My story is about death.

[Guest guest]

Here is the full transcript from Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Inc and now

largest shareholder and boardmember of Disney (who purchased Pixar).

 

Stanford Graduation speech (video):

 

Stanford Graduation speech (transcript):

http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2005/june15/jobs-061505.html

 

Well worth reading, as well as the comment he made about his weekly

sunday trips to the Hare Krishna temple, where he go his only full

meal of the week, which he loved.

 

Suresh

 

On 2/14/07, V. Raman <vraman_protech wrote:

This is an extract from the text of the address by Steve Jobs, CEO of

> Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, who spoke at

> Commencement on June 12, 2005.

> -------------------------

> My story is about death.

>

> When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: " 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.

> Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've

> ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because

> almost everything – all external expectations, all pride, all fear of

> embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of

> death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that your

> are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking

> you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason

> not to follow your heart.

> About a year ago I was diagnosed with cancer. I had a scan at 7:30 in

> the morning, and it clearly showed a tumor on my pancreas. I didn't

> even know what a pancreas was. The doctors told me this was almost

> certainly a type of cancer that is incurable, and that I should

> expect to live no longer than three to six months. My doctor advised

> me to go home and get my affairs in order, which is doctor's code for

> prepare to die. It means to try to tell your kids everything you

> thought you'd have the next 10 years to tell them in just a few

> months. It means to make sure everything is buttoned up so that it

> will be as easy as possible for your family. It means to say your

> goodbyes.

> I lived with that diagnosis all day. Later that evening I had a

> biopsy, where they stuck an endoscope down my throat, through my

> stomach and into my intestines, put a needle into my pancreas and got

> a few cells from the tumor. I was sedated, but my wife, who was

> there, told me that when they viewed the cells under a microscope the

> doctors started crying because it turned out to be a very rare form

> of pancreatic cancer that is curable with surgery. I had the surgery

> and I'm fine now.

> This was the closest I've been to facing death, and I hope it's the

> closest I get for a few more decades. 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:

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

> to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share.

> No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because

> Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life's

> change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right

> now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will

> gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so

> dramatic, but it is quite true.

> 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 other's 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.

> When I was young, there was an amazing publication called The Whole

> Earth Catalog, which was one of the bibles of my generation. It was

> created by a fellow named Stewart Brand not far from here in Menlo

> Park, and he brought it to life with his poetic touch. This was in

> the late 1960's, before personal computers and desktop publishing, so

> it was all made with typewriters, scissors, and polaroid cameras. It

> was sort of like Google in paperback form, 35 years before Google

> came along: it was idealistic, and overflowing with neat tools and

> great notions.

> Stewart and his team put out several issues of The Whole Earth

> Catalog, and then when it had run its course, they put out a final

> issue. It was the mid-1970s, and I was your age. On the back cover of

> their final issue was a photograph of an early morning country road,

> the kind you might find yourself hitchhiking on if you were so

> adventurous. Beneath it were the words: " Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish. "

> It was their farewell message as they signed off. Stay Hungry. Stay

> Foolish. And I have always wished that for myself. And now, as you

> graduate to begin anew, I wish that for you.

>

> Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.

> Thank you all very much.

>

>

[Guest guest]

Dear Friends in TBP,

Love and Love alone...

 

I do not know whether the following post, received from a different

source, will be acceptable in TBP. I leave it to the Moderator to

decide and post it, if he thinks it fits in. It is a good one and I

am sure, you all enjoy reading it.

 

Love and Love alone...

 

P. Gopi Krishna

 

My story is about death.

Posted by: " V. Raman " vraman_protech vraman_protech

Thu Feb 22, 2007 12:24 pm (PST)

This is an extract from the text of the address by Steve Jobs, CEO

of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, who spoke at

Commencement on June 12, 2005.

------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- -

My story is about death.

 

When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: " 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.

Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've

ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because

almost everything - all external expectations, all pride, all fear

of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the

face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering

that your are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap

of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There

is no reason not to follow your heart. About a year ago I was

diagnosed with cancer. I had a scan at 7:30 in the morning, and it

clearly showed a tumour on my pancreas. I didn't even know what a

pancreas was. The doctors told me this was almost certainly a type

of cancer that is incurable, and that I should expect to live no

longer than three to six months. My doctor advised me to go home and

get my affairs in order, which is doctor's code for prepare to die.

It means to try to tell your kids everything you thought you'd have the next 10

years to tell them in just a few months. It means to make sure everything is

buttoned up so that it will be as easy as possible for your family. It means to

say your goodbyes.

 

I lived with that diagnosis all day. Later that evening I had a

biopsy, where they stuck an endoscope down my throat, through my

stomach and into my intestines, put a needle into my pancreas and

got a few cells from the tumour. I was sedated, but my wife, who was

there, told me that when they viewed the cells under a microscope

the doctors started crying because it turned out to be a very rare

form of pancreatic cancer that is curable with surgery. I had the

surgery and I'm fine now. This was the closest I've been to facing

death, and I hope it's the closest I get for a few more decades.

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: No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven

don't want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we

all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be,

because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It

is Life's change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the

new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now,

you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be

so dramatic, but it is quite true.

 

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 other's 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. When I was young, there was an

amazing publication called The Whole Earth Catalogue, which was one of the

bibles of my generation. It was created by a fellow named Stewart Brand not far

from here in Menlo Park, and he brought it to life with his poetic touch. This

was in the late 1960's, before personal computers and desktop publishing, so it

was all made with typewriters, scissors, and Polaroid cameras. It was sort of

like Google in paperback form, 35 years before Google came along: it was

idealistic, and overflowing with neat tools and great notions.

 

Stewart and his team put out several issues of The Whole Earth

Catalogue, and then when it had run its course, they put out a final

issue. It was the mid-1970s, and I was your age. On the back cover

of their final issue was a photograph of an early morning country

road, the kind you might find yourself hitchhiking on if you were so

adventurous. Beneath it were the words: " Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish. "

It was their farewell message as they signed off. Stay Hungry. Stay

Foolish. And I have always wished that for myself. And now, as you

graduate to begin anew, I wish that for you.

 

Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.

Thank you all very much

Gopi Krishna <gopi

[Guest guest]

Yes Mr Gopi, we are enjoying your Quotes.

Praveen Kumar <pasupula_praveen