另一个退学生——乔布斯演讲摘录

　　偶然从《新东方精神》上看到乔布斯的演讲，才知道老乔也是大学的退学生，让人怀疑是不是非要跟学校保持距离，才能成就功业。当然，成功的大多数人，还是拿到了毕业证，可是谁知道是认真读的还是随便混的？哈哈！深有感触的部分，摘录如下：

　　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.

　　邪说：当年学英语、练嘴皮，今天靠这两样吃饭。当年学法律、考律师，目前还在闲置。希望老乔的话不只是说说而已。

　　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.

　　邪说：这是不久前教导那个问题大学生的中心思想，或许真有几分道理。

　　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.

　　邪说：感受过死亡的逼近，老乔果然别有感悟。是啊，想到死，就没什么想不开的。

　　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.

　　邪说：一直在努力。可惜的是，被教导多年的同胞们，一时半会儿的，怕是难以转过这个弯来。［实习编辑：张丁心］