TU Tuesday Commencement Speech

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

Book: http://www.amazon.com/Outliers-Story-Success-Malcolm-Gladwell/dp/0316017922

The speech I chose was Steve Jobs' commencement speech to Stanford University. He talks about how he was successful, and what factors led him to the path he took. "have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary." I agree that it is very important to go with your gut, and do what you really think is the right option for you, because when you over think things, you may not be happy with the result. You also have to have an intention to be successful. "Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.". You have to go after what you want, but you have to stay yourself, and that is what Steve Jobs is saying with this quote.

In a complex or difficult situation, it is easy to just give up, but people who really want to be successful will keep trying to make it work." 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." Doing what you love, and enjoy doing, will help you be happy in your future. You have to like it, and also be very skilled at it to make a future out of it. Another story that explains the path to success is Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell. In his book, he talks about what work needs to make you happy and also prosperous. " Those three things - autonomy, complexity, and a connection between effort and reward - are, most people will agree, the three qualities that work has to have if it is to be satisfying." I find that this is true in a lot of cases. If you enjoy doing it, and it continues to challenge you, then it will make you happy in the future.

Steve Jobs says that you can't have a clear view of the results of your decisions, but you have to pick the right options for you. "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." Trusting in yourself, and your instincts, will lead you down the path to success. You have to trust in yourself, and your decisions, that the end result will be what you want it to be. Belief in yourself is one of the most important things to have in order to be successful.