One of the best commencement address I've heard

[SSSnail]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4E-2AtyI_I8

So profound. :awe:

 

[JEDI]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4E-2AtyI_I8

So profound. :awe:

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[SSSnail]

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So, what did you think of it?

Speech starts at around 3 minute mark.

 

[Mai72]

I thought it was very insightful.

1. Identify your weaknesses.
2. Embrace the new.
3. Letting go of what I can not control.

This is how I interpret these three.

1. Identify your weakness
-This is about making yourself a better person. You should always grow intellectually as a person. Never stop learning. It's very important to identify your weakness so you can go to work and make them your strengths.

2. Embrace the new.
-As we get older we tend to get stuck in our ways. Things change and we must adopt. Nothing stays the same. I'm almost 40 and when I was teaching in South Korea most of my coworkers were under 25. I loved working with young people, because they bring energy and they process things differently than older people. I wasn't intimidated at all. I relished working with them, because I was always learning new things.

3. Letting go of what I can not control.
-This is very important and many people have a very difficult time giving up control. We can only plan and hope for the best. We don't have control over many things. I can get an awesome job, get married, etc.. Then 5 years later I could lose it all. I could get on an airplane and die in a fiery crash. FEAR is what keeps most people at a crappy job for 40 years miserable and unhappy.

My favorite commencement speech of all time is the one Steve Jobs gave at Stanford.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1R-jKKp3NA

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.

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.

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 how 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.

 

[JEDI]

So, what did you think of it?

Speech starts at around 3 minute mark.

started watching it now:
8min mark: 'challenging me makes me better'

I guess I've grown comfortable in life. I'm not seeking challenges.
I'm just sticking w/the familiar