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Steve Jobs’ speech at Stanford University in 2005
I shared it with you two days ago : Translation | His life changed the world (Part 1), and Translation | His life changed the world (Part 2). I believe everyone has a clearer understanding of the first and second stories of Steve Jobs. Let’s move on to the second part. Three stories.
Source language: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.
Translation: When I was seventeen, I read this sentence: " If every day is the end, you will eventually feel that there is nothing wrong!” This sentence left a very deep impression on me. Therefore, from then on, I looked in the mirror and said to myself every day: "If today was the last day of your life, would you complete your task today?" When you answer "no" several times in a row , then changes need to be made.
Source language: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 you 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.
Translation: "Remember you are about to die!" is the most important motto I have ever seen! It made me realize the importance of life, because almost everything including glory, pride, embarrassment, and fear of failure will disappear in the face of death. What I can see is leaving behind what is truly important in life. Sometimes, you will think that you will lose something, but when you think about "you will pass away", it is the best way to avoid these thoughts. You're naked, there's no reason not to go with your feelings.
Source language: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.
Translation: About a year ago, I was diagnosed with cancer. At 7:30 in the morning, I had a test and the result was I learned about pancreatic cancer. At that time, I didn’t know what the pancreas was. The doctor told me that it might be an incurable cancer and I only had six months left to live in this world. The doctor told me to go home, organize myself, and face the death procedure prepared by the doctor. In other words, I need to tell my children what will happen in the next ten years or so in the shortest possible time. After doing everything and making life as easy as possible for my family, I got to say "goodbye" to them.
Source language: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.
Translation: Be with those diagnostic papers all day long. Then one morning, I had a biopsy. The doctor inserted an endoscope into the throat and into the stomach, then the intestines, and used a needle to remove a few cells from the pancreas. I was sedated, so I couldn’t Don't panic. But then my wife told me that when the doctor examined these cells under a microscope, she started screaming. These were the cells used to treat pancreatic cancer. I had the surgery and I am now cured.
Source language:This was the closest I've been to facing death, and I hope its 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:
Translation: That was the moment I was closest to death, and I also hope that it will be the closest I will ever get in the next few decades. I have come back to life on the verge of death, and I can say this to you with absolute certainty:
Source language: 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.
Translation: No one wants to die, even if they go to heaven, they don’t want to die there. However, this is the inevitable conclusion. No one is immune, either. Death - the best invention in life, eliminates the old and creates the new. Now everyone is new, but from now on, we will be gradually cleared, and I'm sorry to say this is dramatic, but it is true.
Source language: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.
Translation: Everyone's time is limited, so there is no need to waste it on a repetitive life. Don't be bound by dogma, which means you live with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noisy opinions of others obscure your inner voice. Most importantly, you must have the courage to listen to your intuition and inner instructions---to some extent you know what you will become, so any Nothing matters.
Source language: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.
Translation: When I was young, I read a magazine called: "The Whole Earth Catalog" - --One of the bibles of our generation. The book's author, Thieves Brand, lived nearby and brought this book to the world like poetry. In the late 1960s, before the advent of personal computers, this book was all made with typewriters, scissors, and polarizers. It was a bit like a soft-pack Google. Thirty-five years before Google appeared, it was ideal, but There’s no shortage of neat tools and great ideas.
Source language: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.
Translation: Thinking Devot-Brand and his partners published several issues of the Whole Earth Catalog, and when it had completed its mission, it did its final issue in the mid-seventies, with a picture of an early morning country road on the back cover (assuming If you have an adventurous spirit, you might as well look for this road). Under the photo, there is a farewell message from the publication: "Be hungry for knowledge and be open-minded!" I once thought that I could do the same. Now, everyone is about to graduate, and I too I hope everyone can do this.
Thank you all very much.
Thank you all!
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