In a rather ironic setting at a Stanford Commencement, Steve Jobs spends some time recalling some of the ways that dropping out of college has led to the greatest opportunities and revelations in his life. He talks about three stories in particular, each in secession having to do with “connecting the dots”, “dealing with love and loss”, and “confronting death”. In his first story of connecting the dots, Steve Jobs talks about how him dropping out of college led him to create the legacy he known for at Apple. It allowed him to attend a calligraphy class that if he otherwise would not have attended would have impacted the creative design that Macs output today. All of the choices he made in his life was done out of a gut feeling; a hunger to want to do something, which is something that he emphasizes to the crowd. In retrospect, it is impossible to see how the dots connected in his life in realtime, but it is so obvious when looking back. He emphasizes to tackle this by doing the things that you love, and to not live a life the someone else lives.
Steve Jobs relates with first story with two others talking about love, loss, and death. He explains how death is one of the greatest inventions of life. If you live everyday like it is your last, and you determine that you would not be satisfied with your life outcome, then it is a dead giveaway to make a change in your life. To live your life to the fullest is to do what you love, and to excel greatly in that field. To have an ambition or hunger to do something is one of the greatest things you can do; the ceiling for accomplishment really is limitless. For the matters of my own project, Steve Jobs was a pioneer in 3-D animation, creating Pixar Animation Studios shortly after being fired from Apple. He is an inspiration for all trying to join the field, and I would like to emulate that part of his story.