Steve Jobs Graduation Speech

I thought that Steve Jobs’s speech was definitely an interesting read. I think that his first part about connecting the dots directly applies to most every ambitious student. Personally, I do not always know where I am headed or why I am going there, but sometimes I just follow my gut intuition because that’s what feels good and right. I think that it’s very hard for adolescents to stray off the “beaten path” and to instead pave their own. Being individualistic and pursuing your own interests is definitely something that is easier said than done. Due to our ever changing society, there is no set “plug-and-chug” formula for financial and personal success, and this I believe is something that bothers a lot of younger students. They may feel lost because they haven’t discovered their purpose yet. Steve Jobs hits it right on the head of the nail when he says, “you can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something.” Steve Jobs admits that he dropped in on courses that he legitimately thought would have no practical impact on his life, and yet years later these courses allowed him to make a major technological innovation that has had a significant affect on computers. With this in mind, I think it’s important to be outgoing; do not limit yourself to what you are comfortable with!