The speech Steve Jobs did was very eye opening to me. The first story Jobs talked about I could relate to. Jobs talked about his thought process on dropping out of college. Which is parallel to my dad’s ideals of college. Just like Jobs, my dad dropped out of college because he did not see the worth in it. Both Jobs and my dad knew that they wanted to do what they feel passionate about. Surprisingly, both passions were in their own businesses’.

Jobs later talks about the fact that dots in your life later connect. I have always loved this thought process. To me, things happen for a reason and that reason is shown later in life. For Steve Jobs, being fired from Apple was the kick off to his creativity. Big events, even the devastating ones, kick me into gear. Given, the first moments of the devastating events I cannot pull myself together. However, just like Steve Jobs said, the dots connect later in life. I can think of many events in my life that has kicked me into something even better.

The last story Jobs talked about inspired me the most. The thought of death has always been something I have struggled to think about. Thinking about death spirals me into almost a life crisis. However, Steve Jobs words the ideal of death perfectly. We should not fear death but use it as an influencer. The way Jobs said to not waste your life living someone else’s really got to me. Society is about fitting in or else you are seen as “weird”. In many ways, this way of thinking is starting to go away. Yet, this pressure to fit in still lingers. Jobs got me thinking, I really should try to live my own life. As well as not get too caught up in what other people think. This is detrimental to creativity. Overall, the Steve Jobs speech gave me a lot to think about. Especially with my big life decisions and how I react to them.