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Steve Jobs’ Outstanding Stanford Commencement Speech from 2005

by John P.

Steve JobsThis speech has so much more significance today, because Steve Jobs has died. You can read my full coverage of his death and the tributes to him on the blog at GeekBeat.TV.

This is a speech that Steve Jobs, the founder of Apple, gave at Stanford University in 2005 for the graduation commencement. (Thanks to Elie for sharing it with me.) In it, Steve recounts three personal stories in which he advocates following your heart and doing what you love.

Personally, I found his speech to be touching and motivational, so I wanted to share it with you guys. Of course, if you haven’t seen it, you also need to check out the World’s Most Inspiring Story – Dick and Rick Hoyt.
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50 Reasons Why We / It / They Can’t Change

July 2, 2009

If you ever work for me, and I hear one of the following excuses, you’re fired. 50 Reasons Why We / It / They Can’t Change 1. We’ve never done it before. 2. Nobody else has ever done it. 3. It has never been tried before. 4. We tried it before. 5. Another company/person tried [...]