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CEO, Apple and Pixar animation

I’m honored to be with you today for your commencement from one of the finest universities in the world. Truth be told, I never graduated from college, and this is the closest I’ve ever gotten to college graduation. Today I want to tell you 3 stories from my life. That’s it. No big deal, just 3 stories.

The first story is about connecting the dots

I dropped out of Reed college after the first six month, but then stayed around as a drop in for another 18 months or so before I really quit. So why did I drop out?

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Hey there Apple fans, it's your main man Cook!

Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. But the only thing you can’t do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.

I’m honored to be with you today for your commencement from one of the finest universities in the world. Truth be told, I never graduated from college, and this is the closest I’ve ever gotten to college graduation. Today I want to tell you 3 stories from my life. That’s it. No big deal, just 3 stories.

The first story is about connecting the dots

I dropped out of Reed college after the first six month, but then stayed around as a drop in for another 18 months or so before I really quit. So why did I drop out?

It started before I was born. My biological mother was a young unwed graduate student, and she decided to put me up for adoption. She felt very strongly that I should be adopted by college graduates. So everything was all set for me to be adopted at birth by a lawyer and his wife. Except that when I popped out, they decided at the last minute that they really wanted a girl. So my parents were on a waiting list, got a call in the middle of the night, asking: “We’ve got an unexpected baby boy. Do you want him?” They said “Of course”. My biological mother found out later that my mother had never graduated from college, and that my father had never graduated from high school. She refused to sign final adoption papers. She only relented a few month later, when my parents promised that I would go to college. This was the start in my life.

When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: "If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right." It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: "If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?" And whenever the answer has been "No" for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.

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.

About a year ago I was diagnosed with cancer. I had a scan at 7:30 in the morning, and it clearly showed a tumor on my pancreas. I didn't even know what a pancreas was. The doctors told me this was almost certainly a type of cancer that is incurable, and that I should expect to live no longer than three to six months. My doctor advised me to go home and get my affairs in order, which is doctor's code for prepare to die. It means to try to tell your kids everything you thought you'd have the next 10 years to tell them in just a few months. It means to make sure everything is buttoned up so that it will be as easy as possible for your family. It means to say your goodbyes.

I lived with that diagnosis all day. Later that evening I had a biopsy, where they stuck an endoscope down my throat, through my stomach and into my intestines, put a needle into my pancreas and got a few cells from the tumor. I was sedated, but my wife, who was there, told me that when they viewed the cells under a microscope the doctors started crying because it turned out to be a very rare form of pancreatic cancer that is curable with surgery. I had the surgery and I'm fine now.

Think Different.
Here’s to the crazy ones.
The misfits. The rebels.
The troublemakers.
The round pegs in the square holes.
The ones who see things differently.
They’re not fond of rules.
And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them.

Хвала безумцам, одиночкам, бунтарям, белым воронам, тем, кто всегда не к стати и не впопад, тем кто видит мир иначе. Они не соблюдают правил, они смеются над устоями, их можно цитировать, спорить с ними, восхвалять или проклинать их, но только игнорировать их невозможно. Ведь они несут перемены, они толкают человечество вперёд, и пусть кто-то говорит безумцы, мы говорим – гении! Ведь лишь только безумец верит, что ему под силу изменить мир, и потому меняют его…

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