Steve
Jobs’ Stanford Commencement Address is as relevant today as it was in 2005
and his essential wisdom will remain relevant for decades to come. Through the
telling of three stories from various points in his life, Steve “connects the
dots” in his life for us, demonstrating how we derive meaning from our various
life events looking backward; we are rarely able to "connect the
dots" in a meaningful manner in the present or via speculating about an
unknowable future.
Each of
us possess countless stories about our life events, some we consider huge
successes and some we might label as failures. In the moment, what we
experience as a failure often shifts in meaning via the passage of time and embracing
a “connecting the dots” backward perspective. Personally, many situations that
I labeled as failures in present-time, ultimately led to some of my greatest
successes.
Both perspective and meaning profoundly shift over time. As we learn
to trust that things will ultimately work out, something shifts in us that
enables a sense of peace and confidence to be released - an internal paradigm
shift, so to speak. Steve emphasized the importance of trust, following our
curiosity and passion, and identifying and focusing on what we love to do. When
we give ourselves permission to trust and follow what we are magnetically drawn
to do, the soil of failure often provides the requisite nourishment for our
next success.
Janet
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