On Steve Jobs
There are many eloquent eulogies filling the Internet on the death of Steve Jobs yesterday. Perhaps my favorite comes from a Facebook post; it reads, simply:
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All the words, all the quotes, all the accolades, yet this simple post captures everything about Jobs’ passing. One simple word to capture what we are all feeling. And the most perfect tribute to someone whose designs relied completely on tapping basic human emotion.
For whatever reason you came to the law, you probably thought at one time or another that you wanted to change the world through your work. He did that, truly. And I think what he had to say about work is worth remembering today:
“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do.
“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 others’ 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.” (2005 Stanford commencement speech)
Words to live – and work – by, from a man who redefined the space at the intersection of technology and humanity...and in doing so, touched us all.
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