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!

19 comments:

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

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

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

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

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

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  9. It was an awesome speech. Words of wisdom.

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  10. 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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  11. 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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  12. And the eerie foreshadowing!
    He really was a writer.
    Yikes.

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  13. 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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  14. 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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  15. 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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  16. 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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  17. 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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  18. I hadn't heard it before, but you're right, it's absolutely amazing.

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