I read Steve Jobs’ Stanford commencement address again today. I realized that I had read it before only after I started. His story about death is something I have at the back of my mind most times, I just came back to the source after reading this article again. Here’s the section I’m talking about –
When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: �If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you�ll most certainly be right.� It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: �If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?� And whenever the answer has been �No� for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.
I have changed what I was doing, sometimes took big losses too, when I felt I was not doing something I really wanted to. That man is inspiring.
Ajay Reddy
Ajay Reddy