The topic forever is American Dream, but it truly drives us to every success. Although it’s the presentation in 2004, I still like to share it: “Hope — Hope in the face of difficulty. Hope in the face of uncertainty. The audacity of hope!”
Part I
Part II
Steven Jobs is the man I most admired. I saw a video named “Nerd”, which was made in 1997. The video traced back to the brilliant ear of Apple II, as well as Macintosh. This time, I post my favorite presentation made by him, for people who want to do something.
Again, you can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. 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.
Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don’t lose faith. I’m convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. You’ve got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work.
Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition.
(Happy Xmas Kyoko
Happy Xmas Julian)
So this is Xmas
And what have you done
Another year over
And a new one just begun
And so this is Xmas
I hope you have fun
The near and the dear one
The old and the young
A very Merry Xmas
And a happy New Year
Let’s hope it’s a good one
Without any fear
And so this is Xmas
For weak and for strong
For rich and the poor ones
The world is so wrong
And so happy Xmas
For black and for white
For yellow and red ones
Let’s stop all the fight
A very Merry Xmas
And a happy New Year
Let’s hope it’s a good one
Without any fear
And so this is Xmas
And what have we done
Another year over
A new one just begun
And so happy Xmas
We hope you have fun
The near and the dear one
The old and the young
A very Merry Xmas
And a happy New Year
Let’s hope it’s a good one
Without any fear
War is over, if you want it
War is over now
Happy Xmas
Recently I was depressed by something that I don’t wanna mention, until I saw the “Last Lecture” hold by Randy Pausch, who was university professor and just got serious cancer with only 4 or 5 months to live. From the lecture, I was deeply touched by lessons about reaching goals, achieving dreams, the power of enthusiasm. If you think the dream is hard to come true, just remember: “Brick walls are there for a reason, they let us prove how badly we want things.”
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