Remember you are going to die - Signal vs. Noise (by 37signals)

ffub 15 Jun 05

I prefer to remember I’m a womble. It can be both humbling and emboldening.

Reuben 15 Jun 05

Hahaha!

Britt 15 Jun 05

I thought this was a great speech, one that I wish I had heard when I graduated. It gives me more respect for Steve Jobs as well.

Ray 15 Jun 05

It’s very inspiring, and moving. I’ve sent it to all my nieces and nephews (they’re in their 20’s), and hope they can get something out of it.

It encourages me, too, as I contemplate making a big change in my work…

Ben Whitehouse 15 Jun 05

At my graduation James Earl Jones said to the assembled crowd…

“May the force be with you.”

kbeegle 15 Jun 05

Like others, I found this speech to be very inspirational. At the same time it made me think of another speech I read about on the Fast Company blog by John Gardner. At the time I was just graduating from getting my MBA and it helped keep things in perspective, just like Stanford speech. I’ve put the quote I first read below but Gardner’s entire speech is available on the PBS web site.

We learn by growing older, by suffering, by loving, by bearing with the things we can’t change, by taking risks.

The things you learn in maturity aren’t simple things such as acquiring new information and skills. You learn not to engage in self-destructive behavior. You learn not to burn up energy in anxiety. You discover how to manage your tensions, if you have any, which you do. You learn that self-pity and resentment are among the msot toxic of drugs. You find that the world loves talent, but pays off on character.

You come to understand that most people are neither for you nor against you: they are thinking about themselves. You learn that no matter how hard you try to please, some people in this world are not going to love you, a lesson that is at first troubling and then really quite relaxing.

Those are things that are hard to learn early in life. As a rule you have to have picked up some mileage and some dents in your fenders before you understand. As Norman Douglas said, ‘There are some things you can’t learn from others. You have to pass through the fire.’

kbeegle 15 Jun 05

I may have mistyped the html on the quote to the PBS web site, it should lead to: http://www.pbs.org/johngardner/sections/writings_speech_1.html

Michelle 15 Jun 05

In context, from somebody gradumacated from that ceremony: Jobs had just finished telling an anecdote about being diagnosed testicular cancer—for 24 hours they thought it was terminal (and soon), and then a biopsy proved it otherwise.

indi 15 Jun 05

That was a very good commencement speech with good advice about keeping perspective on what’s important in life. I appreciated his comment about only being able to connect the dots in hindsight. When I was laid-off from my engineering job after 11 years I was more than a bit worried … but a few months later I found a new position at a better company at a substantially higher pay rate. Meanwhile the web design work I started during the downtime between jobs for a doctor friend has continued to this day (eight years later) and has provided unexpected additional income. So if I hadn’t have been laid-off … ???

Bryan Veloso 15 Jun 05

Damn, they got Steve Jobs and my college got the producer of “The West Wing,” who had mentioned that he was best friends with Jerry Seinfield… who I wished at the moment was doing the speech instead.

Mike Reining 15 Jun 05

A friend of mine sent me a copy of the actual speech that I wanted to share. I thought you might enjoy it. I posted it to my blog and saved in on blinklist. Just click here or follow the link below:

“>http://www.blinklist.com/op/tag/great%20speeches/

Mike

Nick Mracek 16 Jun 05

I’d just like to say that the speech has been beaten like a dead horse. Obviously, everyone should drop out of college so when I get my degree I can find work. Jobs is a great guy, I admire his timing but I’m over the speech.

Justin 17 Jun 05

The first rule of…. Ah never mind.

Ryan 17 Jun 05

It’s spelled “Stanford.”

Jon Konrath 20 Jun 05

That’s funny, when I wake up in the morning and look in the mirror, I also remind myself that someday, Steve Jobs will die.

Joe 11 Oct 05

GO77 17 Oct 05

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ffub 15 Jun 05

Reuben 15 Jun 05

Britt 15 Jun 05

Ray 15 Jun 05

Ben Whitehouse 15 Jun 05

kbeegle 15 Jun 05

kbeegle 15 Jun 05

Michelle 15 Jun 05

indi 15 Jun 05

Bryan Veloso 15 Jun 05

Mike Reining 15 Jun 05

Nick Mracek 16 Jun 05

Justin 17 Jun 05

Ryan 17 Jun 05

Jon Konrath 20 Jun 05

Joe 11 Oct 05

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