Friday, August 26, 2011
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Steve Jobs' resignation from Apple as its CEO unexpectedly touched me. Strangely.
Steve Jobs is a belated discovery/inspiration for me. When I was leading huddles in the office before, I refused to use the huddle material sent everyday because I wanted to inject something fresh to my teammates' day. The value I wanted most to do was "Display Passion and Optimism" which I never seemed to get (I eventually did, on my last huddle lead), so I would look for articles relating to passion and optimism and the value that I happened to land on for that day. I was planning to use Conan O'Brien for a later huddle, so I decided to search for other good reads. I came across the text of Steve Jobs' Stanford Commencement address in 2005 and I loved how it spoke to me about failure and passion. I was in a very distressing time already in my life and this was a good aid in reflecting how things such a failure can change your life in a good way if you let it. I loved how Jobs related how he looked back on life and could see how everything fell into place. This is one of my favorites:
I also appreciated how he failed (was fired publicly from Apple) and this led to so much grief, and yet he still pursued what he loved. He found that the worst thing that could happen was actually the best thing that could happen. I cried at this point (as I said, I was in a bad place). And finally, this part, I kept: Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith. I'm convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. You've got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers. 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. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Don't settle. Isn't it nice? Holding on, not losing faith and just love what you do. And not settling. How true. I hate how I discover these things at A lot of things shook me soon after that huddle. But I kept the text of the speech and kept on re-reading it. Sort of like a mantra on how to keep it together and just holding on to what you love to do. It served (and still does) as my inspiration as I try to make it with my various passions. As long as I know what I want to do and be, I know it can and will happen. Full text of Steve Jobs' speech can be found here. Labels: life
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