Welcome back to One Minute Insights. Today we peek behind the curtain of Steve Jobs’s legendary 2005 Stanford commencement speech. Just days before the ceremony, Jobs confessed to his friend Michael Hawley, “It’s embarrassing. I’m just not good at this sort of speech. I never do it. I’ll send you something, but please don’t puke.” Yet within that awkward draft lay three simple stories: connecting the dots by looking backward, finding love through loss, and embracing death as a driver of purpose. Jobs polished each anecdote until they resonated with clarity and humility. On stage, he urged graduates, “You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards.” He closed with words that still echo today: “Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.” In just eleven minutes, Steve Jobs turned self-doubt into inspiration, crafting what many call the greatest commencement speech ever. Thanks for listening!
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