第一篇：喬布斯2005年喬布斯演講英文原稿

喬布斯2005年喬布斯演講英文原稿

他告訴我們，人的時間有限，不要把寶貴的時間浪費在重復(fù)其他人的生活上，人活著就是要找到你真正所愛的東西，讓每天都精彩絕倫，人活著就是要改變世界！

他改變了世界。

This is the text of the Commencement address by Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, delivered on June 12, 2005.I am honored to be with you today at your commencement from one of the finest universities in the world.I never graduated from college.Truth be told, this is the closest I've ever gotten to a college graduation.Today I want to tell you three stories from my life.That's it.No big deal.Just three stories.The first story is about connecting the dots.I dropped out of Reed College after the first 6 months, but then stayed around as a drop-in for another 18 months or so before I really quit.So why did I drop out?

It started before I was born.My biological mother was a young, unwed college graduate student, and she decided to put me up for adoption.She felt very strongly that I should be adopted by college graduates, so everything was all set for me to be adopted at birth by a lawyer and his wife.Except that when I popped out they decided at the last minute that they really wanted a girl.So my parents, who were on a waiting list, got a call in the middle of the night asking: “We have an unexpected baby boy;do you want him?” They said: “Of course.” My biological mother later found out that my mother had never graduated from college and that my father had never graduated from high school.She refused to sign the final adoption papers.She only relented a few months later when my parents promised that I would someday go to college.And 17 years later I did go to college.But I naively chose a college that was almost as expensive as Stanford, and all of my working-class parents' savings were being spent on my college tuition.After six months, I couldn't see the value in it.I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life and no idea how college was going to help me figure it out.And here I was spending all of the money my parents had saved their entire life.So I decided to drop out and trust that it would all work out OK.It was pretty scary at the time, but looking back it was one of the best decisions I ever made.The minute I dropped out I could stop taking the required classes that didn't interest me, and begin dropping in on the ones that looked interesting.It wasn't all romantic.I didn't have a dorm room, so I slept on the floor in friends' rooms, I returned coke bottles for the 5￠ deposits to buy food with, and I would walk the 7 miles across town every Sunday night to get one good meal a week at the Hare Krishna temple.I loved it.And much of what I stumbled into by following my curiosity and intuition turned out to be priceless later on.Let me give you one example:

Reed College at that time offered perhaps the best calligraphy instruction in the country.Throughout the campus every poster, every label on every drawer, was beautifully hand calligraphed.Because I had dropped out and didn't have to take the normal classes, I decided to take a calligraphy class to learn how to do this.I learned about serif and san serif typefaces, about varying the amount of space between different letter combinations, about what makes great typography great.It was beautiful, historical, artistically subtle in a way that science can't capture, and I found it fascinating.None of this had even a hope of any practical application in my life.But ten years later, when we were designing the first Macintosh computer, it all came back to me.And we designed it all into the Mac.It was the first computer with beautiful typography.If I had never dropped in on that single course in college, the Mac would have never had multiple typefaces or proportionally spaced fonts.And since Windows just copied the Mac, its likely that no personal computer would have them.If I had never dropped out, I would have never dropped in on this calligraphy class, and personal computers might not have the wonderful typography that they do.Of course it was impossible to connect the dots looking forward when I was in college.But it was very, very clear looking backwards ten years later.Again, you can't connect the dots looking forward;you can only connect them looking backwards.So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future.You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever.This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.My second story is about love and loss.I was lucky — I found what I loved to do early in life.Woz and I started Apple in my parents garage when I was 20.We worked hard, and in 10 years Apple had grown from just the two of us in a garage into a $2 billion company with over 4000 employees.We had just released our finest creation — the Macintosh — a year earlier, and I had just turned 30.And then I got fired.How can you get fired from a company you started? Well, as Apple grew we hired someone who I thought was very talented to run the company with me, and for the first year or so things went well.But then our visions of the future began to diverge and eventually we had a falling out.When we did, our Board of Directors sided with him.So at 30 I was out.And very publicly out.What had been the focus of my entire adult life was gone, and it was devastating.I really didn't know what to do for a few months.I felt that I had let the previous generation of entrepreneurs downthese things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important.Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose.You are already naked.There is no reason not to follow your heart.About a year ago I was diagnosed with cancer.I had a scan at 7:30 in the morning, and it clearly showed a tumor on my pancreas.I didn't even know what a pancreas was.The doctors told me this was almost certainly a type of cancer that is incurable, and that I should expect to live no longer than three to six months.My doctor advised me to go home and get my affairs in order, which is doctor's code for prepare to die.It means to try to tell your kids everything you thought you'd have the next 10 years to tell them in just a few months.It means to make sure everything is buttoned up so that it will be as easy as possible for your family.It means to say your goodbyes.I lived with that diagnosis all day.Later that evening I had a biopsy, where they stuck an endoscope down my throat, through my stomach and into my intestines, put a needle into my pancreas and got a few cells from the tumor.I was sedated, but my wife, who was there, told me that when they viewed the cells under a microscope the doctors started crying because it turned out to be a very rare form of pancreatic cancer that is curable with surgery.I had the surgery and I'm fine now.This was the closest I've been to facing death, and I hope its the closest I get for a few more decades.Having lived through it, I can now say this to you with a bit more certainty than when death was a useful but purely intellectual concept:

No one wants to die.Even people who want to go to heaven don't want to die to get there.And yet death is the destination we all share.No one has ever escaped it.And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life.It is Life's change agent.It clears out the old to make way for the new.Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away.Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true.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.When I was young, there was an amazing publication called The Whole Earth Catalog, which was one of the bibles of my generation.It was created by a fellow named Stewart Brand not far from here in Menlo Park, and he brought it to life with his poetic touch.This was in the late 1960's, before personal computers and desktop publishing, so it was all made with typewriters, scissors, and polaroid cameras.It was sort of like Google in paperback form, 35 years before Google came along: it was idealistic, and overflowing with neat tools and great notions.Stewart and his team put out several issues of The Whole Earth Catalog, and then when it had run its course, they put out a final issue.It was the mid-1970s, and I was your age.On the back cover of their final issue was a photograph of an early morning country road, the kind you might find yourself hitchhiking on if you were so adventurous.Beneath it were the words: “Stay Hungry.Stay Foolish.” It was their farewell message as they signed off.Stay Hungry.Stay Foolish.And I have always wished that for myself.And now, as you graduate to begin anew, I wish that for you.Stay Hungry.Stay Foolish.Thank you all very much

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史蒂夫 喬布斯(Steve Jobs)在斯坦福大學(xué)2005年畢業(yè)典禮上的演講

我今天很榮幸能和你們一起參加畢業(yè)典禮，斯坦福大學(xué)是世界上最好的大學(xué)之一。我從來沒有從大學(xué)中畢業(yè)，說實話,今天也許是我有生以來離大學(xué)畢業(yè)典禮最近的一天了。今天我想向你們講述我生活中的三個故事。不是什么大不了的,只是三個故事而已。

第一個故事是關(guān)于如何串起生命中的點點滴滴。

我在Reed大學(xué)讀了六個月之后就退學(xué)了,但之后作為旁聽生又混了十八個月以后才真正離開。我為什么要退學(xué)呢？

故事從我出生的時候講起。我的親生母親是一個年輕的、沒有結(jié)婚的大學(xué)畢業(yè)生。她決定讓別人收養(yǎng)我, 但她覺得我一定要被大學(xué)畢業(yè)生收養(yǎng)。所以她安排好了我出生時將被一個律師和他的妻子所收養(yǎng)。但是她沒有料到,當(dāng)我出生之后, 律師夫婦突然決定他們想要一個女孩。所以我的生養(yǎng)父母（他們在待選名單上）突然在半夜接到了一個電話:“我們現(xiàn)在這兒有一個不小心生出來的男嬰,你們想要他嗎？”他們回答道: “當(dāng)然！”但是我親生母親隨后發(fā)現(xiàn)，我的養(yǎng)母從來沒有上過大學(xué),我的養(yǎng)父 甚至從沒有讀過高中。她拒絕簽署收養(yǎng)合同。只是在幾個月以后,我的父母答應(yīng)她一定要讓我上大學(xué),那個時候她才軟化同意。

在十七歲那年,我真的上了大學(xué)。但是我很愚蠢的選擇了一個幾乎和你們斯坦福大學(xué)一樣貴的學(xué)校, 我父母是藍(lán)領(lǐng)階層，他們幾乎把所有積蓄都花在了我的學(xué)費上面。在六個月后, 我已經(jīng)看不到其中的價值所在。我不知道我真正想要做什么,我也不知道大學(xué)能怎樣幫助我找到答案。但是在這里，我?guī)缀趸ü饬宋腋改高@一輩子的 全部積蓄。所以我決定要退學(xué),我覺得這是個正確的決定。不能否認(rèn),我當(dāng)時確實非常的害怕, 但是現(xiàn)在回頭看看,那的確是我這一生中最棒的一個決定。在我做出退學(xué)決定的那一刻, 我終于可以不必去讀那些令我提不起絲毫興趣的課，并可以開始去修那些看起來有點意思的課程。

但是這并不是那么羅曼蒂克。我失去了我的宿舍,所以我只能在朋友房間的地板上睡覺,我去撿可以換5美分的可樂罐，僅僅為了填飽肚子, 在星期天的晚上,我需要走七英里的路程，穿過城市到Hare Krishna神廟,只是為了能吃上好飯——這個星期唯一一頓好一點的飯，我喜歡那里的飯菜。

我跟著我的直覺和好奇心走, 遇到的很多東西,此后被證明是無價之寶。讓我給你們舉一個例子吧：

Reed大學(xué)在那時提供也許是全美最好的美術(shù)字課程。在這個大學(xué)里面的每個海報, 每個抽屜的標(biāo)簽上面全都是漂亮的美術(shù)字。因為我退學(xué)了, 不必去上正規(guī)的課程, 所以我決定去參加這個課程，去學(xué)學(xué)怎樣寫出漂亮的美術(shù)字。我學(xué)到了san serif 和serif字體, 我學(xué)會了怎么樣在不同的字母組合之中改變空白間距, 還有怎么樣才能作出最棒的印刷式樣。那種美好、歷史感和藝術(shù)精妙，是科學(xué)永遠(yuǎn)不能捕捉到的, 我發(fā)現(xiàn)那實在是太迷人了。

當(dāng)時看起來這些東西在我的生命中好像都沒有什么實際應(yīng)用的可能。但是十年之后,當(dāng)我們在設(shè)計第一臺Macintosh電腦的時候,就不是那樣了。我把當(dāng)時我學(xué)的那些東西全都設(shè)計進(jìn)了Mac。那是第一臺使用了漂亮的印刷字體的電腦。如果我當(dāng)時沒有退學(xué), 就不會有機(jī)會去參加這個我感興趣的美術(shù)字課程, Mac就不會有這么多豐富的字體以及賞心悅目的字體間距。因為Windows只是抄襲了Mac，所以現(xiàn)在個人電腦就不會有現(xiàn)在這么美妙的字型了。

當(dāng)然我在大學(xué)的時候，還不可能把從前的點點滴滴串連起來,但是當(dāng)我十年后回顧這一切的時候,真的豁然開朗了。

再次說明的是,你在向未來展望的時候不可能將這些片斷串連起來，你只能在回顧的時候串起他們。所以你必須相信這些片斷會在你未來的某一天串連起來，你必須要相信某些東西：你的勇氣、目的、生命、因緣......這個過程從來沒有令我失望,只是讓我的生命更加地與眾不同。

我的第二個故事是關(guān)于愛和失去。

我非常幸運, 因為我在很早的時候就找到了我鐘愛的東西。Woz和我在二十歲的時候就在父母的車庫里面開創(chuàng)了蘋果公司。我們工作得很努力, 十年之后, 這個公司從那兩個車庫中的窮小子發(fā)展到了超過四千名的雇員、價值超過二十億的大公司。在公司成立的第九年,我們剛剛發(fā)布了最好的產(chǎn)品,那就是Macintosh。我也快要到三十歲了。在那一年, 我被炒了魷魚。你怎么可能被你自己創(chuàng)立的公司炒了魷魚呢? 嗯,在蘋果快速成長的時候，我們雇用了一個很有天分的家伙和我一起管理這個公司, 在最初的幾年,公司運轉(zhuǎn)的很好。但是后來我們對未來的看法發(fā)生了分歧, 最終我們吵了起來。當(dāng)爭吵得不可開交的時候, 董事會站在了他的那一邊。所以在三十歲的時候, 我被炒了。在這么多人目光下我被炒了。在而立之年，我生命的全部支柱離自己遠(yuǎn)去, 這真是毀滅性的打擊。

在最初的幾個月里，我真是不知道該做些什么。我覺得我令上一代的創(chuàng)業(yè)家們很失望，我把他們交給我的接力棒弄丟了。我和創(chuàng)辦惠普的David Pack、創(chuàng)辦Intel的Bob Noyce見面，并試圖向他們道歉。我把事情弄得糟糕透頂了。但是我漸漸發(fā)現(xiàn)了曙光, 我仍然熱愛我從事的這些東西。蘋果公司發(fā)生的這些事情絲毫的沒有改變這些, 一點也沒有。我被驅(qū)逐了,但是我仍然鐘愛我所做的事情。所以我決定從頭再來。

我當(dāng)時沒有覺察, 但是事后證明, 從蘋果公司被炒是我這輩子發(fā)生的最棒的事情。因為，作為一個成功者的負(fù)重感被作為一個創(chuàng)業(yè)者的輕松感覺所重新代替, 沒有比這更確定的事情了。這讓我覺得如此自由, 進(jìn)入了我生命中最有創(chuàng)造力的一個階段。

在接下來的五年里, 我創(chuàng)立了一個名叫NeXT的公司, 還有一個叫Pixar的公司, 然后和一個后來成為我妻子的優(yōu)雅女人相識。Pixar 制作了世界上第一個電腦動畫電影——“玩具總動員”,Pixar現(xiàn)在也是世界上最成功的電腦制作工作室。在后來的一系列運作中,Apple收購了NeXT, 然后我又回到了Apple公司。我們在NeXT發(fā)展的技術(shù)在Apple的今天的復(fù)興之中發(fā)揮了關(guān)鍵的作用。而且，我還和Laurence 一起建立了一個幸福完美的家庭。

我可以非常肯定,如果我不被Apple開除的話, 這其中一件事情也不會發(fā)生的。這個良藥的味道實在是很苦,但是我想病人需要這個藥。有些時候, 生活會拿起一塊磚頭向你的腦袋上猛拍一下，不要失去信仰。我很清楚唯一使我一直走下去的，就是我做的事情令我無比鐘愛。你需要去找到你所愛的東西。對于工作是如此, 對于你的愛人也是如此。你的工作將會占據(jù)生活中很大的一部分。你只有相信自己所做的是偉大的工作, 你才能怡然自得。如果你現(xiàn)在還沒有找到, 那么繼續(xù)找、不要停下來，只要全心全意的去找, 在你找到的時候，你的心會告訴你的。就像任何真誠的關(guān)系, 隨著歲月的流逝只會越來越緊密。所以繼續(xù)找，直到你找到它，不要停下來！

我的第三個故事是關(guān)于死亡的。

當(dāng)我十七歲的時候, 我讀到了一句話:“如果你把每一天都當(dāng)作生命中最后一天去生活的話,那么有一天你會發(fā)現(xiàn)你是正確的。”這句話給我留下了一個印象。從那時開始,過了33 年,我在每天早晨都會對著鏡子問自己:“如果今天是我生命中的最后一天, 你會不會完成你今天想做的事情呢？”當(dāng)答案連續(xù)多天是“No”的時候, 我知道自己需要改變某些事情了。

“記住你即將死去”是我一生中遇到的最重要箴言。它幫我指明了生命中重要的選擇。因為幾乎所有的事情, 包括所有的榮譽(yù)、所有的驕傲、所有對難堪和失敗的恐懼,這些在死亡面前都會微不足道。我看到的是留下的真正重要的東西。你有時候會思考你將會失去某些東西, “記住你即將死去”是我知道的避免這些想法的最好辦法。如果你清空一切, 你沒有理由不去跟隨自己內(nèi)心的聲音。

大概一年以前, 我被診斷出癌癥。我在早晨七點半做了一個檢查, 檢查清楚的顯示在我的胰腺有一個腫瘤。我當(dāng)時都不知道胰腺是什么東西。醫(yī)生告訴我那很可能是一種無法治愈的癌癥, 我至多還能活三到六個月的時間。我的醫(yī)生叫我回家, 然后整理好我的一切, 那是醫(yī)生對臨終病人的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)程序。那意味著你將要把未來十年對你小孩說的話在幾個月里面說完.；那意味著把每件事情都安排好, 讓你的家人會盡可能輕松的生活；那意味著你要說“再見了”。

我拿著那個診斷書過了一整天，那天晚上我作了一個活切片檢查，醫(yī)生將一個內(nèi)窺鏡從我的喉嚨伸進(jìn)去,通過我的胃, 然后進(jìn)入我的腸子, 用一根針在我的胰腺上的腫瘤上取了幾個細(xì)胞。我當(dāng)時是被麻醉的，但是我的妻子在那里, 后來她告訴我，當(dāng)醫(yī)生在顯微鏡下觀察這些細(xì)胞的時候他們開始尖叫, 因為這些細(xì)胞最后竟然是一種非常罕見的可以用手術(shù)治愈的胰腺癌癥細(xì)胞。我做了這個手術(shù), 現(xiàn)在我痊愈了。

那是我最接近死亡的時候, 我希望這也是以后的幾十年最接近的一次。從死亡線上又活了過來,相對于以前只把死亡只當(dāng)成一 種想象中的概念，我現(xiàn)在可以更肯定一點地對你們說：

沒有人愿意死, 即使人們想上天堂, 也不會為了去那里而死。但是死亡是我們每個人共同的終點。從來沒有人能夠逃脫它。也應(yīng)該如此。因為死亡就是生命中最好的一個發(fā)明。它將舊的清除以便給新的讓路。你們現(xiàn)在是新的, 但是從現(xiàn)在開始不久以后, 你們將會逐漸的變成舊的然后被送離人生舞臺。我很抱歉這很戲劇性, 但是這十分的真實。

你們的時間很有限, 所以不要將他們浪費在重復(fù)其他人的生活上。不要被教條束縛,那意味著你和其他人思考的結(jié)果一起生活。不要被其他人喧囂的觀點掩蓋你真正的內(nèi)心的聲音。還有最重要的是, 你要有勇氣去聽從你直覺和心靈的指示——它們在某種程度上知道你想要成為什么樣子，所有其他的事情都是次要的。

當(dāng)我年輕的時候, 有一本叫做“整個地球的目錄”振聾發(fā)聵的雜志，它是我們那一代人的圣經(jīng)之一。它是一個叫Stewart Brand的家伙在離這里不遠(yuǎn)的Menlo Park編輯的, 他象詩一般神奇地將這本書帶到了這個世界。那是六十年代后期, 在個人電腦出現(xiàn)之前, 所以這本書全部是用打字機(jī),、剪刀還有拍立得照相機(jī)編輯的。有點像用軟皮包裝的google, 在google出現(xiàn)三十五年之前：這是理想主義的，其中有許多靈巧的工具和偉大的想法。

Stewart和他的伙伴出版了幾期的“整個地球的目錄”,當(dāng)它完成了自己使命的時候, 他們做出了最后一期的目錄。那是在七十年代的中期, 我正是你們的年紀(jì)。在最后一期的封底上是清晨鄉(xiāng)村公路的照片（如果你有足夠冒險精神的話，你就可以自己找到這條路。），在照片之下有這樣一段話：“求知若饑，虛心若愚。”這是他們的告別語。“求知若饑，虛心若愚。”我總是希望自己能夠那樣,現(xiàn)在, 在你們即將畢業(yè)，開始新的旅程的時候, 我也希望你們能這樣：

求知若饑，虛心若愚。

第二篇：喬布斯演講

史蒂夫-喬布斯的2005年斯坦福大學(xué)畢業(yè)典禮演說辭

Thank you.I'm honored to be with you today for your commencement from one of the finest universities in the world.Truth be told, I never graduated from college and this is the closest I've ever gotten to a college graduation.謝謝大家。很榮幸能和你們，來自世界最好大學(xué)之一的畢業(yè)生們，一塊兒參加畢業(yè)典禮。老實說，我大學(xué)沒有畢業(yè)，今天恐怕是我一生中離大學(xué)畢業(yè)最近的一次了。

Today I want to tell you three stories from my life.That's it.No big deal.Just three stories.The first story is about connecting the dots.今天我想告訴大家來自我生活的三個故事。沒什么大不了的，只是三個故事而已。第一個故事，如何串連生命中的點滴。

I dropped out of Reed College after the first six months but then stayed around as a drop-in for another eighteen months or so before I really quit.So why did I drop out? It started before I was born.My biological mother was a young, unwed graduate student, and she decided to put me up for adoption.She felt very strongly that I should be adopted by college graduates, so everything was all set for me to be adopted at birth by a lawyer and his wife, except that when I popped out, they decided at the last minute that they really wanted a girl.So my parents, who were on a waiting list, got a call in the middle of the night asking, “We've got an unexpected baby boy.Do you want him?” They said, “Of course.” My biological mother found out later that my mother had never graduated from college and that my father had never graduated from high school.She refused to sign the final adoption papers.She only relented a few months later when my parents promised that I would go to college.我在里得大學(xué)讀了六個月就退學(xué)了，但是在十八個月之后--我真正退學(xué)之前，我還常去學(xué)校。為何我要選擇退學(xué)呢？這還得從我出生之前說起。我的生母是一個年輕、未婚的大學(xué)畢業(yè)生，她決定讓別人收養(yǎng)我。她有一個很強(qiáng)烈的信仰，認(rèn)為我應(yīng)該被一個大學(xué)畢業(yè)生家庭收養(yǎng)。于是，一對律師夫婦說好了要領(lǐng)養(yǎng)我，然而最后一秒鐘，他們改變了注意，決定要個女孩兒。然后我的排在收養(yǎng)人名單中的養(yǎng)父母在一個深夜接到電話，“很意外，我們多了一個男嬰，你們要嗎？”“當(dāng)然要！”但是我的生母后來又發(fā)現(xiàn)我的養(yǎng)母沒有大學(xué)畢業(yè)，養(yǎng)父連高中都沒有畢業(yè)。她拒絕在領(lǐng)養(yǎng)書上簽字。幾個月后，我的養(yǎng)父母保證會讓我上大學(xué)，她妥協(xié)了。This was the start in my life.And seventeen years later, I did go to college, but I naively chose a college that was almost as expensive as Stanford, and all of my working-class parents' savings were being spent on my college tuition.After six months, I couldn't see the value in it.I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life, and no idea of how college was going to help me figure it out, and here I was, spending all the money my parents had saved their entire life.So I decided to drop out and trust that it would all work out OK.It was pretty scary at the time, but looking back, it was one of the best decisions I ever made.The minute I dropped out, I could stop taking the required classes that didn't interest me and begin dropping in on the ones that looked far more interesting.這是我生命的開端。十七年后，我上大學(xué)了，但是我很無知地選了一所差不多和斯坦福一樣貴的學(xué)校，幾乎花掉我那藍(lán)領(lǐng)階層養(yǎng)父母一生的積蓄。六個月后，我覺得不值得。我看不出自己以后要做什么，也不曉得大學(xué)會怎樣幫我指點迷津，而我卻在花銷父母一生的積蓄。所以我決定退學(xué)，并且相信沒有做錯。一開始非常嚇人，但回憶起來，這卻是我一生中作的最好的決定之一。從我退學(xué)的那一刻起，我可以停止一切不感興趣的必修課，開始旁聽那些有意思得多的課。

It wasn't all romantic.I didn't have a dorm room, so I slept on the floor in friends' rooms.I returned Coke bottles for the five-cent deposits to buy food with, and I would walk the seven miles across town every Sunday night to get one good meal a week at the Hare Krishna temple.I loved it.And much of what I stumbled into by following my curiosity and intuition turned out to be priceless later on.Let me give you one example.事情并不那么美好。我沒有宿舍可住，睡在朋友房間的地上。為了吃飯，我收集五分一個的舊可樂瓶，每個星期天晚上步行七英里到哈爾-克里什納廟里改善一下一周的伙食。我喜歡這種生活方式。能夠遵循自己的好奇和直覺前行后來被證明是多么的珍貴。讓我來給你們舉個例子吧。

Reed College at that time offered perhaps the best calligraphy instruction in the country.Throughout the campus every poster, every label on every drawer was beautifully hand-calligraphed.Because I had dropped out and didn't have to take the normal classes, I decided to take a calligraphy class to learn how to do this.I learned about serif and sans-serif typefaces, about varying the amount of space between different letter combinations, about what makes great typography great.It was beautiful, historical, artistically subtle in a way that science can't capture, and I found it fascinating.當(dāng)時的里得大學(xué)提供可能是全國最好的書法指導(dǎo)。校園中每一張海報，抽屜上的每一張標(biāo)簽，都是漂亮的手寫體。由于我已退學(xué)，不用修那些必修課，我決定選一門書法課上上。在這門課上，我學(xué)會了“serif”和“sans-serif”兩種字體、學(xué)會了怎樣在不同的字母組合中改變字間距、學(xué)會了怎樣寫出好的字來。這是一種科學(xué)無法捕捉的微妙，楚楚動人、充滿歷史底蘊和藝術(shù)性，我覺得自己被完全吸引了。

None of this had even a hope of any practical application in my life.But ten years later when we were designing the first Macintosh computer, it all came back to me, and we designed it all into the Mac.It was the first computer with beautiful typography.If I had never dropped in on that single course in college, the Mac would have never had multiple typefaces or proportionally spaced fonts, and since Windows just copied the Mac, it's likely that no personal computer would have them.一開始實在看不出所有這些會對我的實際生活應(yīng)用有任何幫助。但是十年后當(dāng)我們在設(shè)計蘋果第一臺電腦的時候，這些東西都跑出來了，我把它們?nèi)荚O(shè)計到了電腦里。那是第一臺有漂亮字體的電腦。如果我從來沒有選過那門課，蘋果電腦就不會有那些漂亮的字型，又因為微軟是完全拷貝蘋果，很有可能，個人電腦就不會有這些漂亮的字體了。

If I had never dropped out, I would have never dropped in on that calligraphy class and personals computers might not have the wonderful typography that they do.如果我沒有退學(xué)，我就不會去修那門寫字課，個人電腦就不會像現(xiàn)在這樣有令人愉悅的字體了。

Of course it was impossible to connect the dots looking forward when I was in college, but it was very, very clear looking backwards 10 years later.Again, you can't connect the dots looking forward.You can only connect them looking backwards, so you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future.You have to trust in something--your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever--because believing that the dots will connect down the road will give you the confidence to follow your heart, even when it leads you off the well-worn path, and that will make all the difference.當(dāng)然，當(dāng)我還在大學(xué)時向前預(yù)測是完全不可能把這些點滴串聯(lián)起來的，然而十年后再回顧時，就顯得很明朗了。再說一遍，往前看，是連接不起這些點滴的，只有往后看才行。所以你必須相信，那些點點滴滴，會在你未來的生命里，以某種方式串聯(lián)起來。你必須相信一些東西--你的勇氣、宿命、生活、因緣，隨便什么--因為相信這些點滴能夠一路連接會給你帶來循從本覺的自信，它使你走離平凡，變得與眾不同。

My second story is about love and loss.I was lucky.I found what I loved to do early in life.Woz and I started Apple in my parents' garage when I was twenty.We worked hard and in ten years, Apple had grown from just the two of us in a garage into a $2 billion company with over 4,000 employees.We'd just released our finest creation, the Macintosh, a year earlier, and I'd just turned thirty, and then I got fired.How can you get fired from a company you started? Well, as Apple grew, we hired someone who I thought was very talented to run the company with me, and for the first year or so, things went well.But then our visions of the future began to diverge, and eventually we had a falling out.When we did, our board of directors sided with him, and so at thirty, I was out, and very publicly out.What had been the focus of my entire adult life was gone, and it was devastating.I really didn't know what to do for a few months.I felt that I had let the previous generation of entrepreneurs down, that I had dropped the baton as it was being passed to me.I met with David Packard and Bob Noyce and tried to apologize for screwing up so badly.I was a very public failure and I even thought about running away from the Valley.But something slowly began to dawn on me.I still loved what I did.The turn of events at Apple had not changed that one bit.I'd been rejected but I was still in love.And so I decided to start over.第二個故事是關(guān)于愛與失的。我很幸運。很早就發(fā)現(xiàn)自己喜歡做的事情。我二十歲的時候就和沃茨在父母的車庫里開創(chuàng)了蘋果公司。我們工作得很努力，十年后，蘋果公司成長為擁有四千名員工，價值二十億的大公司。我們只是推出了最好的創(chuàng)意，Macintosh操作系統(tǒng)，在這之前的一年，也就是我剛過三十歲，我被解雇了。你怎么可能被一個親手創(chuàng)立的公司解雇？事情是這樣的，在公司成長期間，雇傭了一個我們認(rèn)為非常聰明，可以和我一起經(jīng)營公司的人。一年后，我們對公司未來的看法產(chǎn)生分歧，董事長站在了他的一邊。于是，在我三十歲的時候，我出局了，很公開地出局了。我整個成年生活的焦點沒了，這很要命。一開始的幾個月我真的不知道該干什么。我覺得我讓公司的前一代創(chuàng)建者們失望了，我把傳給我的權(quán)杖給弄丟了。我與戴維德-帕珂德和鮑勃-諾埃斯見面，試圖為這徹頭徹尾的失敗道歉。我敗得如此之慘以至于我想要逃離這兒。有個東西在慢慢地叫醒我。我還愛著我從事的行業(yè)。這次失敗一點兒都沒有改變這一點。我被逐了，但我仍愛著。我決定從新開始。

I didn't see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me.The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything.It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods in my life.During the next five years I started a company named NeXT, another company named Pixar and fell in love with an amazing woman who would become my wife.Pixar went on to create the world's first computer-animated feature film, “Toy Story,” and is now the most successful animation studio in the world.當(dāng)時我沒有看出來，但事實證明“被蘋果開除”是發(fā)生在我身上最好的事。成功的重?fù)?dān)被重新起步的輕松替代，對任何事情都不再特別看重。這讓我感覺如此自由，進(jìn)入一生中最有創(chuàng)造力的階段。接下來的五年，我創(chuàng)立了一個叫NeXT的公司，接著又建立了Pixar，然后與后來成為我妻子的女人相愛。Pixar出品了世界第一個電腦動畫電影：“玩具總動員”，現(xiàn)在它已經(jīng)是世界最成功的動畫制作工作室了。

In a remarkable turn of events, Apple bought NeXT and I returned to Apple and the technology we developed at NeXT is at the heart of Apple's current renaissance, and Lorene and I have a wonderful family together.在一系列的成功運轉(zhuǎn)后，蘋果收購了NeXT，我又回到了蘋果。我們在NeXT開發(fā)的技術(shù)在蘋果的復(fù)興中起了核心作用，另外勞琳和我組建了一個幸福的家庭。

I'm pretty sure none of this would have happened if I hadn't been fired from Apple.It was awful-tasting medicine but I guess the patient needed it.Sometimes life's going to hit 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 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, and 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.Don't settle.我非常確信，如果我沒有被蘋果炒掉，這些就都不會發(fā)生。這個藥的味道太糟了，但是我想病人需要它。有些時候，生活會給你迎頭一棒。不要喪失信心。我確信唯一讓我一路走下來的是我對自己所做事情的熱愛。你必須去找你熱愛的東西，對工作如此，對你的愛人也是這樣的。工作會占據(jù)你生命中很大的一部分，你只有相信自己做的是偉大的工作，你才能怡然自得。如果你還沒有找到，那么就繼續(xù)找，不要停。全心全意地找，當(dāng)你找到時，你會知道的。就像任何真誠的關(guān)系，隨著時間的流逝，只會越來越緊密。所以繼續(xù)找，不要停。

My third story is about death.When I was 17 I read a quote that went something like “If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right.” It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself, “If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?” And whenever the answer has been “no” for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important thing I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life, because almost everything--all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure--these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important.Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose.You are already naked.There is no reason not to follow your heart.我的第三個故事關(guān)于死亡。我十七歲的時候讀到過一句話“如果你把每一天都當(dāng)作最后一天過，有一天你會發(fā)現(xiàn)你是正確的”。這句話給我留下了深刻的印象。從那以后，過去的三十三年，每天早上我都會對著鏡子問自己：“如果今天是我的最后一天，我會不會做我想做的事情呢？”當(dāng)答案持續(xù)否定一些次數(shù)后，我知道我需要改變一些東西了。提醒自己就要死了是我遇見的最大的幫助，幫我作了生命中的大決定。因為幾乎任何事——所有的榮耀、驕傲、對難堪和失敗的恐懼——在死亡面前都會消隱，留下真正重要的東西。提醒自己就要死亡是我知道的最好的方法，用來避開擔(dān)心失去某些東西的陷阱。你已經(jīng)赤裸裸了，沒有理由不聽從于自己的心愿。

About a year ago, I was diagnosed with cancer.I had a scan at 7:30 in the morning and it clearly showed a tumor on my pancreas.I didn't even know what a pancreas was.The doctors told me this was almost certainly a type of cancer that is incurable, and that I should expect to live no longer than three to six months.My doctor advised me to go home and get my affairs in order, which is doctors' code for “prepare to die.” It means to try and tell your kids everything you thought you'd have the next ten years to tell them, in just a few months.It means to make sure that everything is buttoned up so that it will be as easy as possible for your family.It means to say your goodbyes.大約一年前，我被診斷出患了癌癥。我早上七點半作了掃描，清楚地顯示在我的胰腺有一個腫瘤。我當(dāng)時都不知道胰腺是什么東西。醫(yī)生們告訴我這幾乎是無法治愈的，還有三到六個月的時間。我的醫(yī)生建議我回家，整理一切。在醫(yī)生的辭典中，這就是“準(zhǔn)備死亡”的意思。就是意味著把要對你小孩說十年的話在幾個月內(nèi)說完；意味著把所有東西搞定，盡量讓你的家庭活得輕松一點；意味著你要說“永別”了。

I lived with that diagnosis all day.Later that evening I had a biopsy where they stuck an endoscope down my throat, through my stomach into my intestines, put a needle into my pancreas and got a few cells from the tumor.I was sedated but my wife, who was there, told me that when they viewed the cells under a microscope, the doctor started crying, because it turned out to be a very rare form of pancreatic cancer that is curable with surgery.I had the surgery and, thankfully, I am fine now.我整日都與診斷書待在一起。那天晚上我做了一個活切片檢查，他們將一個內(nèi)窺鏡伸進(jìn)我的喉嚨，穿過胃，直達(dá)小腸，用一根針在我的胰腺腫瘤上取了幾個細(xì)胞。我當(dāng)時服了鎮(zhèn)定劑，但是我的妻子告訴我，那些醫(yī)生在顯微鏡下看到細(xì)胞的時候開始尖叫，因為發(fā)現(xiàn)這竟然是一種非常罕見的可用手術(shù)治愈的胰腺癌癥。我做了手術(shù)，謝天謝地，我痊愈了。

This was the closest I've been to facing death, and I hope it's the closest I get for a few more decades.Having lived through it, I can now say this to you with a bit more certainty than when death was a useful but purely intellectual concept.No one wants to die, even people who want to go to Heaven don't want to die to get there, and yet, death is the destination we all share.No one has ever escaped it.And that is as it should be, because death is very likely the single best invention of life.It's life's change agent;it clears out the old to make way for the new.right now, the new is you.But someday, not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away.Sorry to be so dramatic, but it's quite true.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, heart and intuition.They somehow already know what you truly want to become.Everything else is secondary.這是我最接近死亡的時候，我也希望是我未來幾十年里最接近死亡的一次。這次死里逃生讓我比以往只知道死亡是一個有用而純粹書面概念的時候更確信地告訴你們，沒有人愿意死，即使那些想上天堂的人們也不愿意通過死亡來達(dá)到他們的目的。但是死亡是每個人共同的終點，沒有人能夠逃脫。也應(yīng)該如此，因為死亡很可能是生命最好的發(fā)明。它去陳讓新。現(xiàn)在，你們就是“新”。但是有一天，不用太久，你們有會慢慢變老然后被清除。抱歉，這很戲劇性，但卻是真的。你們的時間是有限的，不要浪費在重復(fù)別人的生活上。不要被教條束縛，那意味著會和別人思考的結(jié)果一塊兒生活。不要被其他人的喧囂觀點掩蓋自己內(nèi)心真正的聲音。你的直覺和內(nèi)心知道你想要變成什么樣子。所有其他東西都是次要的。When I was young, there was an amazing publication called The Whole Earth Catalogue, which was one of the bibles of my generation.It was created by a fellow named Stuart Brand not far from here in Menlo Park, and he brought it to life with his poetic touch.This was in the late Sixties, before personal computers and desktop publishing, so it was all made with typewriters, scissors, and Polaroid cameras.it was sort of like Google in paperback form thirty-five years before Google came along.It was idealistic, overflowing with neat tools and great notions.Stuart and his team put out several issues of the The Whole Earth Catalogue, and then when it had run its course, they put out a final issue.It was the mid-Seventies and I was your age.On the back cover of their final issue was a photograph of an early morning country road, the kind you might find yourself hitchhiking on if you were so adventurous.Beneath were the words, “Stay hungry, stay foolish.” It was their farewell message as they signed off.“Stay hungry, stay foolish.” And I have always wished that for myself, and now, as you graduate to begin anew, I wish that for you.Stay hungry, stay foolish.我年輕的時候，有一份叫做“完整地球目錄”的好雜志，是我們這一代人的圣經(jīng)之一。它是一個叫斯糾華特-布蘭得，住在離這不遠(yuǎn)的曼羅公園的家伙創(chuàng)立的。他用詩一般的觸覺將這份雜志帶到世界。那是六十年代后期，個人電腦出現(xiàn)之前，所以這份雜志全是用打字機(jī)、剪刀和偏光鏡制作的。有點像軟皮包裝的google，不過卻早了三十五年。它理想主義，全文充斥著靈巧的工具和偉大的想法。斯糾華特和他的小組出版了幾期“完整地球目錄”，在完成使命之前，他們出版了最后一期。那是七十年代中期，我和你們差不多大。最后一期的封底是一張清晨鄉(xiāng)村小路的照片，如果你有冒險精神，可以自己找到這條路。下面有一句話，“保持饑餓，保持愚蠢”。這是他們的告別語，“保持饑餓，保持愚蠢”。我常以此勉勵自己。現(xiàn)在，在你們即將踏上新旅程的時候，我也希望你們能這樣。保持饑餓，保持愚蠢。

Thank you all, very much.非常感謝。

第三篇：喬布斯演講

史蒂夫喬布斯在斯坦福大學(xué)的演講稿

'You've got to find what you love,' Jobs says This is the text of the Commencement address by Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, delivered on June 12, 2005.I am honored to be with you today at your commencement from one of the finest universities in the world.I never graduated from college.Truth be told, this is the closest I've ever gotten to a college graduation.Today I want to tell you three stories from my life.That's it.No big deal.Just three stories.The first story is about connecting the dots.I dropped out of Reed College after the first 6 months, but then stayed around as a drop-in for another 18 months or so before I really quit.So why did I drop out? It started before I was born.My biological mother was a young, unwed college graduate student, and she decided to put me up for adoption.She felt very strongly that I should be adopted by college graduates, so everything was all set for me to be adopted at birth by a lawyer and his wife.Except that when I popped out they decided at the last minute that they really wanted a girl.So my parents, who were on a waiting list, got a call in the middle of the night asking: “We have an unexpected baby boy;do you want him?” They said: “Of course.” My biological mother later found out that my mother had never graduated from college and that my father had never graduated from high school.She refused to sign the final adoption papers.She only relented a few months later when my parents promised that I would someday go to college.And 17 years later I did go to college.But I naively chose a college that was almost as expensive as Stanford, and all of my working-class parents' savings were being spent on my college tuition.After six months, I couldn't see the value in it.I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life and no idea how college was going to help me figure it out.And here I was spending all of the money my parents had saved their entire life.So I decided to drop out and trust that it would all work out OK.It was pretty scary at the time, but looking back it was one of the best decisions I ever made.The minute I dropped out I could stop taking the required classes that didn't interest me, and begin dropping in on the ones that looked interesting。It wasn't all romantic.I didn't have a dorm room, so I slept on the floor in friends' rooms, I returned coke bottles for the 5￠ deposits to buy food with, and I would walk the 7 miles across town every Sunday night to get one good meal a week at the Hare Krishna temple.I loved it.And much of what I stumbled into by following my curiosity and intuition turned out to be priceless later on.Let me give you one example: Reed College at that time offered perhaps the best calligraphy instruction in the country.Throughout the campus every poster, every label on every drawer, was beautifully hand calligraphed.Because I had dropped out and didn't have to take the normal classes, I decided to take a calligraphy class to learn how to do this.I learned about serif and san serif typefaces, about varying the amount of space between different letter combinations, about what makes great typography great.It was beautiful, historical, artistically subtle in a way that science can't capture, and I found it fascinating.None of this had even a hope of any practical application in my life.But ten years later, when we were designing the first Macintosh computer, it all came back to me.And we designed it all into the Mac.It was the first computer with beautiful typography.If I had never dropped in on that single course in college, the Mac would have never had multiple typefaces or proportionally spaced fonts.And since Windows just copied the Mac, its likely that no personal computer would have them.If I had never dropped out, I would have never dropped in on this calligraphy class, and personal computers might not have the wonderful typography that they do.Of course it was impossible to connect the dots looking forward when I was in college.But it was very, very clear looking backwards ten years later.Again, you can't connect the dots looking forward;you can only connect them looking backwards.So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future.You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever.This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.My second story is about love and loss.I was lucky — I found what I loved to do early in life.Woz and I started Apple in my parents garage when I was 20.We worked hard, and in 10 years Apple had grown from just the two of us in a garage into a $2 billion company with over 4000 employees.We had just released our finest creation — the Macintosh — a year earlier, and I had just turned 30.And then I got fired.How can you get fired from a company you started? Well, as Apple grew we hired someone who I thought was very talented to run the company with me, and for the first year or so things went well.But then our visions of the future began to diverge and eventually we had a falling out.When we did, our Board of Directors sided with him.So at 30 I was out.And very publicly out.What had been the focus of my entire adult life was gone, and it was devastating.I really didn't know what to do for a few months.I felt that I had let the previous generation of entrepreneurs downthese things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important.Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose.You are already naked.There is no reason not to follow your heart.About a year ago I was diagnosed with cancer.I had a scan at 7:30 in the morning, and it clearly showed a tumor on my pancreas.I didn't even know what a pancreas was.The doctors told me this was almost certainly a type of cancer that is incurable, and that I should expect to live no longer than three to six months.My doctor advised me to go home and get my affairs in order, which is doctor's code for prepare to die.It means to try to tell your kids everything you thought you'd have the next 10 years to tell them in just a few months.It means to make sure everything is buttoned up so that it will be as easy as possible for your family.It means to say your goodbyes.I lived with that diagnosis all day.Later that evening I had a biopsy, where they stuck an endoscope down my throat, through my stomach and into my intestines, put a needle into my pancreas and got a few cells from the tumor.I was sedated, but my wife, who was there, told me that when they viewed the cells under a microscope the doctors started crying because it turned out to be a very rare form of pancreatic cancer that is curable with surgery.I had the surgery and I'm fine now.This was the closest I've been to facing death, and I hope its the closest I get for a few more decades.Having lived through it, I can now say this to you with a bit more certainty than when death was a useful but purely intellectual concept:No one wants to die.Even people who want to go to heaven don't want to die to get there.And yet death is the destination we all share.No one has ever escaped it.And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life.It is Life's change agent.It clears out the old to make way for the new.Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away.Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true.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.When I was young, there was an amazing publication called The Whole Earth Catalog, which was one of the bibles of my generation.It was created by a fellow named Stewart Brand not far from here in Menlo Park, and he brought it to life with his poetic touch.This was in the late 1960's, before personal computers and desktop publishing, so it was all made with typewriters, scissors, and polaroid cameras.It was sort of like Google in paperback form, 35 years before Google came along: it was idealistic, and overflowing with neat tools and great notions.Stewart and his team put out several issues of The Whole Earth Catalog, and then when it had run its course, they put out a final issue.It was the mid-1970s, and I was your age.On the back cover of their final issue was a photograph of an early morning country road, the kind you might find yourself hitchhiking on if you were so adventurous.Beneath it were the words: “Stay Hungry.Stay Foolish.” It was their farewell message as they signed off.Stay Hungry.Stay Foolish.And I have always wished that for myself.And now, as you graduate to begin anew, I wish that for you.Stay Hungry.Stay Foolish.史蒂夫&S226;喬布斯（Steve Jobs）今2005年6 月在斯坦福大學(xué)的演講在經(jīng)過了一個夏天之后依然為人所提及。這位蘋果電腦公司（Apple Computer）和皮克斯動畫公司（Pixar Animation Studios）首席執(zhí)行官在演講中談到了他生活中的三次體驗，這三次體驗不僅在斯坦福大學(xué)的畢業(yè)生、也在硅谷乃至其他地方的技術(shù)同行中引起了巨大反響。他們將他的演講登在互聯(lián)網(wǎng)上，在博客上展開討論，通過電子郵件互相發(fā)送，在全球傳閱。我們在此刊登全文，以饗還沒有看到該演講的讀者。

很榮幸和大家一道參加這所世界上最好的一座大學(xué)的畢業(yè)典禮。我大學(xué)沒畢業(yè)，說實話，這是我第一次離大學(xué)畢業(yè)典禮這么近。今天我想給大家講三個我自己的故事，不講別的，也不講大道理，就講三個故事。

第一個故事講的是點與點之間的關(guān)系。我在里德學(xué)院（Reed College）只讀了六個月就退學(xué)了，此后便在學(xué)校里旁聽，又過了大約一年半，我徹底離開。那么，我為什么退學(xué)呢？

這得從我出生前講起。我的生母是一名年輕的未婚在校研究生，她決定將我送給別人收養(yǎng)。她非常希望收養(yǎng)我的是有大學(xué)學(xué)歷的人，所以把一切都安排好了，我一出生就交給一對律師夫婦收養(yǎng)。沒想到我落地的霎那間，那對夫婦卻決定收養(yǎng)一名女孩。就這樣，我的養(yǎng)父母─當(dāng)時他們還在登記冊上排隊等著呢─半夜三更接到一個電話: “我們這兒有一個沒人要的男嬰，你們要么？”“當(dāng)然要”他們回答。但是，我的生母后來發(fā)現(xiàn)我的養(yǎng)母不是大學(xué)畢業(yè)生，我的養(yǎng)父甚至連中學(xué)都沒有畢業(yè)，所以她拒絕在最后的收養(yǎng)文件上簽字。不過，沒過幾個月她就心軟了，因為我的養(yǎng)父母許諾日后一定送我上大學(xué)。年后，我真的進(jìn)了大學(xué)。當(dāng)時我很天真，選了一所學(xué)費幾乎和斯坦福大學(xué)一樣昂貴的學(xué)校，當(dāng)工人的養(yǎng)父母傾其所有的積蓄為我支付了大學(xué)學(xué)費。讀了六個月后，我卻看不出上學(xué)有什么意義。我既不知道自己這一生想干什么，也不知道大學(xué)是否能夠幫我弄明白自己想干什么。這時，我就要花光父母一輩子節(jié)省下來的錢了。所以，我決定退學(xué)，并且堅信日后會證明我這樣做是對的。當(dāng)年做出這個決定時心里直打鼓，但現(xiàn)在回想起來，這還真是我有生以來做出的最好的決定之一。從退學(xué)那一刻起，我就可以不再選那些我毫無興趣的必修課，開始旁聽一些看上去有意思的課。那些日子一點兒都不浪漫。我沒有宿舍，只能睡在朋友房間的地板上。我去退還可樂瓶，用那五分錢的押金來買吃的。每個星期天晚上我都要走七英里，到城那頭的黑爾－科里施納禮拜堂去，吃每周才能享用一次的美餐。我喜歡這樣。我憑著好奇心和直覺所干的這些事情，有許多后來都證明是無價之寶。我給大家舉個例子: 當(dāng)時，里德學(xué)院的書法課大概是全國最好的。校園里所有的公告欄和每個抽屜標(biāo)簽上的字都寫得非常漂亮。當(dāng)時我已經(jīng)退學(xué)，不用正常上課，所以我決定選一門書法課，學(xué)學(xué)怎么寫好字。我學(xué)習(xí)寫帶短截線和不帶短截線的印刷字體，根據(jù)不同字母組合調(diào)整其間距，以及怎樣把版式調(diào)整得好上加好。這門課太棒了，既有歷史價值，又有藝術(shù)造詣，這一點科學(xué)就做不到，而我覺得它妙不可言。當(dāng)時我并不指望書法在以后的生活中能有什么實用價值。但是，十年之后，我們在設(shè)計第一臺 Macintosh 計算機(jī)時，它一下子浮現(xiàn)在我眼前。于是，我們把這些東西全都設(shè)計進(jìn)了計算機(jī)中。這是第一臺有這么漂亮的文字版式的計算機(jī)。要不是我當(dāng)初在大學(xué)里偶然選了這么一門課，Macintosh 計算機(jī)絕不會有那么多種印刷字體或間距安排合理的字號。要不是 Windows 照搬了 Macintosh，個人電腦可能不會有這些字體和字號。要不是退了學(xué)，我決不會碰巧選了這門書法課，個人電腦也可能不會有現(xiàn)在這些漂亮的版式了。當(dāng)然，我在大學(xué)里不可能從這一點上看到它與將來的關(guān)系。十年之后再回頭看，兩者之間的關(guān)系就非常、非常清楚了。你們同樣不可能從現(xiàn)在這個點上看到將來；只有回頭看時，才會發(fā)現(xiàn)它們之間的關(guān)系。所以，要相信這些點遲早會連接到一起。你們必須信賴某些東西─直覺、歸宿、生命，還有業(yè)力，等等。這樣做從來沒有讓我的希望落空過，而且還徹底改變了我的生活。

我的第二個故事是關(guān)于好惡與得失。幸運的是，我在很小的時候就發(fā)現(xiàn)自己喜歡做什么。我在 20 歲時和沃茲（Woz，蘋果公司創(chuàng)始人之一 Wozon 的昵稱─譯注）在我父母的車庫里辦起了蘋果公司。我們干得很賣力，十年后，蘋果公司就從車庫里我們兩個人發(fā)展成為一個擁有 20 億元資產(chǎn)、4,000 名員工的大企業(yè)。那時，我們剛剛推出了我們最好的產(chǎn)品─ Macintosh 電腦─那是在第 9 年，我剛滿 30 歲。可后來，我被解雇了。你怎么會被自己辦的公司解雇呢？是這樣，隨著蘋果公司越做越大，我們聘了一位我認(rèn)為非常有才華的人與我一道管理公司。在開始的一年多里，一切都很順利。可是，隨后我倆對公司前景的看法開始出現(xiàn)分歧，最后我倆反目了。這時，董事會站在了他那一邊，所以在 30 歲那年，我離開了公司，而且這件事鬧得滿城風(fēng)雨。我成年后的整個生活重心都沒有了，這使我心力交瘁。

一連幾個月，我真的不知道應(yīng)該怎么辦。我感到自己給老一代的創(chuàng)業(yè)者丟了臉─因為我扔掉了交到自己手里的接力棒。我去見了戴維帕卡德（David Packard，惠普公司創(chuàng)始人之一─譯注）和鮑勃;諾伊斯（Bob Noyce，英特爾公司創(chuàng)建者之一─譯注），想為把事情搞得這么糟糕說聲道歉。這次失敗弄得沸沸揚揚的，我甚至想過逃離硅谷。但是，漸漸地，我開始有了一個想法─我仍然熱愛我過去做的一切。在蘋果公司發(fā)生的這些**絲毫沒有改變這一點。我雖然被拒之門外，但我仍然深愛我的事業(yè)。于是，我決定從頭開始。

雖然當(dāng)時我并沒有意識到，但事實證明，被蘋果公司炒魷魚是我一生中碰到的最好的事情。盡管前景未卜，但從頭開始的輕松感取代了保持成功的沉重感。這使我進(jìn)入了一生中最富有創(chuàng)造力的時期之一。在此后的五年里，我開了一家名叫 NeXT 的公司和一家叫皮克斯的公司，我還愛上一位了不起的女人，后來娶了她。皮克斯公司推出了世界上第一部用電腦制作的動畫片《玩具總動員》（Toy Story），它現(xiàn)在是全球最成功的動畫制作室。世道輪回，蘋果公司買下 NeXT 后，我又回到了蘋果公司，我們在 NeXT 公司開發(fā)的技術(shù)成了蘋果公司這次重新崛起的核心。我和勞倫娜（Laurene）也建立了美滿的家庭。我確信，如果不是被蘋果公司解雇，這一切決不可能發(fā)生。這是一劑苦藥，可我認(rèn)為苦藥利于病。有時生活會當(dāng)頭給你一棒，但不要灰心。我堅信讓我一往無前的唯一力量就是我熱愛我所做的一切。所以，一定得知道自己喜歡什么，選擇愛人時如此，選擇工作時同樣如此。工作將是生活中的一大部分，讓自己真正滿意的唯一辦法，是做自己認(rèn)為是有意義的工作；做有意義的工作的唯一辦法，是熱愛自己的工作。你們?nèi)绻€沒有發(fā)現(xiàn)自己喜歡什么，那就不斷地去尋找，不要急于做出決定。就像一切要憑著感覺去做的事情一樣，一旦找到了自己喜歡的事，感覺就會告訴你。就像任何一種美妙的東西，歷久彌新。所以說，要不斷地尋找，直到找到自己喜歡的東西。不要半途而廢。

我的第三個故事與死亡有關(guān)。17 歲那年，我讀到過這樣一段話，大意是:“如果把每一天都當(dāng)作生命的最后一天，總有一天你會如愿以償。”我記住了這句話，從那時起，33 年過去了，我每天早晨都對著鏡子自問: “假如今天是生命的最后一天，我還會去做今天要做的事嗎？”如果一連許多天我的回答都是“不”，我知道自己應(yīng)該有所改變了。

讓我能夠做出人生重大抉擇的最主要辦法是，記住生命隨時都有可能結(jié)束。因為幾乎所有的東西─所有對自身之外的希求、所有的尊嚴(yán)、所有對困窘和失敗的恐懼─在死亡來臨時都將不復(fù)存在，只剩下真正重要的東西。記住自己隨時都會死去，這是我所知道的防止患得患失的最好方法。你已經(jīng)一無所有了，還有什么理由不跟著自己的感覺走呢。

大約一年前，我被診斷患了癌癥。那天早上七點半，我做了一次掃描檢查，結(jié)果清楚地表明我的胰腺上長了一個瘤子，可那時我連胰腺是什么還不知道呢！醫(yī)生告訴我說，幾乎可以確診這是一種無法治愈的惡性腫瘤，我最多還能活 3 到 6 個月。醫(yī)生建議我回去把一切都安排好，其實這是在暗示“準(zhǔn)備后事”。也就是說，把今后十年要跟孩子們說的事情在這幾個月內(nèi)囑咐完；也就是說，把一切都安排妥當(dāng)，盡可能不給家人留麻煩；也就是說，去跟大家訣別。那一整天里，我的腦子一直沒離開這個診斷。到了晚上，我做了一次組織切片檢查，他們把一個內(nèi)窺鏡通過喉嚨穿過我的胃進(jìn)入腸子，用針頭在胰腺的瘤子上取了一些細(xì)胞組織。當(dāng)時我用了麻醉劑，陪在一旁的妻子后來告訴我，醫(yī)生在顯微鏡里看了細(xì)胞之后叫了起來，原來這是一種少見的可以通過外科手術(shù)治愈的惡性腫瘤。我做了手術(shù)，現(xiàn)在好了。這是我和死神離得最近的一次，我希望也是今后幾十年里最近的一次。有了這次經(jīng)歷之后，現(xiàn)在我可以更加實在地和你們談?wù)撍劳觯皇羌兇饧埳险劚蔷褪? 誰都不愿意死。就是那些想進(jìn)天堂的人也不愿意死后再進(jìn)。然而，死亡是我們共同的歸宿，沒人能擺脫。我們注定會死，因為死亡很可能是生命最好的一項發(fā)明。它推進(jìn)生命的變遷，舊的不去，新的不來。現(xiàn)在，你們就是新的，但在不久的將來，你們也會逐漸成為舊的，也會被淘汰。對不起，話說得太過分了，不過這是千真萬確的。

你們的時間都有限，所以不要按照別人的意愿去活，這是浪費時間。不要囿于成見，那是在按照別人設(shè)想的結(jié)果而活。不要讓別人觀點的聒噪聲淹沒自己的心聲。最主要的是，要有跟著自己感覺和直覺走的勇氣。無論如何，感覺和直覺早就知道你到底想成為什么樣的人，其他都是次要的。

我年輕時有一本非常好的刊物，叫《全球概覽》（The Whole Earth Catalog），這是我那代人的寶書之一，創(chuàng)辦人名叫斯圖爾特&S226;布蘭德（Stewart Brand），就住在離這兒不遠(yuǎn)的門洛帕克市。他用詩一般的語言把刊物辦得生動活潑。那是 20 世紀(jì) 60 年代末，還沒有個人電腦和桌面印刷系統(tǒng)，全靠打字機(jī)、剪刀和寶麗萊照相機(jī)（Polaroid）。它就像一種紙質(zhì)的 Google，卻比 Google 早問世了 35 年。這份刊物太完美了，查閱手段齊備、構(gòu)思不凡。斯圖爾特和他的同事們出了好幾期《全球概覽》，到最后辦不下去時，他們出了最后一期。那是 20 世紀(jì) 70 年代中期，我也就是你們現(xiàn)在的年紀(jì)。最后一期的封底上是一張清晨鄉(xiāng)間小路的照片，就是那種愛冒險的人等在那兒搭便車的那種小路。照片下面寫道: 好學(xué)若饑、謙卑若愚。那是他們停刊前的告別辭。求知若渴，大智若愚。這也是我一直想做到的。眼下正值諸位大學(xué)畢業(yè)、開始新生活之際，我同樣愿大家:

Stay Hungry.Stay Foolish.好學(xué)若饑、謙卑若愚。

第四篇：喬布斯演講

今天在火車上，用ipad上網(wǎng)，看到喬布斯去世的消息，有一個時代過去了的感覺------

轉(zhuǎn)發(fā)喬布斯2005年在斯坦福大學(xué)畢業(yè)典禮上的演講，紀(jì)念一下。

很榮幸我能來到世界上最優(yōu)秀的學(xué)府。說實話，我大學(xué)沒有畢業(yè)。參加畢業(yè)生典禮是我和畢業(yè)這件事最近距離的接觸了。今天，我要講3個故事。沒有什么特別的，只是3個小故事。

第一個是關(guān)于連接生命軌跡的故事。

我上大學(xué)6個月后休學(xué)。在接下來的18個月里，我作為休學(xué)生到處閑逛，之后才徹底退學(xué)。我為什么退學(xué)？這好像是我出生之前就已經(jīng)注定的命運。我的生母是個未婚大學(xué)生。因此決定將我登記被領(lǐng)養(yǎng)。但是她有一個非常堅定的領(lǐng)養(yǎng)條件：收養(yǎng)者必須是大學(xué)畢業(yè)生。收養(yǎng)部門最后終于得以安排一位律師和他的妻子收養(yǎng)我。只是在最后一刻，當(dāng)把我的資料遞送他們時，他們最終決定要收養(yǎng)一個女孩。所以，我之后的養(yǎng)父母在半夜接到電話，說：“這里意外地來了一個新生兒，但是個男孩。你們愿意收養(yǎng)嗎？” 我的養(yǎng)父母說：“當(dāng)然愿意。” 后來，我的生母了解到，我的養(yǎng)母大學(xué)肄業(yè)，我的養(yǎng)父連高中都沒有讀完，因此而拒絕在領(lǐng)養(yǎng)書上簽字。直到數(shù)月后，我的養(yǎng)父母承諾一定讓我讀大學(xué)，她才同意。這就是我的生命之初。

17年后，我終于上了大學(xué)。但是，我卻選擇了學(xué)費最昂貴的斯坦福大學(xué)。我父母的所有積蓄都被用于為我交學(xué)費。上大學(xué)6個月后，我實在看不出上大學(xué)有什么價值。當(dāng)時，我沒有人生的目標(biāo)，而上大學(xué)似乎也無法幫助我厘清我的人生目標(biāo)。而我卻花盡了父母畢生的積蓄。所以我決定退學(xué)。我同時確信這對我的前途不會有什么影響。退學(xué)在當(dāng)時看來是很可怕的一件事。但是，現(xiàn)在回頭看，這是我一生中所作出的最正確的決定。退學(xué)只是放棄了學(xué)習(xí)我不感興趣的東西。然而，我卻有了時間去學(xué)習(xí)我感興趣的知識。但是，這并不是件浪漫的事。我沒有了宿舍，只能睡在朋友宿舍的地板上。我用退可樂瓶的押金（每個5美分）去買食物。我每個周日晚上步行7英里去基督教堂吃免費的晚餐。我非常享受這樣的生活。因為不去上學(xué)，我學(xué)習(xí)的內(nèi)容可以完全依據(jù)我的興趣而定。后來被證明，這是個極其寶貴的經(jīng)歷。舉一個例子：當(dāng)時大學(xué)里隨處可見的字體在國內(nèi)是最漂亮的，校園里的海報，抽屜上的標(biāo)簽。因此，我決定去上書法課，為了能寫出同樣漂亮的字。我學(xué)習(xí)寫不同的字體，選擇合適的字號，安排字母間合理的間距。這一切令我著迷，非常美好。而且具有歷史性的意義。然而，10年后，當(dāng)我們設(shè)計第一款蘋果電腦時，它的意義便凸顯出來。我們的Macintosh電腦采用了最漂亮的字體設(shè)計。如果我當(dāng)時沒有自修書法課，蘋果電腦不會為使用者提供了多種字體和字號的選擇。由于微軟的視窗系統(tǒng)抄襲了蘋果，因此，如果我們未開此先河，沒有任何電腦系統(tǒng)會這樣做。當(dāng)然，在我上大學(xué)時，無法看到這么遠(yuǎn)的未來。但當(dāng)我回頭看過去那10年時，這樣的必然聯(lián)系清晰可見。因此，我們無法預(yù)知未來，只有當(dāng)我們回望時，才可能串連起人生發(fā)展的軌跡。你必須相信：你現(xiàn)在做的一切都與你的未來相連接。你必須要相信某樣?xùn)|西：你的勇氣、你的生命、你的宿命。。因為，相信你現(xiàn)在所做的一切會決定你的未來，會給予你堅定的信念去跟隨你內(nèi)心的愿望，去編織你未來的夢想。這樣，你的生命才會有所不同。

我的第二個故事是關(guān)于愛和失去。

我很幸運。我還在很年輕的時候就找到了我愿意做的事情。我20歲時在父母的車庫開始研究Mac電腦。我們工作很努力，僅用10年，蘋果公司就從在車庫工作的我們兩個人發(fā)展成為年營業(yè)額20億美元，擁有4000名員工的大公司。我們一年后推出Macintosh的時候，我才剛滿30歲。但是，我卻被解雇了。我怎么會被自己創(chuàng)辦的公司解雇呢？隨著公司業(yè)務(wù)的發(fā)展，我雇傭了一個我當(dāng)時認(rèn)為非常有才干的職業(yè)經(jīng)理人。第一年，我們合作地很好。之后，我們對公司的發(fā)展愿景產(chǎn)生了分歧。最后，公司業(yè)績下滑。隨后，公司董事長和他商量決定將我趕走。而且，這個消息被公之于眾。

頃刻間，我生命的軌跡被切斷。這簡直是場災(zāi)難。頭幾個月，我無所事事。我感到自己辜負(fù)了早期那批年輕創(chuàng)業(yè)者的期望。我甚至找到David和Bob,為自己過去和他們很兇地發(fā)脾氣而道歉。我在公眾面前是個失敗者。我甚至想到過跳崖。

但是慢慢地我開始清醒。我依然熱愛我所做的事。被蘋果公司趕出來也無法改變這一點。雖然我被拒絕了，然而我的心中依然有愛。因此，我決定重整旗鼓。我那時還看不出，但后來被證明，被蘋果解雇是我生命中所發(fā)生過的最好的一件事：從零開始的創(chuàng)業(yè)者的輕松代替了事業(yè)成功的愉悅。我獲得了精神上的解放。那段時間是我生命中最富創(chuàng)造力的階段。在接下來的5年里，我接連創(chuàng)建了Next和Pixar兩間公司。我還遇到了我生命中最重要的女人并和她結(jié)婚。后來，蘋果公司收購了Next。我又得以再次回歸蘋果公司。而Next公司所開發(fā)的技術(shù)后來成為蘋果公司再次復(fù)興的核心力量。我和妻子也有了一個幸福的家庭。

我一直相信，如果當(dāng)年蘋果公司沒有解雇我，后來的一切都不會發(fā)生。我相信：良藥苦口，但利于病。有時，命運會給我們當(dāng)頭一棒。但不要失去信念。我相信，支撐我堅持下去的力量來自我鐘愛的事業(yè)。你必須要找到你的所愛，工作如此，人生伴侶的選擇亦如此。工作占據(jù)了人生很大的部分，只有確信你所做的事是有意義的，你的工作才能給你帶來滿足感。工作出色的前提條件是你熱愛你的工作。如果你尚未找到你的所愛，繼續(xù)尋找，不要停下來。你的心會知道你是否已經(jīng)找到你的所愛。正如任何和諧的關(guān)系一樣，當(dāng)你找到了你的至愛，隨著時間的推移，你們之間會越來越和諧。

我要講的第三個故事有關(guān)死亡。

我17歲時讀到過一句格言：“如果你將生命中的每一天都視作你生命的最后一天來過，終有一天，你會找到正確的人生道路。” 我對這句話印象深刻。從此以后，在過去的33年中，我每天早上對著鏡子中的自己發(fā)問：“如果今天就是我生命的最后一天，我是否還會去做我今天計劃中要做的事？”如果接連幾天我的回答都是否定的，那我便知道我應(yīng)該作出改變了。牢記“人終有一死”是我所獲得的最重要的工具，它幫助我作出人生的選擇。因為，人生中幾乎任何一樁事情，如：期望、自尊、恐懼、困窘和失敗，在死亡面前都會瞬間崩潰。“只做重要的事”，“人終有一死”，牢記這些是我所知曉的避免讓自己陷入患得患失的最重要的方法。此時你已經(jīng)孑然一身，因此你沒有理由不去傾聽自己內(nèi)心的聲音。大約一年前，我被診斷患癌癥。某天早上，7點半，我去做掃描檢查。儀器上清晰地顯示我的胰腺部位有腫瘤。我根本都不知道胰腺是個什么東西。醫(yī)生說：“我們幾乎可以確定這是一種無法治愈的腫瘤。估計你的存活時間不會長于3－6個月。”醫(yī)生建議我回家，將自己的事情料理好。這是醫(yī)生對“回家等死”的專業(yè)用語。這意味著我原以為自己有10年的時間來教導(dǎo)我的孩子，而現(xiàn)在我只有幾個月的時間了。也意味著要把家事安排妥當(dāng)，使家人今后的生活盡可能輕松。這還意味著我要和所有人說再見。

一整天，我滿腦子都是那個診斷結(jié)果。到了晚上，醫(yī)生為我做活檢。他們將內(nèi)窺鏡插入我的喉嚨，再通過胃放入大腸。然后對我的胰腺部位進(jìn)行針刺，從腫瘤上取下一些癌細(xì)胞。醫(yī)生對我進(jìn)行了麻醉。但是我的妻子陪伴在我身邊。她告訴我，當(dāng)醫(yī)生在顯微鏡下觀察癌細(xì)胞時，他們開始哭了。因為，我患的是一種極其罕見的胰腺癌，可以通過手術(shù)治愈。我接受了手術(shù)，現(xiàn)在，我沒事了。

這是我與死亡最近距離的一次接觸。我希望在未來的幾十年里都不要比這一次更近。經(jīng)歷了這一切，我今天才能以更加確定的口吻和你們暢談我的人生觀。在此之前，死亡不過是一個有用的學(xué)術(shù)概念。

沒有人想死。即使想去天堂的人也不希望赴死去那里。誠然，死亡是我們所有人共有的終點，沒人逃的掉。死亡是生命唯一最好的發(fā)明創(chuàng)造。而事實上也只能是這樣。死亡是生命變遷的催化劑，吐故納新。現(xiàn)在，你們屬于“新”。但是終有一天，就在不久的將來，你們也會成為“故”而被“吐”掉。很抱歉我使用了非常戲劇性的說法，但是這再真實不過了。

你們的時間是有限的。因此，不要浪費你們的時間去過別人的生活。不要陷入教條，即：按照別人的想法活出你的人生。不要讓別人嘈雜的觀點淹沒你內(nèi)心的聲音。此外，最重要的是鼓足勇氣，跟隨你內(nèi)心的聲音，相信你的直覺。你的內(nèi)心其實非常清楚你想成為什么樣的人。除此之外都是次要的。

我年輕的時候，有一本妙不可言的雜志，叫作《地球全錄》，是我們那一代人的圣經(jīng)。它的創(chuàng)辦人是Stewart Brand，就住在離這里不遠(yuǎn)的Menlo Park。這本雜志讓生活充滿詩意。那是60年代末，還沒有個人電腦和桌面出版物。因此雜志的編輯工作全仰仗打字機(jī)、剪刀和立拍得。它類似于現(xiàn)在谷歌的紙書形式，只是比谷歌早了35年。這本雜志的觀點極具理想主義色彩，并提供了許多靈巧的工具和偉大的主張。

Stewart 和他的團(tuán)隊在發(fā)行了數(shù)版后，時過境遷，他們最終停刊。然后到了70年代中期，我的時代到來。在他們最后一期雜志的封底上，有一張清晨鄉(xiāng)間小路的照片，是那種有冒險精神的人搭便車的感覺。照片下方有一行字：“永保求知的欲望，永保率真的愚氣”。這就是他們關(guān)張的告別語，“永保求知的欲望，永保率真的愚氣”。我總是希望自己保持這樣的狀態(tài)。現(xiàn)在，在你們即將畢業(yè)揭開人生嶄新篇章的時刻，這也是我對你們的寄語：永保求知的欲望，永保率真的愚氣。

第五篇：喬布斯斯坦福大學(xué)演講英文原文

喬布斯斯坦福大學(xué)演講英文原文

Stanford Report, June 14, 2005

?You?ve got to find what you love,? Jobs says

This is the text of the Commencement address by Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, delivered on June 12, 2005.I am honored to be with you today at your commencement from one of the finest universities in the world.I never graduated from college.Truth be told, this is the closest I?ve ever gotten to a college graduation.Today I want to tell you three stories from my life.That?s it.No big deal.Just three stories.The first story is about connecting the dots.I dropped out of Reed College after the first 6 months, but then stayed around as a drop-in for another 18 months or so before I really quit.So why did I drop out?

It started before I was born.My biological mother was a young, unwed college graduate student, and she decided to put me up for adoption.She felt very strongly that I should be adopted by college graduates, so everything was all set for me to be adopted at birth by a lawyer and his wife.Except that when I popped out they decided at the last minute that they really wanted a girl.So my parents, who were on a waiting list, got a call in the middle of the night asking: “We have an unexpected baby boy;do you want him?” They said: “Of course.” My biological mother later found out that my mother had never graduated from college and that my father had never graduated from high school.She refused to sign the final adoption papers.She only relented a few months later when my parents promised that I would someday go to college.And 17 years later I did go to college.But I naively chose a college that was almost as expensive as Stanford, and all of my working-class parents? savings were being spent on my college tuition.After six months, I couldn?t see the value in it.I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life and no idea how college was going to help me figure it out.And here I was spending all of the money my parents had saved their entire life.So I decided to drop out and trust that it would all work out OK.It was pretty scary at the time, but looking back it was one of the best decisions I ever made.The minute I dropped out I could stop taking the required classes that didn?t interest me, and begin dropping in on the ones that looked interesting.It wasn?t all romantic.I didn?t have a dorm room, so I slept on the floor in friends? rooms, I returned coke bottles for the 5?? deposits to buy food with, and I would walk the 7 miles across town every Sunday night to get one good meal a week at the Hare Krishna temple.I loved it.And much of what I stumbled into by following my curiosity and intuition turned out to be priceless later on.Let me give you one example:

Reed College at that time offered perhaps the best calligraphy instruction in the country.Throughout the campus every poster, every label on every drawer, was beautifully hand calligraphed.Because I had dropped out and didn?t have to take the normal classes, I decided to take a calligraphy class to learn how to do this.I learned about serif and san serif typefaces, about varying the amount of space between different letter combinations, about what makes great typography great.It was beautiful, historical, artistically subtle in a way that science can?t capture, and I found it fascinating.None of this had even a hope of any practical application in my life.But ten years later, when we were designing the first Macintosh computer, it all came back to me.And we designed it all into the Mac.It was the first computer with beautiful typography.If I had never dropped in on that single course in college, the Mac would have never had multiple typefaces or proportionally spaced fonts.And since Windows just copied the Mac, its likely that no personal computer would have them.If I had never dropped out, I would have never dropped in on this calligraphy class, and personal computers might not have the wonderful typography that they do.Of course it was impossible to connect the dots looking forward when I was in college.But it was very, very clear looking backwards ten years later.Again, you can?t connect the dots looking forward;you can only connect them looking backwards.So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future.You have to trust in something – your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever.This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.My second story is about love and loss.I was lucky – I found what I loved to do early in life.Woz and I started Apple in my parents garage when I was 20.We worked hard, and in 10 years Apple had grown from just the two of us in a garage into a $2 billion company with over 4000 employees.We had just released our finest creation – the Macintosh – a year earlier, and I had just turned 30.And then I got fired.How can you get fired from a company you started? Well, as Apple grew we hired someone who I thought was very talented to run the company with me, and for the first year or so things went well.But then our visions of the future began to diverge and eventually we had a falling out.When we did, our Board of Directors sided with him.So at 30 I was out.And very publicly out.What had been the focus of my entire adult life was gone, and it was devastating.I really didn?t know what to do for a few months.I felt that I had let the previous generation of entrepreneurs down – that I had dropped the baton as it was being passed to me.I met with David Packard and Bob Noyce and tried to apologize for screwing up so badly.I was a very public failure, and I even thought about running away from the valley.But something slowly began to dawn on me – I still loved what I did.The turn of events at Apple had not changed that one bit.I had been rejected, but I was still in love.And so I decided to start over.I didn?t see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me.The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything.It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life.During the next five years, I started a company named NeXT, another company named Pixar, and fell in love with an amazing woman who would become my wife.Pixar went on to create the worlds first computer animated feature film, Toy Story, and is now the most successful animation studio in the world.In a remarkable turn of events, Apple bought NeXT, I retuned to Apple, and the technology we developed at NeXT is at the heart of Apple?s current renaissance.And Laurene and I have a wonderful family together.I?m pretty sure none of this would have happened if I hadn?t been fired from Apple.It was awful tasting medicine, but I guess the patient needed it.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.My third story is about death.When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: “If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you?ll most certainly be right.” It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: “If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?” And whenever the answer has been “No” for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.Remembering that I?ll be dead soon is the most important tool I?ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life.Because almost everything – all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure – these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important.Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose.You are already naked.There is no reason not to follow your heart.About a year ago I was diagnosed with cancer.I had a scan at 7:30 in the morning, and it clearly showed a tumor on my pancreas.I didn?t even know what a pancreas was.The doctors told me this was almost certainly a type of cancer that is incurable, and that I should expect to live no longer than three to six months.My doctor advised me to go home and get my affairs in order, which is doctor?s code for prepare to die.It means to try to tell your kids everything you thought you?d have the next 10 years to tell them in just a few months.It means to make sure everything is buttoned up so that it will be as easy as possible for your family.It means to say your goodbyes.I lived with that diagnosis all day.Later that evening I had a biopsy, where they stuck an endoscope down my throat, through my stomach and into my intestines, put a needle into my pancreas and got a few cells from the tumor.I was sedated, but my wife, who was there, told me that when they viewed the cells under a microscope the doctors started crying because it turned out to be a very rare form of pancreatic cancer that is curable with surgery.I had the surgery and I?m fine now.This was the closest I?ve been to facing death, and I hope its the closest I get for a few more decades.Having lived through it, I can now say this to you with a bit more certainty than when death was a useful but purely intellectual concept:

No one wants to die.Even people who want to go to heaven don?t want to die to get there.And yet death is the destination we all share.No one has ever escaped it.And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life.It is Life?s change agent.It clears out the old to make way for the new.Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away.Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true.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 other?s 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.When I was young, there was an amazing publication called The Whole Earth Catalog, which was one of the bibles of my generation.It was created by a fellow named Stewart Brand not far from here in Menlo Park, and he brought it to life with his poetic touch.This was in the late 1960?s, before personal computers and desktop publishing, so it was all made with typewriters, scissors, and polaroid cameras.It was sort of like Google in paperback form, 35 years before Google came along: it was idealistic, and overflowing with neat tools and great notions.Stewart and his team put out several issues of The Whole Earth Catalog, and then when it had run its course, they put out a final issue.It was the mid-1970s, and I was your age.On the back cover of their final issue was a photograph of an early morning country road, the kind you might find yourself hitchhiking on if you were so adventurous.Beneath it were the words: “Stay Hungry.Stay Foolish.” It was their farewell message as they signed off.Stay Hungry.Stay Foolish.And I have always wished that for myself.And now, as you graduate to begin anew, I wish that for you.Stay Hungry.Stay Foolish.Thank you all very much.Steve Jobs說，你得找出你愛的(You?ve got to find what you love.)。

今天，有榮幸來到各位從世界上最好的學(xué)校之一畢業(yè)的畢業(yè)典禮上。我從來沒從大學(xué)畢業(yè)。說實話，這是我離大學(xué)畢業(yè)最近的一刻。今天，我只說三個故事，不談大道理，三個故事就好。第一個故事，是關(guān)于人生中的點點滴滴怎么串連在一起。

我在里德學(xué)院（Reed college）待了六個月就辦休學(xué)了。到我退學(xué)前，一共休學(xué)了十八個月。那么，我為什么休學(xué)？

這得從我出生前講起。我的親生母親當(dāng)時是個研究生，年輕未婚媽媽，她決定讓別人收養(yǎng)我。她強(qiáng)烈覺得應(yīng)該讓有大學(xué)畢業(yè)的人收養(yǎng)我，所以我出生時，她就準(zhǔn)備讓我被一對律師夫婦收養(yǎng)。但是這對夫妻到了最后一刻反悔了，他們想收養(yǎng)女孩。所以在等待收養(yǎng)名單上的一對夫妻，我的養(yǎng)父母，在一天半夜里接到一通電話，問他們「有一名意外出生的男孩，你們要認(rèn)養(yǎng)他嗎？」而他們的回答是「當(dāng)然要」。后來，我的生母發(fā)現(xiàn)，我現(xiàn)在的媽媽從來沒有大學(xué)畢業(yè)，我現(xiàn)在的爸爸則連高中畢業(yè)也沒有。她拒絕在認(rèn)養(yǎng)文件上做最后簽字。直到幾個月后，我的養(yǎng)父母同意將來一定會讓我上大學(xué)，她才軟化態(tài)度。

十七年后，我上大學(xué)了。但是當(dāng)時我無知選了一所學(xué)費幾乎跟史丹佛一樣貴的大學(xué)，我那工人階級的父母所有積蓄都花在我的學(xué)費上。六個月后，我看不出念這個書的價值何在。那時候，我不知道這輩子要干什么，也不知道念大學(xué)能對我有什么幫助，而且我為了念這個書，花光了我父母這輩子的所有積蓄，所以我決定休學(xué)，相信船到橋頭自然直。當(dāng)時這個決定看來相當(dāng)可怕，可是現(xiàn)在看來，那是我這輩子做過最好的決定之一。當(dāng)我休學(xué)之后，我再也不用上我沒興趣的必修課，把時間拿去聽那些我有興趣的課。

這一點也不浪漫。我沒有宿舍，所以我睡在友人家里的地板上，靠著回收可樂空罐的五先令退費買吃的，每個星期天晚上得走七里的路繞過大半個鎮(zhèn)去印度教的 Hare Krishna神廟吃頓好料。我喜歡Hare Krishna神廟的好料。追尋我的好奇與直覺，我所駐足的大部分事物，后來看來都成了無價之寶。舉例來說：

當(dāng)時里德學(xué)院有著大概是全國最好的書法指導(dǎo)。在整個校園內(nèi)的每一張海報上，每個抽屜的標(biāo)簽上，都是美麗的手寫字。因為我休學(xué)了，可以不照正常選課程序來，所以我跑去學(xué)書法。我學(xué)了serif與san serif字體，學(xué)到在不同字母組合間變更字間距，學(xué)到活版印刷偉大的地方。書法的美好、歷史感與藝術(shù)感是科學(xué)所無法捕捉的，我覺得那很迷人。

我沒預(yù)期過學(xué)的這些東西能在我生活中起些什么實際作用，不過十年后，當(dāng)我在設(shè)計第一臺麥金塔時，我想起了當(dāng)時所學(xué)的東西，所以把這些東西都設(shè)計進(jìn)了麥金塔里，這是第一臺能印刷出漂亮東西的計算機(jī)。如果我沒沉溺于那樣一門課里，麥金塔可能就不會有多重字體跟變間距字體了。又因為Windows抄襲了麥金塔的使用方式，如果當(dāng)年我沒這樣做，大概世界上所有的個人計算機(jī)都不會有這些東西，印不出現(xiàn)在我們看到的漂亮的字來了。當(dāng)然，當(dāng)我還在大學(xué)里時，不可能把這些點點滴滴預(yù)先串在一起，但是這在十年后回顧，就顯得非常清楚。

我再說一次，你不能預(yù)先把點點滴滴串在一起；唯有未來回顧時，你才會明白那些點點滴滴是如何串在一起的。所以你得相信，你現(xiàn)在所體會的東西，將來多少會連接在一塊。你得信任某個東西，直覺也好，命運也好，生命也好，或者業(yè)力。這種作法從來沒讓我失望，也讓我的人生整個不同起來。

我的第二個故事，有關(guān)愛與失去。

我好運－年輕時就發(fā)現(xiàn)自己愛做什么事。我二十歲時，跟Steve Wozniak在我爸媽的車庫里開始了蘋果計算機(jī)的事業(yè)。我們拼命工作，蘋果計算機(jī)在十年間從一間車庫里的兩個小伙子擴(kuò)展成了一家員工超過四千人、市價二十億美金的公司，在那之前一年推出了我們最棒的作品－麥金塔，而我才剛邁入人生的第三十個年頭，然后被炒魷魚。要怎么讓自己創(chuàng)辦的公司炒自己魷魚？好吧，當(dāng)蘋果計算機(jī)成長后，我請了一個我以為他在經(jīng)營公司上很有才干的家伙來，他在頭幾年也確實干得不錯。可是我們對未來的愿景不同，最后只好分道揚鑣，董事會站在他那邊，炒了我魷魚，公開把我請了出去。曾經(jīng)是我整個成年生活重心的東西不見了，令我不知所措。

有幾個月，我實在不知道要干什么好。我覺得我令企業(yè)界的前輩們失望－我把他們交給我的接力棒弄丟了。我見了創(chuàng)辦HP的David Packard跟創(chuàng)辦Intel的Bob Noyce，跟他們說我很抱歉把事情搞砸得很厲害了。我成了公眾的非常負(fù)面示范，我甚至想要離開硅谷。但是漸漸的，我發(fā)現(xiàn)，我還是喜愛著我做過的事情，在蘋果的日子經(jīng)歷的事件沒有絲毫改變我愛做的事。我被否定了，可是我還是愛做那些事情，所以我決定從頭來過。

當(dāng)時我沒發(fā)現(xiàn)，但是現(xiàn)在看來，被蘋果計算機(jī)開除，是我所經(jīng)歷過最好的事情。成功的沉重被從頭來過的輕松所取代，每件事情都不那么確定，讓我自由進(jìn)入這輩子最有創(chuàng)意的年代。

接下來五年，我開了一家叫做NeXT的公司，又開一家叫做Pixar的公司，也跟后來的老婆談起了戀愛。Pixar接著制作了世界上第一部全計算機(jī)動畫電影，玩具總動員，現(xiàn)在是世界上最成功的動畫制作公司。然后，蘋果計算機(jī)買下了NeXT，我回到了蘋果，我們在NeXT發(fā)展的技術(shù)成了蘋果計算機(jī)后來復(fù)興的核心。我也有了個美妙的家庭。

我很確定，如果當(dāng)年蘋果計算機(jī)沒開除我，就不會發(fā)生這些事情。這帖藥很苦口，可是我想蘋果計算機(jī)這個病人需要這帖藥。有時候，人生會用磚頭打你的頭。不要喪失信心。我確信，我愛我所做的事情，這就是這些年來讓我繼續(xù)走下去的唯一理由。你得找出你愛的，工作上是如此，對情人也是如此。你的工作將填滿你的一大塊人生，唯一獲得真正滿足的方法就是做你相信是偉大的工作，而唯一做偉大工作的方法是愛你所做的事。如果你還沒找到這些事，繼續(xù)找，別停頓。盡你全心全力，你知道你一定會找到。而且，如同任何偉大的關(guān)系，事情只會隨著時間愈來愈好。所以，在你找到之前，繼續(xù)找，別停頓。

我的第三個故事，關(guān)于死亡。

當(dāng)我十七歲時，我讀到一則格言，好像是「把每一天都當(dāng)成生命中的最后一天，你就會輕松自在。」這對我影響深遠(yuǎn)，在過去33年里，我每天早上都會照鏡子，自問：「如果今天是此生最后一日，我今天要干些什么？」每當(dāng)我連續(xù)太多天都得到一個「沒事做」的答案時，我就知道我必須有所變革了。

提醒自己快死了，是我在人生中下重大決定時，所用過最重要的工具。因為幾乎每件事－所有外界期望、所有名譽(yù)、所有對困窘或失敗的恐懼－在面對死亡時，都消失了，只有最重要的東西才會留下。提醒自己快死了，是我所知避免掉入自己有東西要失去了的陷阱里最好的方法。人生不帶來，死不帶去，沒什么道理不順心而為。

一年前，我被診斷出癌癥。我在早上七點半作斷層掃描，在胰臟清楚出現(xiàn)一個腫瘤，我連胰臟是什么都不知道。醫(yī)生告訴我，那幾乎可以確定是一種不治之癥，我大概活不到三到六個月了。醫(yī)生建議我回家，好好跟親人們聚一聚，這是醫(yī)生對臨終病人的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)建議。那代表你得試著在幾個月內(nèi)把你將來十年想跟小孩講的話講完。那代表你得把每件事情搞定，家人才會盡量輕松。那代表你得跟人說再見了。

我整天想著那個診斷結(jié)果，那天晚上做了一次切片，從喉嚨伸入一個內(nèi)視鏡，從胃進(jìn)腸子，插了根針進(jìn)胰臟，取了一些腫瘤細(xì)胞出來。我打了鎮(zhèn)靜劑，不醒人事，但是我老婆在場。她后來跟我說，當(dāng)醫(yī)生們用顯微鏡看過那些細(xì)胞后，他們都哭了，因為那是非常少見的一種胰臟癌，可以用手術(shù)治好。所以我接受了手術(shù)，康復(fù)了。

這是我最接近死亡的時候，我希望那會繼續(xù)是未來幾十年內(nèi)最接近的一次。經(jīng)歷此事后，我可以比之前死亡只是抽象概念時要更肯定告訴你們下面這些：

沒有人想死。即使那些想上天堂的人，也想活著上天堂。但是死亡是我們共有的目的地，沒有人逃得過。這是注定的，因為死亡簡直就是生命中最棒的發(fā)明，是生命變化的媒介，送走老人們，給新生代留下空間。現(xiàn)在你們是新生代，但是不久的將來，你們也會逐漸變老，被送出人生的舞臺。抱歉講得這么戲劇化，但是這是真的。

你們的時間有限，所以不要浪費時間活在別人的生活里。不要被信條所惑－盲從信條就是活在別人思考結(jié)果里。不要讓別人的意見淹沒了你內(nèi)在的心聲。最重要的，擁有跟隨內(nèi)心與直覺的勇氣，你的內(nèi)心與直覺多少已經(jīng)知道你真正想要成為什么樣的人。任何其它事物都是次要的。

在我年輕時，有本神奇的雜志叫做Whole Earth Catalog，當(dāng)年我們很迷這本雜志。那是一位住在離這不遠(yuǎn)的Menlo Park的Stewart Brand發(fā)行的，他把雜志辦得很有詩意。那是1960年代末期，個人計算機(jī)跟桌上出版還沒發(fā)明，所有內(nèi)容都是打字機(jī)、剪刀跟拍立得相機(jī)做出來的。雜志內(nèi)容有點像印在紙上的Google，在Google出現(xiàn)之前35年就有了：理想化，充滿新奇工具與神奇的注記。

Stewart跟他的出版團(tuán)隊出了好幾期Whole Earth Catalog，然后出了停刊號。當(dāng)時是1970年代中期，我正是你們現(xiàn)在這個年齡的時候。在停刊號的封底，有張早晨鄉(xiāng)間小路的照片，那種你去爬山時會經(jīng)過的鄉(xiāng)間小路。在照片下有行小字：

求知若饑，虛心若愚。

那是他們親筆寫下的告別訊息，我總是以此自許。當(dāng)你們畢業(yè)，展開新生活，我也以此期許你們。

求知若饑，虛心若愚。

非常謝謝大家。