connect the dots by looking back.
So it's important to believe in something that connects those points.
It doesn't matter what you call courage, aspiration, destiny, life, karma.
The belief that the dots connect will give you the courage to follow your heart.
It is important not to forget this, even in times of doubt, frustration, and hardship.
My second story is about love and separation.
I'm lucky to have found my passion early.
When I was 20, I started Apple with Voz in my garage.
We worked hard. And 10 years later, Apple has 4,000 employees ...
expanded into a $ 2 billion company.
But I was fired just a year after the Macintosh was created and introduced.
I was 30 at the time.
Why get fired from the company you started?
Apple has expanded, and we've recruited talented guys who can improve the company.
In the beginning, everything was going well.
But then we disagreed and chose a different path ...
The board of directors stood by him.
At age 30, I was fired. With great fanfare.
Of course, it was very difficult for me to lose so many years of hard work and passion.
At first I didn't really know what to do.
It was as if he had lost the trust of the people and lost the relay race stick.
He then met David Packard and Bob Noyce and apologized for their failure.
I wondered if it would stop after a severe fall.
But my enthusiasm and passion for my work never waned.
The scandal surrounding Apple hasn't changed me at all.
I was not discouraged, even though I was rejected and abandoned.
So I decided to start again. 7:06 p.m. Unbeknownst to him at the time, he was fired from Apple.
changed my life for the better.
The heavy burden of success was suddenly replaced by the light and vague pioneering.
That's how I opened the door to the most creative and exciting time of my life.
For the next 5 years, I founded NeXT and Pixar ...
I fell in love with a wonderful girl who later became my wife.
Pixar created the first computer-generated full-length movie, Toy Story ...
has now expanded into the world's best animation studio. 7: 40.95 A few years later, I returned to Apple with the purchase of Apple and NeXT. 7: 46.37 And the technology we developed at NeXT became the lifeblood of Apple's renaissance. 7: 50.75 I have a wonderful family with Lauren. 7: 55.13 Of course, my life would not have been this way without Apple. 7: 59.35 Even though the medicine is bitter to take, it is like you are healed as a result. 8: 03.47 Life can sometimes hit you hard to the knees. But don't lose faith! 8: 09.33 I think I've come this far because I love what I'm doing. Find your passion! 8: 15.25 Imagine comparing your work to those closest to you. 8: 19.02 People spend most of their lives working. 8: 21.83 Satisfaction is the key to job satisfaction. 8: 26.05 And then success will come naturally to you. 8: 30.34 If you haven't found it yet, don't stop. Hi !. 8: 34.72 But your heart will tell you that you have found it. 8: 38.47 As the years go by, your passion will grow stronger. 8: 42.96 So don't stop until you get there. Keep searching. 8: 56.24 My last story is about death. 9: 00.32 When I was 17, I read a quote. 9: 03.77 "If you think every day is the last day of your life, one day you will find that day." 9: 11.83 This quote made a strong impression on me. 9: 13.76 And for the last 33 years, I've been asking myself this every morning. 9: 19.29 "If today was the last day of my life, would I do what I'm going to do today?" 9: 25.43 And if you say no for a few days in a row, it's time to change something. 9: 31.72 Before making any important life decision .... 9: 35.10 I always think I'll face it someday. 9:39 p.m. Because everything - pride, hope, anxiety, fear, worry 9: 47.30 When you face death, it doesn't matter to you. 9: 51.53 Remembering that you will die someday frees you from the fear of making mistakes and the fear of failure. 9: 59.19 We will return naked. So what's wrong with following your heart? 10: 04.77 More than a year ago, I was diagnosed with cancer. 10: 09.10 After the test, the doctors showed me a picture of cancer in my pancreas. 10: 14.40 I didn't even know where the pancreas was. 10: 17.24 The doctor told me that there was no chance of treating this type of cancer. 10: 22.26 And he said, "You only have three to six months left." 10: 26.71 They told me, "Go home and put things in order." 10: 31.11 In other words, prepare for death. 10: 34.84 Tell your children now what you thought you would tell them in 10 or 20 years. 10: 42.77 It means reassuring your family, relatives, and friends and preparing them to say goodbye. 10: 52.18 Of course it was very difficult. 10: 54.64 I had a biopsy that day. 10: 57.55 The doctors inserted an endoscope into my throat and passed it through my stomach and internal organs 11: 02.23 then a few cells were removed from the cancer with a crochet hook. 11: 06.02 I was given a sedative. My wife was with me then. 11: 10.15 My cells can be treated under a microscope 11: 14.35 The doctors knew it was a very rare species. 11: 17.55 They shed tears of joy 11: 20.00 The operation was successful and I'm fine now. 11: 31.75 This is the closest thing to death. 11: 34.55 I hope it will not be this close in the next few years. 11: 37.81 But now, death is a little clearer to me than it was before 11: 42.69 can say one thing with confidence. 11: 46.35 No one wants to die. 11: 49.06 Even those who want to go to heaven are afraid of death. 11: 52.74 But no one can escape it. Everyone will face death one day. 11: 59.14 That should be the case. Because Death is an integral part of life. 12: 05.74 The driving force behind the world. Get rid of the old and invite the new. 12: 10.27 Right now, you represent a new life. 12: 13.38 But you will grow old over time, and one day you will die like everyone else. 12: 19.20 It's not a lyrical overflow. That is the only truth. 12: 23.27 Your time is limited. 12: 25.15 Don't live by the instructions of others. 12: 28.70 Do not be bound by dogma or the opinions, views, or teachings of others. 12: 33.89 Do not confuse your inner voice with the judgment and thoughts of others. 12: 38.16 Most importantly, have the courage to follow your instincts, feelings, and desires. 12: 42.56 Only then will you truly know who you want to be. 12: 46.50 The rest is not so important. 13: 00.43 When I was a kid, there was a wonderful magazine called Whole Earth Catalog. 13: 06.24 The author of this book, which has become almost biblical for my generation 13: 10.08 I really admired Stuart Brand's elegant and silky feel. 13: 16.73 This is the late 60's. 13: 18.36 There were no computers or desktop publications at that time, so I typed ... 13: 23.00 which means hand-cut and created with a Polaroid camera. 13: 25.50 It was Google on paper 35 years before Google was born. 13: 30.52 It was an idealistic, perfect and wonderful work. 13: 35.89 Stewart and his friends published several issues of the Whole Earth Catalog 13: 40.01 The last issue was soon published. 13: 44.23 The mid-1970s. I was your age. 13: 49.43 I vividly remember the cover of the last edition. 13: 52.89 Infinite steppe road. 13: 55.11 A place to really travel if you like adventure. 13: 59.71 Image caption: "Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish." 14: 04.49 This is their last piece of advice. “Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish ” 14: 10.68 I put that word into practice in my life. 14: 14.30 But I am passing it on to all of you who are now entering life. 14: 19.63 "Don't be satisfied! Don't grow up!" 14: 21.98 Thank you so much 14: 27.63 "Inspira