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Steve Jobs' 2005 Stanford Commencement Address (with intro by President John Hennessy)

Stanford · 6.3M views · 2008-05-14 · 22:10

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Steve Jobs' 2005 Stanford commencement address, in which he tells three stories from his life about connecting the dots, love and loss, and death. He urges graduates to follow their dreams and find opportunity in setbacks.

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HN people point to it as an inspiring, rewatchable speech, especially for anyone worrying about wasted time or direction.

Recommended by 2 HN people across 3 months · HN mentions 2011–2023

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robwwilliams · 2022-06 · Strong recommendation

Your comment reminds me of Steve Jobs amazing commencement address to the Stanford Class of 2005. [VIDEO] I try to watch it once a year, especially with grad students and postdocs. Gets better each time.

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robwwilliams · 2023-09 · Recommendation

And listen to Steve Jobs’ Stanford commencement address of 2005. I know he would have endorsed the critique above: [VIDEO]

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graderjs · 2022-08 · Recommendation

You're 23. Just think how relatively bad it would be if you were 38 thinking this. You're young. Plenty of time. Keep taking risks. Be grateful you recognize this now, and trust the process. Everything happens at the right time. The dots make sense looking backward, you have to trust that, but may not make sense looking forward, to paraphrase Steve Jobs commencement speech, which I think you should watch right now. It's inspiring to hear someone share this at such a young age, because I think of all the cool things that you'll do now, that you realize the value of time. But the motivation has to come from you, intrinsically, can't come from wanting to emulate or a type of FOMO jealousy of some "hero" types...tho do be inspired, don't be driven by a sense of comparative inadequacy, is what I'm saying in this my last point to you now, be driven by your own sense of wonder. Love to hear you share this! :) ;p xx ;p [VIDEO]

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