Life Lessons from Steve Jobs

As a college student, I bought a Mac 128K when Macintoshes were just a few months old. I've had a soft spot for Apple ever since. In business school, I watched Apple's CEO lose his company, kicked out by his board and the man he had hired, only to see him show the world with Pixar and Next computers that he was not just a one-hit wonder. Here is a commencement speech (14 min 33 sec) at Stanford in which he shares a few insights gained along the way.

• Be curious. You never know what dots will connect later on
• Follow what you love
• Failure can be freeing
• Live each day as if it were the last