... you have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. this approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life ... you've got to find what you love. and that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers ... 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 love what you do. - steve jobs, 2005 stanford commencement speech
this has got to be the most quoted speech in the world today. it is full of inspiring endings to youthful rebellion and good karma for bad happenings. i suspect people are going to sprout follow your passion with a vengeance now.
what i say is, be very careful what, or who, you trust. if we trust the wrong thing, a man once said, we are to be pitied more than all men. i also say, it is given to some to find and do what they love, but it is given to all to do heartily what they do, and to do it very well.
disclosure: i use and love apples.
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With all due respect to Mr Jobs, I love what you wrote more than his quote!
"but it is given to all to do heartily what they do, and to do it very well. "
True...but you may not love what you do very well unless you are "truly satisfied" in doing "what you believe is great work."
aliendoc, yes. but my point is simply that to be able to love what you do is a luxury that is not given to all.
kidowmer, i blush.
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