Thursday 12 November 2009

Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.

A propósito do post anterior, a M. mandou-me ontem este link do discurso do Steve Jobs na entrega de diplomas de Stanford em 2005. O que ele diz já foi dito, escrito e lido por tanta gente mas este texto, por alguma razão, foi dos mais marcantes que ouvi. Sendo certo que – infelizmente – não me licenciei em Stanford e que o CEO da Apple não faz ideia quem eu sou, senti que estas palavras eram dirigidas directa e exclusivamente a mim, que cada frase era personalizada, escrita e dita a pensar em mim, nas minhas angústias, dúvidas e incertezas.

Ouçam que vale a pena. Propício a lágrimas, aviso já.



Acompanhem com o texto na íntegra aqui.
Os meus highlights aqui (destaques meus):
I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life and no idea how college was going to help me figure it out.

Again, you can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So YOU HAVE TO TRUST THAT THE DOTS WILL SOMEHOW CONNECT IN YOUR FUTURE. You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.

Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith. I'm convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did.

YOU'VE GOT TO FIND WHAT YOU LOVE.AND THAT IS AS TRUE FOR YOUR WORK AS IT IS FOR YOUR LOVERS.YOUR WORK IS GOING TO FILL A LARGE PART OF YOUR LIFE, AND THE ONLY WAY TO BE TRULY SATISFIED IS TO DO WHAT YOU BELIEVE IS GREAT WORK. AND THE ONLY WAY TO DO GREAT WORK IS TO LOVE WHAT YOU DO. IF YOU HAVEN'T FOUND IT YET, KEEP LOOKING. DON'T SETTLE. AS WITH ALL MATTERS OF THE HEART, YOU'LL KNOW WHEN YOU FIND IT. AND, LIKE ANY GREAT RELATIONSHIP, IT JUST GETS BETTER AND BETTER AS THE YEARS ROLL ON. SO KEEP LOOKING UNTIL YOU FIND IT. DON'T SETTLE.

"If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right." It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: "If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?" And whenever the answer has been "No" for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.

No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don't want to die to get there.

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 others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, HAVE THE COURAGE TO FOLLOW YOUR HEART AND INTUITION. THEY SOMEHOW ALREADY KNOW WHAT YOU TRULY WANT TO BECOME. EVERYTHING ELSE IS SECONDARY.

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