乔布斯斯坦福大学演讲词英文版12页word资料Word文档下载推荐.docx
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TodayIwanttotellyouthreestoriesfrommylife.That'
sit.Nobigdeal.Justthreestories.Thefirststoryisaboutconnectingthedots.
IdroppedoutofReedCollegeafterthefirstsixmonthsbutthenstayed
aroundasadrop-inforanothereighteenmonthsorsobeforeIreallyquit.
SowhydidIdropout?
ItstartedbeforeIwasborn.Mybiologicalmother
wasayoung,unwedgraduatestudent,andshedecidedtoputmeupfor
adoption.ShefeltverystronglythatIshouldbeadoptedbycollege
graduates,soeverythingwasallsetformetobeadoptedatbirthbya
lawyerandhiswife,exceptthatwhenIpoppedout,theydecidedatthe
lastminutethattheyreallywantedagirl.Somyparents,whowereonawaitinglist,gotacallinthemiddleofthenightasking,"
We'
vegotanunexpectedbabyboy.Doyouwanthim?
"
Theysaid,"
Ofcourse."
My
biologicalmotherfoundoutlaterthatmymotherhadnevergraduatedfrom
collegeandthatmyfatherhadnevergraduatedfromhighschool.She
refusedtosignthefinaladoptionpapers.Sheonlyrelentedafewmonths
laterwhenmyparentspromisedthatIwouldgotocollege.
Thiswasthestartinmylife.Andseventeenyearslater,Ididgotocollege,butInaivelychoseacollegethatwasalmostasexpensiveasStanford,andallofmyworking-classparents'
savingswerebeingspentonmycollegetuition.Aftersixmonths,Icouldn'
tseethevalueinit.IhadnoideawhatIwantedtodowithmylife,andnoideaofhowcollegewasgoingtohelpmefigureitout,andhereIwas,spendingallthemoneymyparentshadsavedtheirentirelife.SoIdecidedtodropoutandtrust
thatitwouldallworkoutOK.Itwasprettyscaryatthetime,butlooking
back,itwasoneofthebestdecisionsIevermade.TheminuteIdropped
out,Icouldstoptakingtherequiredclassesthatdidn'
tinterestmeand
begindroppinginontheonesthatlookedfarmoreinteresting
Itwasn'
tallromantic.Ididn'
thaveadormroom,soIsleptonthefloorinfriends'
rooms.IreturnedCokebottlesforthefive-centdepositstobuyfoodwith,andIwouldwalkthesevenmilesacrosstowneverySundaynighttogetonegoodmealaweekattheHareKrishnatemple.Ilovedit.AndmuchofwhatIstumbledintobyfollowingmycuriosityandintuitionturnedouttobepricelesslateron.Letmegiveyouoneexample.
ReedCollegeatthattimeofferedperhapsthebestcalligraphyinstructioninthecountry.Throughoutthecampuseveryposter,everylabeloneverydrawerwasbeautifullyhand-calligraphed.BecauseIhaddroppedoutanddidn'
thavetotakethenormalclasses,Idecidedtotakeacalligraphyclasstolearnhowtodothis.Ilearnedaboutserifandsans-seriftypefaces,aboutvaryingtheamountofspacebetweendifferentlettercombinations,aboutwhatmakesgreattypographygreat.Itwasbeautiful,historical,artisticallysubtleinawaythatsciencecan'
tcapture,andIfounditfascinating.
Noneofthishadevenahopeofanypracticalapplicationinmylife.ButtenyearslaterwhenweweredesigningthefirstMacintoshcomputer,itallcamebacktome,andwedesigneditallintotheMac.Itwasthefirstcomputerwithbeautifultypography.IfIhadneverdroppedinonthatsinglecourseincollege,theMacwouldhaveneverhadmultipletypefacesorproportionallyspacedfonts,andsinceWindowsjustcopiedtheMac,it'
slikelythatnopersonalcomputerwouldhavethem.
IfIhadneverdroppedout,Iwouldhaveneverdroppedinonthat
calligraphyclassandpersonalscomputersmightnothavethewonderful
typographythattheydo.
OfcourseitwasimpossibletoconnectthedotslookingforwardwhenIwasincollege,butitwasvery,veryclearlookingbackwards10yearslater.Again,youcan'
tconnectthedotslookingforward.Youcanonlyconnectthemlookingbackwards,soyouhavetotrustthatthedotswillsomehowconnectinyourfuture.Youhavetotrustinsomething--yourgut,destiny,life,karma,whatever--becausebelievingthatthedotswillconnectdowntheroadwillgiveyoutheconfidencetofollowyourheart,evenwhenitleadsyouoffthewell-wornpath,andthatwillmakeallthedifference
Mysecondstoryisaboutloveandloss.Iwaslucky.IfoundwhatIlovedtodoearlyinlife.WozandIstartedAppleinmyparents'
garagewhenIwastwenty.Weworkedhardandintenyears,Applehadgrownfromjustthetwoofusinagarageintoa$2billioncompanywithover4,000employees.We'
djustreleasedourfinestcreation,theMacintosh,ayearearlier,andI'
djustturnedthirty,andthenIgotfired.Howcanyougetfiredfromacompanyyoustarted?
Well,asApplegrew,wehiredso
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