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史蒂芬·保羅·賈伯斯（1955年-2011年，年紀56歲）曾是一名美國商業巨頭、發明家、投資家。他也曾是蘋果公司聯合創始人。

Steven Paul Jobs (1955-2011, age 56) was an American business magnate, inventor, and investor. He was also the co-founder of Apple.

按營收來看，蘋果是全球最大的科技公司，2022年營收為3,943億美元。截至2023年3月，蘋果是全球市值最大的公司。

Apple is the world's largest technology company by revenue, with US$394.3 billion in 2022 revenue. As of March 2023, Apple is the world's biggest company by market capitalization.

在2005年，賈伯斯在史丹佛大學發表畢業典禮演講。直到今天，這場演講已經被看過高達180萬次（https://youtu.be/UF8uR6Z6KLc）。

Steve Jobs delivered a commencement address at Stanford University in 2005. Till today, the speech has been viewed up to 1.8 million times(https://youtu.be/UF8uR6Z6KLc).

他只分享了三個故事，但以足夠完美詮釋他巨大的成功。儘管過了15年，觀點依然深刻。趕緊一起深入了解吧！

He shared only three stories but was perfect enough to summarise his tremendous success. After 15 years, the insights are still so powerful. Let’s quickly dive in!

＃1.第一則故事是關於連結「點」（賈伯斯在此隱喻我們人生發生的每個事件）。

The first story is about connecting the dots.

If I had never dropped out, I would have never dropped in on this calligraphy class, and personal computers might not have the wonderful typography that they do. 

Again, you can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backward. 

You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.

drop out (v.) 輟學

calligraphy (n.) 書法

typography (n.) 排版

gut + (feelings) (n.) 直覺

destiny (n.) 命運

karma (n.) 業障

approach (n.) 方法

＃2.第二則故事是關於愛與失去。

My second story is about love and loss.

Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don’t lose faith.

I’m convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. 

You’ve got to find what you love. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle.

brick (n.) 磚

faith (n.) 信念

convinced (adj.) 堅信的

settle + (down) (v.) 定下來

＃3.第三則故事是關於死亡。

My third story is about death.

About a year ago I was diagnosed with cancer.

This was the closest I’ve been to facing death.

Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.

diagnose (v.) 診斷

cancer (n.) 癌症

death (n.) 死亡

limited (adj.) 有限的

waste (v.) 浪費

賈伯斯名言，保持飢餓，保持愚蠢。

“Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.” - Steve Jobs

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再會！

That’s all for now, see you!