Monday, July 12, 2010

Remembering that I’ll be dead soon

Bonfire near Prespa Lake, Macedonia (Greece) / © I.A. Daglis

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 importantYour 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…

Stanford University commencement address by Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, delivered on June 12, 2005

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