TED TALKS: Steve Jobs "How to live before you die."

This TED talk was done by Steve Jobs. Steve Job’s was a successful co-founder of Apple at the young age of twenty. He shared his speech at his Stanford university commencement. His speech is very inspiring. Within his speech he shared three great stories. Within his first story he shared that we cannot connect the dots going forward but you can connect the dots going backwards, this reinforces my belief that everything happens for a reason, even when things seem really tough. His second story shared some of his toughest times, one of them being when he was fired from apple. He never gave up on his dreams and his love of his work. He said during his second story that “sometimes the only thing that can keep you going is your love of what you do. Work fills a large part of 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 absolutely love what you do.” I couldn’t agree with him more. I know for me, I could not have gotten this far in nursing school if I did not love it. His third story he shared his experience with a scare of cancer. Luckily, it was just a scare, however he learned that time is limited, so don’t waste it on living someone else’s life. He states “don’t let the noise of others opinions drown out your inner voice, and most importantly have the courage to follow your heart and intuition, they somehow already know what you truly want to become.” His words really are inspiring because he shares a lot of his personal life and also has great motivational quotes. His inspiring words have made me grateful for going into the nursing profession because of the love and enjoyment I feel from it.