Steve Jobs - Stanford Commencement Address - 2005
Steve Jobs' 2005 Stanford Commencement Address is a famous speech he gave at Stanford University on June 12, 2005. In his speech, Jobs shared three stories from his life that had a profound impact on him and offered advice to the graduates. The first story was about how he dropped out of college but continued to attend classes he found interesting, which eventually led him to take a calligraphy course that influenced the typography of the first Macintosh computer. Jobs advised the graduates to trust that the dots of their life will connect in the future. The second story was about how he was fired from Apple, the company he co-founded, and how that was a turning point in his life. He founded NeXT, which was eventually acquired by Apple, and he returned to Apple as CEO, leading the company to become one of the most successful in the world. The third story was about his battle with pancreatic cancer, which he was diagnosed with in 2003. He spoke about the importance of finding what ...