Just three stories. The first story is about connecting the dots. I dropped out of reed

就三個故事。第一個故事是關於連接點的。我輟學的蘆葦

college after the first six months but then stayed around as a drop in for another 18

在頭六個月後，大學，但隨後作為一個下降的另一個18個月留了下來。

months or so before I really quit. It was pretty scary at the time but looking back

個月左右，我才真正戒掉。當時挺害怕的，但回想起來

it was one of the best decisions I ever made. The minute I dropped out, I could stop taking

這是我做過的最好的決定之一。在我退學的那一刻，我可以停止服用。

the required classes that didn't interest me and begin dropping in on the ones that

必修課，沒有'我的興趣，並開始下降的那些，。

looked far more interesting. Reed college at that time offered perhaps the best calligraphy

看起來要有趣得多。勵志學院在當時提供了也許是最好的書法。

instruction in the country. Throughout the campus, every poster, every label on every

在國內的教學。在整個校園裡，每一張海報，每一個標籤上的每一個

drawer was beautifully hand calligraphed and I found it fascinating. None of this had even

抽屜裡有精美的手工書法，我覺得很吸引人。這一切甚至沒有

a hope of any practical application in my life, but 10 years later when we were designing

但10年後，當我們在設計的時候，我的生活中沒有任何實際應用的希望。

the first macintosh computer, it all came back to me. If I had never dropped out, personal

第一臺macintosh電腦，這一切都讓我回味無窮。如果我沒有退學，個人

computers might not have had the wonderful typography that they do. Of course it was

電腦可能沒有他們那樣精彩的排版。當然，它是

impossible to connect the dots looking forward when I was in college, but it was very very

在我上大學的時候，我不可能把這些點連接起來往前看，但這是非常非常的。

clear looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your

清楚的向後看。所以，你要相信，這些點會以某種方式連接在你的

future. Because believing that the dots will connect down the road will give you the confidence

的未來。因為相信點點滴滴都會連接在一起，會讓你有信心。

to follow your heart even when it leads you off the well worn path. My second story is

追隨你的心，即使它把你帶離了老路。我的第二個故事是

about love and loss. I was lucky - I found what I loved to do early in life. Woz and

關於愛與失去。我很幸運--我很早就找到了自己喜歡做的事情。Woz和

started Apple in my parents' garage when I was 20 and in ten years Apple had grown from

在我20歲的時候，我在父母的車庫裡創辦了蘋果公司，十年間蘋果公司從

just the 2 of us in a garage into a 2 billion dollar company with over 4000 employees. And

僅僅是我們兩個人的車庫 就變成了一個擁有超過4000名員工的20億美金的公司。而且

then I got fired. What had been the focus of my entire adult life was gone. I really

然後我被解僱了。我整個成人生活的重心都沒有了。我真的...

didn't know what to do for a few months. I felt that I had let the previous generation

沒'幾個月不知道該怎麼辦。我覺得我已經讓上一代人

of entrepreneurs down. I'd been rejected but I still loved what I did. I didn't see it

的創業者下來。我'被拒絕了，但我仍然喜歡我所做的事情。我沒有看到它

then, but turned out that getting fired from apple was the best thing that could have ever

但事實證明，從蘋果被解僱 是最好的事情，可能有史以來。

happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner

發生在我身上。成功的沉重感被初學者的輕盈感所取代

again. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life. During the next

再次。它讓我自由地進入了我生命中最有創造力的時期之一。在接下來的

five years, I started a company named NeXt, another company named Pixar and it's now the

五年後，我創辦了一家名為NeXt的公司，另一家名為Pixar的公司，現在它的名字是NeXt。

most successful animation studio in the world. I'm convinced that the only thing that kept

世界上最成功的動畫工作室。我相信唯一能讓我堅持下去的就是...

me going was that I loved what I did. You've got to find what you love. Your work is gonna

我去是，我愛我做的。你必須找到你喜歡的東西。你的工作是要

fill a large part of your life and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you

在你的生活中佔據了很大的比重，只有做你真正滿意的事情，才能讓你的生活更有意義。

believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you

相信是偉大的工作。而做偉大工作的唯一方法就是熱愛自己的工作。如果你

haven't found it yet, keep looking. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when

還沒有找到它，繼續尋找。就像所有的心事一樣，你會知道，什麼時候你會知道

you find it. My third story is about death. If you live each day as if it was your last,

你找到它。我的第三個故事是關於死亡的。如果你把每一天都當作最後一天來過，

some day you'll most certainly be right. For the past 33 years, I've looked in the mirror

有一天，你肯定會是對的。在過去的33年裡，我一直在照鏡子。

every morning and asked myself: If today were the last day of my life, would I wanna do

每天早上問自己：如果今天是我生命中的最後一天，我還會不會想做

what I am about to do today? Because almost everything, all external expectations, all

我今天要做什麼？因為幾乎所有的事情，所有的外在期望，所有的

pride, all fear of embarassment or failure, these things just fall away in the face of

自尊心，所有對尷尬或失敗的恐懼，這些東西都會消失，在面對... ...

death. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of

死亡。記住你會死是我知道的最好的方法，以避免陷阱的

thinking you have something to lose. There is no reason not to follow your hearts. Your

以為自己有什麼可失去的。沒有理由不跟隨自己的內心。你的

time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't let the noise of

時間是有限的，所以不要浪費它過別人的生活。不要讓噪音的

other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. Have the courage to follow your heart

其他'的意見淹沒了自己內心的聲音。要有勇氣跟隨自己的內心

and intuition: They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else

和直覺。他們已經知道了你真正想成為的人。其他一切

is secondary. Stay hungry, stay foolish. Thank you all very much.

是次要的。保持飢餓，保持愚蠢。非常感謝大家。