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What Steve Jobs thinks about happiness

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American entrepreneur (1955 to 2011); co-founded Apple in 1976 and led it again from 1997 to 2011; ran Pixar from 1986 to 2006.

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4 dated positions, 2005, in their own words. Our reading of what Steve Jobs has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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  1. Our readingThe 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 have not found it, keep looking and do not settle.

    Their wordsYour 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.

    ↗Steve Jobs, Stanford commencement address (Stanford News, 12 June 2005): prepared textweb.archive.org 3rd of 7 in this piece

  3. Our readingAsking each morning whether today would be worth living as the last day of one’s life shows when something needs to change.

    Their wordsI 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.

    ↗Steve Jobs, Stanford commencement address (Stanford News, 12 June 2005): prepared textweb.archive.org 4th of 7 in this piece

  5. Our readingRemembering that one will soon be dead is the most useful tool for making the big choices in life, because expectations, pride and fear of failure fall away in the face of death.

    Their wordsRemembering 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.

    ↗Steve Jobs, Stanford commencement address (Stanford News, 12 June 2005): prepared textweb.archive.org 5th of 7 in this piece

  7. Our readingTime is limited, so one should not live someone else’s life: dogma is living with other people’s thinking, and one’s own intuition already knows what one wants to become.

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    Their wordsYour 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.

    ↗Steve Jobs, Stanford commencement address (Stanford News, 12 June 2005): prepared textweb.archive.org 7th of 7 in this piece