Steve Jobs 演讲中的两段话,用来提醒自己,常常反思:
“记住不久后我将会死去”是我至今遇到的最重要箴言,帮我做出人生中的重大选择。因为几乎所有的事情——所有的外部期待、荣耀,所有对难堪、失败的恐惧——这些在死亡面前都会烟消云散,而此时留下的才是真正重要的东西。
你们的时间是有限的,所以不要浪费时间在活成别人的人生。不要被条条框框所困,不要仅仅依照别人的思考结果而活。不要让别人的意见淹没掉你自己内心的声音。最重要的是,要有勇气追随你的本心和直觉。它们已经知道你真正想成为什么样的人。其他事情都是次要的。
Remembering 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.
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 other’s 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.