膵臓がんを宣告されて，奇跡的に手術に成功し，一度は死を覚悟した彼が学生たちに語りかけたこととは。。
Steve Jobs’ 2005 Stanford Commencement address より（一部抜粋）
https://news.stanford.edu/2005/06/14/jobs-061505/
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.
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.
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.
Remembering that ~: ～を覚えておくことは
encounter: ～に遭遇する
make a choice: 選択する
external: 外からの
expectation: 期待
pride: 自尊心
fear: 心配，恐れ
embarrassment: 困惑，きまり悪さ
failure: 失敗
fall away: 消えてなくなる
in the face of ~: ～に直面して
leave: ～を残す
avoid: ～を避ける
trap: わな，落とし穴
naked: 裸の
follow: ～に従う
No one wants to die, even people who want to go to Heaven don't want to die to get there, and yet, death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It's life's change agent; it clears out the old to make way for the new.
No one wants to die, even people who want to go to Heaven don't want to die to get there, and yet, death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It's life's change agent; it clears out the old to make way for the new.
Heaven: 天国
destination: 目的地，行き先
share: ～を共有する
esccape: ～を免れる，～から逃げる
very likely: 高い可能性で
invention: 発明
agent: 作用物質
clear out: ～を追い出す
make way for: ～に道を譲る
Right now, the new is you. But someday, not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it's quite true.
Right now, the new is you. But someday, not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it's quite true.
gradually: 徐々に，次第に
clear away: ～を排除する，一掃する
dramatic: 劇的な，ドラマチックな
quite: まったく
Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma, which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice, and most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.
Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma, which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice, and most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.
Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma, which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice, and most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.
limited: 限られた
waste: ～を無駄にする
trap: ～をわなにかける
dogma: ドグマ，定説的な考え
result: 結果
opinion: 意見
drown out: ～をかき消す，聞き取れなくする
inner voice: 内なる声
intuition: 直観
secondary: 二の次の，あまり重要でない