Remembering that…

IMAGE: 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. - Steve Jobs (1955 - 2011)
/ (from the Commencement Address at Stanford University on June 12, 2005)

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(Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from Google Translate)

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私はもうすぐ死ぬだろうということを忘れないでおくのは、人生で大きな選択をするのに役立つ、自分が今までに出合った中で最も重要なツールだ。なぜなら、ほとんどすべて――すべての外部の期待、すべてのプライド、すべての恥ずかしさや失敗への恐れ――は、死を前にただもう剥がれ落ちて、本当に重要なものだけを残すからだ。あなたがたが死に向かっていることを忘れないでおくのは、自分に何か失うものがあると思う罠を避けるために私が知っている最良の方法だ。あなたがたはすでに丸裸なのだ。心に従わない理由はない。 - スティーヴ[スティーブ]・ジョブズ (1955 - 2011)
/ (2005年6月12日に行われたスタンフォード大学での卒業講演より)

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