All About My Point of View

Stanford Report, June 14, 2005 'You've got to find what you love,' Jobs says This is a prepared text of the Commencement address delivered by Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, on June 12, 2005. I am honored to be with you today at your commencement from one of the finest universities in the world. I never graduated from college. Truth be told, this is the closest I've ever gotten to a college graduation. Today I want to tell you three stories from my life. That's it. No big deal. Just three stories. The first story is about connecting the dots. I dropped out of Reed College after the first 6 months, but then stayed around as a drop-in for another 18 months or so before I really quit. So why did I drop out? It started before I was born. My biological mother was a young, unwed college graduate student, and she decided to put me up for adoption. She felt very strongly that I should be adopted by college graduates, so every

Satu hari, Plato bertanya pada gurunya,“Apa itu cinta? Bagaimana saya bisa menemukannya?”Gurunya menjawab, “Ada ladang gandum yang luas didepan sana.Berjalanlah kamu dan tanpa boleh mundur kembali,kemudian ambillah satu saja ranting.Jika kamu menemukan ranting yang kamu anggappaling menakjubkan, artinya kamu telah menemukan cinta” Plato pun berjalan, dan tidak seberapa lama, dia kembali dengan tangan kosong, tanpa membawa apapun.Gurunya bertanya, “Mengapa kamu tidak membawa satupun ranting?” Plato menjawab, “Aku hanya boleh membawa satu saja, dan saat berjalan tidak boleh mundur kembali (berbalik).Sebenarnya aku telah menemukan yang paling menakjubkan, tapi aku tak tahu apakah ada yang lebih menakjubkan lagi di depan sana, jadi tak kuambil ranting tersebut.Saat kumelanjutkan berjalan lebih jauh lagi, baru kusadari bahwasanya ranting - ranting yang kutemukan kemudian tak sebagus ranting yang tadi,jadi tak kuambil sebatangpun pada akhirnya“Gurunya kemudian menjawab ” Jadi ya itu