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Steve Jobs’ 2005 Stanford Commencement
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Jobs's commencement speech uses personal setbacks and mortality to reflect on choosing work and a life that feel meaningful.
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- Find my direction →
Choose what deserves your time, and question inherited definitions of success.
- Find a way through setbacks →
Meet failure, loss and uncertainty without reducing them to a success slogan.