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Steve Jobs' 2005 Stanford Commencement Address
Fired from the company he started, and it became one of the best things that happened to him. "You can't connect the dots looking forward."
Who it's for
Jobs frames three painful experiences (dropping out, being fired, a cancer diagnosis) as turning points, which models retrospective meaning-making for viewers in the middle of a setback.
Feelings it meets
What it is
In his commencement address at Stanford University on 12 June 2005, Apple co-founder Steve Jobs tells three stories from his life. He describes dropping out of Reed College and taking a calligraphy class that later shaped the Macintosh's typography. He recounts being fired from Apple at 30, then founding NeXT and Pixar and eventually returning to Apple.
Where to find it
YouTube, Stanford University channel (free). Full text on Stanford News.
Before you start
Heads up: Discussion of cancer and death.
Age: Ages 12+
But believe me, my dear boy, there is nothing stronger than those two: patience and time, they will do it all.Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace, Chapter XVI (tr. Louise and Aylmer Maude)
