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You Are Already Naked

“Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure – these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.”  —  STEVE JOBS, in a commencement address at Stanford, 2005.

Aug 27, 2011
Ryan said...
Wow..very profound. Especially given that he stepped down from Apple this week. I'm glad i'm finally taking the sentence: "There is no reason not to follow your heart" seriously after all these years...thanks for posting this up, Ryan.