Monday, October 10, 2011

Why Steve Jobs Could Have Been a Writer

Have you heard the commencement address Steve Jobs gave to Stanford? If not you should take the time to watch it. I felt through much of it that he was talking to me. To writers really. Here it is:



Others have noted the same. Here's a post from Julie Musil quoting the speech.


He put so eloquently the heart of what matters. That we shouldn't let worry or pressure from others dictate what we choose to do with our lives. That at the end of the day, we have to follow our heart. Bravo, Steve. We will miss you!

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19 comments:

  1. SarahOctober 10, 2011 at 5:26 AM

    It was an amazing speech, applicable to anyone, and so inspiring. He will definitely be missed.

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  2. StinaOctober 10, 2011 at 5:55 AM

    The speech is definitely applicable to everyone. I'll have to show it to my kids. :)

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  3. Julie MusilOctober 10, 2011 at 8:34 AM

    I'm with Stina, I should show it to my kids. Thanks for posting the speech!

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  4. MG HigginsOctober 10, 2011 at 9:24 AM

    He was such a brilliant man. Thank you for posting this speech. What he says truly does touch me as a writer.

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  5. Jemi FraserOctober 10, 2011 at 12:17 PM

    Such a brilliant man - and he sure seemed to have his head on straight. He will be missed.

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  6. DebOctober 10, 2011 at 12:53 PM

    It's funny, but . . . to me, he feels like a writer who just forgot to actually put the words down.

    I love the way you've framed this. And that speech is one of the best things I've heard! :)

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  7. Bethany ElizabethOctober 10, 2011 at 2:03 PM

    I love commencement speeches, I really do. JK Rowling's always gets to me, but this one is fantastic too.

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  8. HeatherOctober 10, 2011 at 2:52 PM

    Indeed, he was a very wise man and those are words to live by.

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  9. Leslie S. RoseOctober 10, 2011 at 6:14 PM

    A gem. Thanks for sharing.

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  10. LynNerdKelleyOctober 10, 2011 at 7:42 PM

    It was an awesome speech. Words of wisdom.

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  11. Susan Kaye QuinnOctober 10, 2011 at 7:53 PM

    I was so moved by his passing, much more than I expected. So much of his life is SHOW not TELL, yanno? #iSad

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  12. AnonymousOctober 10, 2011 at 10:23 PM

    Thanks for sharing this video. His passing affected me in a way I didn't expect. He was a brilliant man who changed the world in a big way.

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  13. Ebony McKenna.October 11, 2011 at 12:52 AM

    And the eerie foreshadowing!
    He really was a writer.
    Yikes.

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  14. Brenda DrakeOctober 11, 2011 at 6:49 AM

    Wonderful video. Was there anything he couldn't do? He was such a brilliant man. Thanks for sharing the video - it makes you think. <3

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  15. Melinda S. CollinsOctober 11, 2011 at 4:28 PM

    Thank you for sharing this, Lisa! He was a brilliant, brilliant man that was taken all too soon and I'm like you - it really does feel like he's speaking directly to *you* in this speech.

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  16. Amie KaufmanOctober 12, 2011 at 4:30 AM

    I thought it was an extraordinary speech, and I've been doing a lot of thinking about it over the last week or so.

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  17. Margo BerendsenOctober 12, 2011 at 7:33 AM

    I think he must have had a bit of an artist's soul. Such creativity! He funneled it into unique products.

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  18. Cynthia Chapman WillisOctober 12, 2011 at 8:48 AM

    This is amazing! I'd never seen this before now and I am grateful that you shared it. So much wisdom and advice and inspiration that seems perfect for writers. Such an incredible man and such a huge loss.

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  19. WritingNutOctober 12, 2011 at 4:16 PM

    I hadn't heard it before, but you're right, it's absolutely amazing.

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