Like my friend Warren Buffet, 就像我的朋友沃伦·布非一样， I feel particularly lucky to do something every day that I love to do. 我为每天都能做自己热爱的事情而感到无比幸运。 He calls it "tap-dancing to work." 他称之为“踢踏舞工作”。 My
So here’s my final story: 以下是我要说的最后一个故事： On a day like today, 就像今天的某一日， you might feel exhilarated—like you’ve just been shot out of a cannon at the circus—and even invincible. 你们可能感到欣喜若狂,就像你刚从马戏团的大炮口
My third story is about death. 我的第三个故事是关于死亡 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."
I am honored to be with you today at your commencement from one of the finest universities in the world. I never graduated from college. Truth be told, this is the closest I've ever gotten to a co
I've always been an optimist 我天生乐观， and I suppose that is rooted in my belief that the power of creativity and intelligence can make the world a better place. 坚信人类凭创造力和聪明才智可以让世界日益美妙，这一设想一直根植于我的内心深
My Dad became a professor at uh... Michigan State, 我的父亲后来成了···密歇根州立大学的教授， and I was an incredibly lucky boy. 我是一个非常幸运的孩子。 A professor’s life is pretty flexible, 教授的生活安排是非常有弹性的， and he was able to spen
I think it is often easier to make progress on mega-ambitious dreams. 我认为,通常追寻雄心万丈的梦想更容易些。 I know that sounds completely nuts. 我知道这听起来完全是一派胡言。 But, since no one else is crazy enough to do it, you have
I had one of those dreams when I was 23. 我23岁的时候,就做过一个那样的梦。 When I suddenly woke up, 我猛然惊醒, I was thinking: What if we could download the whole web, and just keep the links? 想着:如果我们能把整个网络下载下来,但仅保存链接会怎
My second story is about love and loss. 我的第二个故事是关于热爱和得失 I was lucky. I found what I loved to do early in life. Woz and I started Apple in my parents garage when I was 20. We worked hard, and in 10 yea
Everyone in my family went here to Michigan: my brother, my Mom, my Dad—all of them. 我们家的所有成员都毕业于密歇根大学:我哥哥、我妈妈和爸爸——我们全家。 My Dad actually got the quantity discount :he got all three and a half of his d
When I was young, there was an amazing publication called The Whole Earth Catalog, 当我年轻的时候, 有一本叫做“整个地球的目录”振聋发聩的杂志， which was one of the bibles of my generation. 它是我们那一代人的圣经之一。 It was created by a fell
And 17 years later I did go to college. But I naively chose a college that was almost as expensive as Stanford, and all of my working-class parents' savings were being spent on my college tuition.
My Dad was valedictorian of Flint Mandeville High School class of 1956 for about 90 kids. 我的父亲1956年从弗林特曼德维尔高中毕业，这届大约有90 个学生，他发表了毕业演讲。 I happened across his graduating speech recently, and it blew me a
And 17 years later I did go to college. 在十七岁那年 ，我真的上了大学。 But I naively chose a college that was almost as expensive as Stanford, 但是我很愚蠢的选择了一个几乎和你们斯坦福大学一样贵的学校, and all of my working-class parent‘s savi
Again, you can't connect the dots looking forward; 再次说明的是,你在向前展望的时候不可能将这些片断串连起来； you can only connect them looking backwards. 你只能在回顾的时候将点点滴滴串连起来。 So you have to trust that the dots will somehow co
Class of 2009! 2009届的同学们， I don't think I hurt you. 我不认为这伤害了你们。 First I’d like you to stand up, and wave and cheer your supportive family and friends! 首先我希望大家都站起来，向支持你们的亲朋好友挥手致意！ I’m sure you can
I didn't see it then, 我当时没有觉察, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. 但是事后证明，从苹果公司被炒是我这辈子发生的最棒的事情。 The heaviness of being successfu
My third story is about death. 我的第三个故事是关于死亡的。 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.&quo
I lived with that diagnosis all day. 我整天和那个诊断书一起生活。 Later that evening I had a biopsy, 后来有一天晚上我作了一个活切片检查， where they stuck an endoscope down my throat, through my stomach and into my intestines, 医生将一个
This was the closest I've been to facing death, and I hope its the closest I get for a few more decades. Having lived through it, I can now say this to you with a bit more certainty than when deat
