A Tribute To Steve Jobs - An Inspiration!
While waiting for my hair to dry, I decided to blog a post.
My team had 2 broker dinners arranged tonight. Obviously I had to pick one but seems like both dinners went wild tonight from what I heard!!!
So there I was at Oso, having dinner with a couple of guys on my team and 2 brokers, jus chatting and chilling. Found out quite a number of things tonight! :)
1) their opinion of me
2) how lowly paid I am and how highly paid they thought I was. They couldn't believe that after lowering the annual pay they thought I was getting by 3 times, it was still not low enough. Haha. Pathetic life of mine
3) that I should leave this company despite my close relationship with my team (they are supportive of that idea too)
I have been toying with the idea of leaving for long enough. Tried to leave twice but still stayed on. Maybe it's time to go. Steve Job's death today was an awakening to me. I read an article which was his commencement address at Stanford College. His words were beautiful, bringing tears to my eyes. You can read it and view the clip from the link below.
http://news.stanford.edu/news/2005/june15/jobs-061505.html
Meaningful quotes from the article:
"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"
"Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith. You've got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Don't settle."
"If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right."
"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."
"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 is Life's change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. 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 is quite true.
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."
"Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish"
I'm sorry.. That's almost the whole article now. Meant for this to be a short blog post but it's so long now. But I really like those words from him! PSM sent me the link to the article n told me to follow my heart. Don't settle for anything less if it's not a job that I don't like.
It's not that I don't like my job or the people I work with. I love both of that. I'm happy but at the same time, I'm hungry.. Hungry for more knowledge and experience. If all things go well per what was discussed tonight at dinner, I might leave this company sooner than expected. But I'm going to take what was said with a pinch of salt since the guys were kinda high when we discussed it.
F from work did tell me once never to go into this certain line of work. But I need and want the experience. I know the job will be tough.. I'm willing to give it a shot if I have the chance when I'm still young. So we'll see how it goes though no hopes = no disappointment. :)
And for the 1st time in my life, I went to a karaoke lounge (nightclub?) - with mama-san and girls!!! A little awkward for me to be there but I was dragged along. Kinda interesting though and I sure saw a different side of the guys! Haha. :p
To Steve Jobs, thanks for being a great man with far visions and dreams. For creating Apple, iPhones, iPads, Macs, etc. My life was made interesting coz of u and u will be sorely missed by lots of people. U r an inspiration and u have given me hope once again. Thank you!
My team had 2 broker dinners arranged tonight. Obviously I had to pick one but seems like both dinners went wild tonight from what I heard!!!
So there I was at Oso, having dinner with a couple of guys on my team and 2 brokers, jus chatting and chilling. Found out quite a number of things tonight! :)
1) their opinion of me
2) how lowly paid I am and how highly paid they thought I was. They couldn't believe that after lowering the annual pay they thought I was getting by 3 times, it was still not low enough. Haha. Pathetic life of mine
3) that I should leave this company despite my close relationship with my team (they are supportive of that idea too)
I have been toying with the idea of leaving for long enough. Tried to leave twice but still stayed on. Maybe it's time to go. Steve Job's death today was an awakening to me. I read an article which was his commencement address at Stanford College. His words were beautiful, bringing tears to my eyes. You can read it and view the clip from the link below.
http://news.stanford.edu/news/2005/june15/jobs-061505.html
Meaningful quotes from the article:
"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"
"Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don't lose faith. You've got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Don't settle."
"If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right."
"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."
"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 is Life's change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. 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 is quite true.
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."
"Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish"
I'm sorry.. That's almost the whole article now. Meant for this to be a short blog post but it's so long now. But I really like those words from him! PSM sent me the link to the article n told me to follow my heart. Don't settle for anything less if it's not a job that I don't like.
It's not that I don't like my job or the people I work with. I love both of that. I'm happy but at the same time, I'm hungry.. Hungry for more knowledge and experience. If all things go well per what was discussed tonight at dinner, I might leave this company sooner than expected. But I'm going to take what was said with a pinch of salt since the guys were kinda high when we discussed it.
F from work did tell me once never to go into this certain line of work. But I need and want the experience. I know the job will be tough.. I'm willing to give it a shot if I have the chance when I'm still young. So we'll see how it goes though no hopes = no disappointment. :)
And for the 1st time in my life, I went to a karaoke lounge (nightclub?) - with mama-san and girls!!! A little awkward for me to be there but I was dragged along. Kinda interesting though and I sure saw a different side of the guys! Haha. :p
To Steve Jobs, thanks for being a great man with far visions and dreams. For creating Apple, iPhones, iPads, Macs, etc. My life was made interesting coz of u and u will be sorely missed by lots of people. U r an inspiration and u have given me hope once again. Thank you!
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