第一篇：演講稿孔學英

提升自身素質，真誠服務百姓

尊敬的各位領導、各位同事，大家好：

非常感謝政府領導為我們搭建這個展示自我的平臺。

在這里，我結合自己工作實際和親身感受，以為民務實清廉為主題向各位領導、同事們演講我在便民服務中心工作中的所感所悟。今天，我演講的題目是：《提升自身素質，真誠服務百姓》。

本次演講比賽目的是為了檢驗黨的群眾路線教育實踐活動的學習效果，使機關工作人員樹立正確的工作理念和目標，努力提高自身工作能力和素質，培養良好的思想和工作作風，進一步增強工作責任感和使命感。這讓我想到了黨的教育實踐活動的重點任務：一是著力解決領導班子和領導干部“四風”突出問題；二是著力解決關系群眾切身利益的問題；三是著力解決基層黨組織聯系服務群眾“最后一公里”問題；集中到一點就是解決群眾反映強烈的突出問題，特別是要糾正發生在群眾身邊的不正之風。隨著社會文明、法治文明的不斷發展，人民群眾對政府工作人員文明友善、盡心服務的期望值與日俱增。為此，我 們 必 須時 刻 省視自身，把群眾的事當成自己的事，牢固樹立為民服務的意識和觀念。201 2年6月，我成為大廳的一名工作人員。當我踏進大廳的第一步，就被那整齊的畫面深深吸引：一個個充滿微笑的臉龐，傾聽您辦事的訴求，一排排整齊的辦公設施，幫助您實現自己的愿望，那一望到底的平臺一下子拉近了群眾和工作人員的距離。

我常想：要做好大廳服務窗口工作，就必須以實際行動讓辦事的每一位群眾體會到溫暖。這就需要我們用最真誠的微笑，迎接每一位到訪的辦事人。微笑是人際交往的金鑰匙，作為服務人員，微笑就是美的象征，是愛的體現。它給辦事群眾親和的感覺，改善同事間、服務對象間的關系。它能夠縮短人與人之間心里的距離，為深入溝通與交往創建溫馨和諧的氛圍。當群眾東張西望找不到辦事窗口時，我上前一步，幫他指引方向；當群眾手拿一堆材料理不清頭緒，一籌莫展時，我主動幫其消除疑慮、化解困難。我堅信，真誠的微笑，熱情的服務，會讓每一位辦事人如沐春風。同時，我也堅信，有政府領導的支持與信賴，我會做得更好，這不僅僅是因為我為自己的工作感到驕傲，更是為能代表大廳良好的形象而感到自豪！黨的群眾路線是黨和政府聯系人民群眾的橋梁和紐帶，是陽光工程！民心工程！作為窗口的工作人員，我深知，我的一舉一動，一言一行，不 僅 代 表 自 己，代表大廳，而且代 表 政 府形象。為 群 眾 多 辦 實事，多辦好事，扎扎實實工作，勤廉高效服務這是我的責任！讓百姓心里高興，為政府形象增添光彩。我是這么想的，也是這么做的。用微笑詮釋真誠，始終如一地把它踐行到工作中。始終保持真誠的微笑，不卑不亢的服務態度。把我對工作的熱忱，用微笑真誠地表達給每一位辦事人，讓辦事人切實感受到大廳良好的人文素質。雷鋒日記本里寫過這樣一段話“如果你是一滴水，你是否滋潤了一寸土地？如果你是一縷陽光，你是否照亮了一分黑暗？如果你是一顆糧食，你是否哺育

了有用的生命？如果你是一顆最小的螺絲釘，你是否永遠堅守在你生活的崗位上？”現在的我，就猶如一顆小小的螺絲釘，在大機器里發揮著微小的作用，但我甘愿為了她的發展奉獻出我的一切。

謝謝大家！

第二篇：廉政文化建設論文---孔英

努力構建陽光教育校園，持續推進廉政文化建設作者簡介：孔英，女，漢，中共黨員，中學高級職稱，博樂市第八中學任教，擔任學校德育主任。聯系電話：***

摘要： 校園廉政文化建設要從社會主義先進文化建設的戰略高度加以認識和重視。充分利用學校各種教育資源，倡導廉政文化、弘揚廉政精神，強化廉政文化的共識和理論導向。在推進和深化廉政文化建設中，做到六個結合，確保校園廉政文化建設的實效。關鍵詞： 先進文化；校園廉政文化；六個結合陽光教育以尊重生命為核心理念，以全面和諧為目標理念，包涵著積極、樂觀、自信、自強的特征，為每一個學生搭建發展的階梯。我們期待構建和諧陽光教育校園，讓每一個生命都享受陽光的教育！所以持續推進廉政文化建設是努力構建陽光教育校園一項重要工作。

一、在學校開展廉政文化建設的必要性

1、中學生作為人生的一個必經階段,他們正處于生理和心理的發育時期,在這個特殊的人生時期開展廉政文化教育,形成先入為主的效應,使其從小就了解反腐倡廉的有關知識,樹立“廉潔光榮,腐敗可恥”的意識,無論今后從政、經商還是從事其他職業,“清正廉潔”的理念都會根植于腦中。所以廉政文化建設要從青少年抓起,要從學校抓起。

2、學校廉政文化建設的途徑開展學校廉政文化建設是一項播種廉政種子的工程,更是一種功在長遠的啟蒙教育,廉政文化教育體現在孩子身上的任何積極向上的東西,都有一個過程。因此,應把廉政教

育作為一項長期性,基礎性的工作來抓,把廉政教育貫穿、滲透于學校

教育教學工作之中,使廉政文化進學校與辦學中的日常工作,實現無

縫對接,廉政文化進學校教育活動是學校文化建設的一個重要組成部

分,應把兩者有機地融合起來,充分利用現有學校文化建設平臺,提高

學生精神境界、價值觀的認識。

二、廉政文化建設的內涵和校園廉政文化建設的戰略地位

1、廉政文化建設需以文化為載體，文化建設應包括廉政內容，廉政與文化相輔相成，不可或缺。把廉政文化建設提高社會主義先進

文化建設的戰略高度。建設廉政文化既是先進文化建設的重要組織部

分，也是實現和諧社會目標的有效手段。

2、建設廉政文化，一方面有利于促進黨員干部按照法定的權限和

程序行使權力，促進全體教職工遵紀守法，有利于依法治國方略的貫

徹落實，更好地維護和實現社會公平和正義。另一方面，又有力促使

全體教職工特別是黨員干部模范遵守社會道德，共同增強維護社會廉

潔的道德責任感。

3、大力加強廉政文化建設，對深入推進反腐倡廉工作具有重要而

積極的意義。廉政文化是社會主義先進文化的重要組成部分。只有以

廉政文化武裝黨員干部的頭腦，教育廣大群眾，才能在全社會確立廉

潔的價值取向，培養廉潔的理念追求，逐步從根本上鏟除滋生腐敗的文化條件。

4、中學校園廉政文化建設是我國社會主義廉政文化建設的重要組

成部分。中學生是黨和我國社會主義事業的接班人，是振興中華、實

現民族偉大復興的新一代，中學生是未來公職人員的主要后備群體，開展針對中學生的廉潔教育，使其形成廉政廉潔意識，對各種潛在的腐敗意識，就如同為他們提前接種“反腐疫苗”，使其具有抵御腐敗的免疫力，確保他們成長為健康的社會主流力量，不僅是全社會反腐

倡廉的重要組成部分，也是中學生思想政治教育和校園廉政文化建設的應有之義和當務之急。

三、促進校園廉政文化建設的對策與途徑

1、要提高認識，進一步形成校園廉政文化建設濃厚氛圍。校園

廉政文化建設是我們黨在多年的黨風廉政建設實踐中不斷探索和總

結中取得的經驗。校園廉政文化這種文化正是適應了反腐敗工作懲防

并舉、注重預防的方針，是扎實推進懲治和預防腐敗體系建設的需要。

2、要加強領導，進一步把校園廉政文化建設引向深入。建立健全

校園廉政文化建設的領導機制和工作機制，努力形成校園廉政文化建

設的整體合力，是保證校園廉政文化建設順利進行的關鍵。學校校長、書記要提高對廉政文化建設重要性的認識，切實把校園廉政文化建設

作為反腐倡廉的一項重要工作內容，納入黨的建設和文化建設的整體

規劃，加強領導，著力推進，從經費上給予保障。領導干部特別是黨

政主要領導要成為校園廉政文化建設的倡導者、實踐者和傳播者，率

先垂范，嚴于律己。整合校園廉政文化資源，形成全校抓校園廉政文

化建設的合力。

3、要深入研究，進一步提升校園廉政文化建設的理論水平。加

強校園廉政文化建設，需要深入研究校園廉政文化，提升校園廉政文

化建設的理論水平。必須深入研究毛澤東、鄧小平的廉政思想，特別是深入研究胡錦濤總書記有關黨風廉政建設和反腐敗工作一系列重要講話精神，積極探索廉政文化建設的規律，不斷豐富和發展廉政思想、廉政理論。加大投入，廣泛開展多層次、多角度、集中與分散相結合的理論研討活動，擴大校園廉政文化建設的認知面和影響面，切實推進校園廉政文化建設的理論和實踐，提高校園廉政文化建設的水平。

4、要強化措施，進一步發揮好現有校園廉政文化陣地和載體的作用。要利用好行之有效的校園廉政文化載體，如做反腐倡廉報告，選擇主題教育，開展反腐倡廉征文活動和突出廉政教育的文藝匯演，舉辦校園廉政書畫展，廉政故事演講比賽等活動擴大校園廉政宣傳的影響力，營造守廉、尊廉、崇廉的濃厚氛圍。

四、貫徹六個結合，確保校園廉政文化建設實效

1、與思想教育相結合。圍繞“三廉”并舉的目標，教師廉潔從教，學生廉潔修身，把廉潔教育與學校的各類思想教育活動同步研究、同步部署、同步檢查、同步落實。

2、與學生德育工作相結合。將廉政文化建設納入學校德育體系，全面貫徹落實中共中央、國務院《關于進一步加強和改進大學生思想政治教育的意見》，按照教育教學規律和學生身心發展的特點，因勢利導，開展社會主義榮辱觀教育，讓“八榮八恥”扎根于學生心中，培養學生正確的世界觀、人生觀、價值觀，明辨是非、善惡、美丑，促進誠信守法、正直自律等良好的道德意識真正內化為學生的自覺行

為和基本的道德情感。

3、與課堂教學相結合。積極推進廉政文化進課堂工作。任課教師要有效、有序、動態地整合各學科教材中蘊含的有關“敬廉崇儉”教育資源，在教學中強化滲透“敬廉崇儉”思想，進一步增強道德教育的實效性。

4、與課外閱讀相結合。根據學生知識積累狀況，引導學生挑選、閱讀古今中外清正廉潔的故事、格言、圖片和漫畫，并撰寫讀后感和隨筆。學校圖書館采編一些廉政文化建設內容的書籍，設置專櫥，鼓勵學生借閱，方便學生閱覽。

5、與學生各類主題活動相結合。各級團組織、學生會和學生工作干部在組織學生各類主題活動時，要把廉潔教育融入其中，通過活動，培養學生良好的思想道德素質。

6、與校園文化建設相結合。通過張貼格言、警句，布展書畫櫥窗，演唱歌曲，組織征文、演講競賽，演播影視片，以及增加大學生藝術節中廉潔教育內容等，多形式、多途徑開展廉潔教育，形成濃厚的“敬廉崇儉”校園風尚。總之，校園廉政文化是反腐倡廉工作的新探索、新途徑和新載體。加強校園廉政文化建設，是新形勢下反腐倡廉工作的必由之路，是全黨、全社會的共同責任。我們一定要提高認識，理清思路，抓住重點，抓好落實，以卓有成效的校園廉政文化創建活動教育人、塑造人、引導人、鼓舞人，為構建陽光教育校園，培養四有新人作出應有的貢獻

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第三篇：學習“孔桂英”心得體會

學習《孔桂英同志抗洪搶險先進事跡》心得體會

學習了孔桂英同志的抗洪搶險先進事跡后，我心情激蕩，久久不能平靜。作為一名鄉鎮社區女黨支部書記、一名中共黨員，孔桂英同志用自己抗洪搶險第一線的表現，使我們切身體會到黨員先鋒模范作用的實際體現。

2010年7月27日晚至28日的連續強降雨，致使龍井市多處地方受災。龍井市老頭溝鎮在洪水中遭受巨大的損失，但在災難面前，全市黨員干部沒有被嚇到，而是發揮創先爭優精神沖在最前線與洪水搏斗。62歲的老頭溝鎮天寶社區黨支部書記孔桂英同志，就是其中的優秀代表，她說的三個“我就是要”充分表明了黨務干部的優良品質。

孔桂英同志作為一名普通的鄉鎮社區黨支部書記始終以黨和人民的事業為重，把黨性根植于心底，把真情融入百姓心田，勤奮務實，無私奉獻，用實際行動踐行了科學發展觀，對農村基層工作的無限熱愛。

我個人認為，孔桂英同志的三個“我就是要”很值得我們廣大黨員干部群眾認真學習。一是我就是要最早知道情況。27日接到晚上有大雨的通知后，孔桂英就提前召集社區黨支部大會和居民代表大會，要求每個黨員和居民代表按照分片將有大雨的消息傳達到每個居民家中，提前做好防汛工作。并時刻關心汛情，及時上報及積極協調防汛工作。二是

第四篇：孔校長演講稿

踐行一日三省、高效快樂生活

為了打造文明和諧、嚴謹高效、健康快樂的實驗部。在此我向同學們提出一日三省：一省：言行是否文明得體；二省：心態是否積極向上；三省：學習是否嚴謹認真。希望同學們每日做好對照，高效快樂生活。

1、禮儀是中華民族的傳統美德，我們祖國自古就有“禮儀之邦”美稱。文明禮儀不僅反映了一個人的氣質風度、閱歷見識、道德情操、精神風貌，而且還代表著一個集體、一個民族、一個國家的對外形象。常言說得好“人無禮則不生，事無禮則不成，國無禮則不寧”。同學們，讓我們從身邊做起，時時處處嚴格要求自己，做一個文明人。

作為一名中學生，我們該如何做才叫文明：注重儀表，穿戴整潔、樸素大方，不燙發染發，不留怪發，不化妝，不佩戴首飾，這是一種文明；愛護公物、愛護環境、節約資源也是一種文明；尊重師長，孝敬父母，誠實守信，禮貌待人，是一種文明；同學之間互相尊重、團結互助、理解寬容、真誠相待、正常交往，不說臟話，不罵人，不打架，不喝酒、不吸煙是一種文明。“國有國法，家有家規”，“沒有規矩，不成方圓”。紀律是人類文明的重要標志，是公共生活中具有強制性的行為規則，嚴守紀律是現代人應有的素質，遵規守紀是形成良好品德的需要，也是學習科學文化知識的重要條件，一個有組織性的集體絕對不會缺少嚴格的規定與鮮明的紀律。《中學生日常行為規范》，《中學生守則》及我校制定的《中學生管理規定》幾項制度為我們的言行舉止指明了方向。讓我們共同努力，牢記校訓，全力打造一個文明和諧、健康快樂的實驗部。

2、人生的方向就是由心態決定的，一般來說，人們面對學習的態度只有兩種，一個是積極的態度，再一個就是消極的態度。一個人的心態積極樂觀向上你的個人目標實現的機會就大，相反，一個人的心情抑郁，整天愁眉苦臉地面對生活，不管做什么事情都不積極，常常錯誤百出，那么自我價值就會實現的機會就很少。所以，心態時時刻刻都在支配著我們的言行，決定著我們對生活的選擇。不同的心態，就會演繹出截然不同的命運。三個工人在砌一面墻。有一個好管閑事的人過來問：“你們在干什么？”第一個工人愛理不理地說：“沒有看見嗎？我在砌墻。”第二個工人抬頭看了一眼好管閑事的人，說“我們在蓋一棟樓房。”第三個工人真誠而有自信地說：“我們在建一座城市。”十年后，第一個工人在另一個工地上砌墻；第二個工人坐在辦公室畫圖紙，她成了一名工程師；第三個人呢，成了一家房地產公司的總裁，是前兩個人的老板。僅僅十年的時間，三個人的命運就發生了截然不同的變化，是什么原因導致這樣的結果呢？是態度！態度決定高度。一個人有什么樣的心態，就會有什么樣的追求和目標。具有積極樂觀心態的人，其人生目標必然高遠，有了高遠的目標，必然會為之努力，有努力就有回報。第一個工人心態是消極的，心情是郁悶的，想的是一些令自己不愉快的事，回答別人的問題時也是滿肚子怨氣。第二個工人要比第一個工人心態好些，盡管也是在砌墻，但他卻把這堵墻當作一棟樓房來建，心里想的是如何將樓房建設的更好。第三個工人心態最好，工作那么辛苦，他還那么自信那么專注。人最可貴的就是“積極”二字，第三個工人把砌墻這樣的小事當作一項偉大的事業來看待，十年后成為老板也就不足為奇了。

事物永遠是陰陽并存的。積極的心態看到的永遠是事物好的一面，而消極的心態只看到不好的一面。積極的心態能把壞的事情變好，消極的心態能把好的事情變壞。積極的心態像太陽，照到哪里哪里亮；消極的心態像月亮，初一十五不一樣。不是沒有陽光，是因為你總低著頭；不是沒有綠洲，是因為你心中有一片沙漠。

當然，人總會有情緒低落的時候，也許是因為一個人，或者是因為一件事，讓你久久不能釋懷。致使心情低落，產生不良心態，這種心態就會影響你的正常生活，也會影響你的工作學習，甚至會影響你的成長進步。這個時候要試著調整心態，接受現實，適應現實。有的時候，我們既然改變不了環境，就要努力改變自己，從不良心境中解脫出來，讓自己適應這個環境，用樂觀向上的心態去做你認為最有價值的事情。

3、嚴謹認真是學生學習在最基本的態度。

嚴禁認真是學生學習在最基本的態度。一個草率從事，馬馬虎虎的同學是很難取得好的成績的。我們常常發現這樣的事情：有的同學在學習中總是會出現或多或少的錯誤，如已經計算正確的結果寫錯，有的家長老師把這歸結于馬虎，其實不盡然，關鍵在于學生還沒有形成嚴謹認真的思維品質，學習習慣，同學們要從平時養成嚴謹、認真的學習習慣，這將使你受益無窮。

如：王文是一所高中的學生，她的班今年有七位同學考上了清華大學，被稱為明星班。某報記者聞訊趕去采訪，請教他們學習上有什么好經驗，他們的回答雖然各異，但有一個驚人的共同點是他們嚴謹認真、一絲不茍的學習態度。

有四位同學不約而同拿出一個本子—錯題集。打開一看，都記得密密麻麻。他們把作業或考試中做錯的題都收集在這個本子里。每一次考試完之后，他們先把做錯的題原封不動抄下來，用鉛筆標出錯的地方，然后在認真做一遍，最后用簡明的語言歸納出錯誤的類型和失敗的原因（用紅筆書寫）。用這種嚴謹的方法對待考試中做錯的題，做到決不在同一個地方跌倒。

記者又讓王文找出來他上課時候的筆記、練習和試卷。記者發現，王文的作業跟其他孩子相比，最大的特點就是認真，書寫規范、清潔。作業的格式、數字的書寫、數學符號的書寫都一絲不茍。

王文對記者談到“養成一個認真嚴肅的學習習慣是成功的關鍵。我建議同學們要獨立思考，獨立完成作業，不要跟別人對算式和結果，更不要抄襲別人的作業。” 王文的同桌，一個男生說：“一定要嚴謹認真，注意細節。學習好的同學，大都嚴謹認真，并且養成了習慣。比如，認真審題、仔細運算、驗算等等。

可見，嚴謹認真也是所有成功學生的學習秘訣。

嚴謹認真，孜孜不倦的學習精神是一個人的非智力因素，但是在學習中卻起著重要的作業，也是現在許多孩子所欠缺的。現在的中小學生大多都是獨生子女，家長大都重視孩子智力因素的培養，而往往對于非智力因素重視得不夠。這就造成孩子們智力因素跟非智力因素發展不協調，聰明是聰敏，可是缺乏刻苦鉆研，嚴謹認真的學習態度學習精神。世間最怕“認真”二字，孩子想要學得多一些，學得好一點，認真嚴謹是必不可少的，他的意義不完全在于今天或者明天，他講影響到孩子的一輩子。有了一個嚴肅認真的學習態度，一個良好的學習習慣，那真是一輩子受用不盡。

讓我們牢記一日三省，高效學習，快樂生活，我實現學校提出的奮斗目標而努力。

第五篇：演講稿(英)

演講稿(英)

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.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 six 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 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.This was the start in my life.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 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.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.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-calligraphied.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.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.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.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--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.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 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 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, and 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'd 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 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.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.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.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.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.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.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, and most important, have the courage to follow 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 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 1960s, 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, overflowing with neat tools and great notions.Stuart and his team put out several issues of The Whole Earth Catalogue, 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 hitch-hiking 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.Thank you all, very much.