Assignment 6: Reflection from Steve Job's Talk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1R-jKKp3NA

After listening Job's talk, there are lessons I can thinking again and again. Although he only shares three stories, each one is important to everyone. I feel so pity he only shares three stories. However, I know his purpose is to give those people who are going to graduate from school some suggestions. Therefore he has to choose the most essential ones to them. Frankly speaking, his stories come from his experience, and any thing relating to your experience will impress your audience.

His first story is about " Connecting the dots."
Connecting the dots means connecting the events in your life. If Job never dropped out, it is impossible for him to drop-in to take classes interested him, nor does he create such a well-qualified Mac. " You cannot connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backward. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future." I agree with him. Because I look backward my past, I feel some thing similar to Job's said. If I don't fail in my senior high school entrance exam, I never become a vocational high school student and never become today what I have. At that time, I felt how bad my score was. And now I just think how lucky I am because I can know many good people from my senior high school. Thanks to them so I have unique and precious memory.

His second story is about " Love and loss."
He said when he was fired from the company he starts, he felt so, I think, shameful. Nonetheless, at that time he realized this job was genuine what he love and then he restarted a new company and doing what he love. Eventually, His original company bought his company and he again came back his original company. He said "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. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle." In the past, all what we hear is study hard, study well. Few people can encourage us to seek our interest. Most of us have to face the pressure of study. Nevertheless, in the university, you can hear another voice ask us to discover our passion, our talent even our enthusiasm. Why? Because you find out your interest, it will become a motivation to lead you proceeding like a compass always point the absolute direction. For me, I'm still looking for what I really really interest, although I have some interest on many things such as my major. I'm still looking. Consequently, I go to library to browse different fields as many as possible and participate some speeches held in school. Besides, I just try to take part in student association interests me. What I do is try to understand which one is fascinated with me. Passing three years, I am happy I do such a good action. Even I don't find out, I cherish what I did because it all become part of me.

His final story is about " Death."
If Job didn't be diagonalized as a cancer, nor did he cherish his life. He said " 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." This part is the extension of the 2nd story. The 2nd story tells us the importance of our interest and the 3rd story tells us why it is inevitable. Since our time is limited, it is obvious that do what we can do is the first priority to show our value and contribute to this world. Everyone is unique so everyone should show their value in their own way. Never distract by trivia. Don't be deceived by other people's life. For example, many people would like to lead a "lucky" life without doing anything. I think it is very terrible. If I were the one like this, I would take anything as granted and never cherish what I have. In the long run, I would become self-centered and only care about myself. Such a result is definitely what I hate. Besides, you don't show your value  because someone would help you do your part. Therefore, I learn to accept hardship during anything I do. Though it is hard, it turned out to be meaningful to me and I thank what I have experienced. Ponder what you want to be. It may be crucial to everyone.

Finally, Job gave his wish to every student "Stay hungry. Stay foolish." Be hungry for learning. Be humble for understanding. In Chinese, I agree what it means. However, I cannot astonish by its meaning. In contrast, when I see this sentence expressed by English. I was amazed, Since same meaning expressed by different languages shows its power. That is the benefit of learning different languages. What I want to say is, I know the meaning of this sentence. Nonetheless, I just don't have further understanding. From English language, I just attract by its compact expression. And this also corresponds to spirit of this sentence. What it means that appreciate how fascinating this world is and keep a curiosity to learn. And the more you understand , the more you realize how few you know. Never brag how good you are, just think how lucky you are to know the secret of universe.

I have to say how lucky I am to read and listen Job's address. By the same token, I have to thank my teacher tell me such great and inspiring lecture. Finally, I share a book review I read to conclude my reflection.

Sometimes we think maybe living in another world should be happier.
However, the times what we live maybe no worse than others.
one hundred fifty years ago, the sentences Dickens wrote can be describe any uncertainty era:

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times;
It was the age of wisdom, It was the age of foolishness;
It was the epoch of incredulity, It was the epoch of belief;
It was the season of Light, It was the season of Darkness;
It was the spring of hope, It was the winter of despair;
We had everything before us, We had nothing before us;
We were all going direct to heaven, we were all going direct to the other way.

In fact, any contradiction always exists chance.

Your attitude will decide what kind of life you would  have.
Your choice will change you and other people life.
Your action will make a difference to your world.