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最出色的4个毕业典礼演讲乔布斯(Steve Jobs)在斯坦福毕业典礼上的演讲乔布斯，a maverick，流行教主，苹果CEO，N期时代周刊的封面人物，绝对意义上的传奇人物。他的这个演讲也是非常非常有名，李开复说它是有史以来最精彩的演讲。废话少说，看下面：这个演讲乔布斯主要讲了三个小故事，最后送出了一句箴言。1.The first story is about connecting the dots.乔布斯讲述了他辍学的原因和辍学后无意间学到的东西对于他十年后设计Macintosh的帮助，最后得出的结论是：you cant connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. 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.（你在向前展望的时候不可能将这些片断串连起来；你只能在回顾的时候将点点滴滴串连起来。所以你必须相信这些片断会在你未来的某一天串连起来。你必须要相信某些东西：你的勇气、目的、生命、因缘。这个过程从来没有令我失望,只是让我的生命更加地与众不同而已）2.My second story is about love and loss.这部分乔布斯讲了他被赶出苹果后来又回归的故事，主要是说失败(loss)对于他的意义，还有做自己真正喜欢的事的重要性:Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Dont lose faith. Im convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. Youve 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 havent found it yet, keep looking. Dont settle. As with all matters of the heart, youll 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. Dont settle.（有些时候, 生活会拿起一块砖头向你的脑袋上猛拍一下。不要失去信心。我很清楚唯一使我一直走下去的，就是我做的事情令我无比钟爱。你需要去找到你所爱的东西。对于工作是如此, 对于你的爱人也是如此。你的工作将会占据生活中很大的一部分。你只有相信自己所做的是伟大的工作, 你才能怡然自得。如果你现在还没有找到, 那么继续找、不要停下来、全心全意的去找, 当你找到的时候你就会知道的。就像任何真诚的关系, 随着岁月的流逝只会越来越紧密。所以继续找，直到你找到它，不要停下来！）3.My third story is about death.乔布斯是一个经历过死亡的人，这让他对于人生和时间有更深刻的认识。他提到，把每一天都当成你生命中的最后一天:When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: If you live each day as if it was your last, someday youll 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.(当我十七岁的时候, 我读到了一句话:“如果你把每一天都当作生命中最后一天去生活的话,那么有一天你会发现你是正确的。”这句话给我留下了深刻的印象。从那时开始,过了33年,我在每天早晨都会对着镜子问自己:“如果今天是我生命中的最后一天, 你会不会完成你今天想做的事情呢？”当答案连续很多次被给予“不是”的时候, 我知道自己需要改变某些事情了。)之后他说出了一句振聋发聩的话，也是最最精彩的一句话：Your time is limited, so dont waste it living someone elses life. Dont be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other peoples thinking. Dont 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.（你们的时间很有限, 所以不要将他们浪费在重复其他人的生活上。不要被教条束缚,那意味着你和其他人思考的结果一起生活。不要被其他人喧嚣的观点掩盖你真正的内心的声音。还有最重要的是, 你要有勇气去听从你直觉和心灵的指示它们在某种程度上知道你想要成为什么样子，所有其他的事情都是次要的）最后他送给了所有这些毕业生一句话：Stay hungry. Stay foolish. (不要告诉我什么“保持饥饿,保持愚蠢”，应该是“求知若渴，虚心若愚”).视频地址：/v_show/id_XMTg4MTI4MDcy.html杰夫贝佐斯(Jeff Bezos)在普林斯顿(Princeton)毕业典礼上的演讲杰夫贝佐斯(Jeff Bezos)也是普林斯顿大学的校友，在这里不想太多介绍杰夫贝佐斯(Jeff Bezos)这个人，只是说一说这个演讲带给我们的启发。OK, 下面就是从这个演讲中我们能学到点什么：1. 一开始他讲了小时候的一个故事（似乎国外人很喜欢这种演讲方式-从自己生活中一件小事说起，然后引出要说的关键内容），这种方式不会让人有被灌输的感觉，让听众感到你在和他面对面的交流，这点和Steve Jobs的No big deal, just three stories很相似。2. “讲故事”结束后如何过渡到the main point也是很重要的。这个演讲中，“故事”以他爷爷的Jeff, one day youll understand that its harder to be kind than clever.这句话结尾，接下来以“What I want to talk to you about today is the difference between gifts and choices.” 开始接下来的内容，衔接的很流畅。3. 演讲的最后部分连续用了10几个疑问句，问听众“你愿意.这样，还是.这样?”，每一个文句都从不同角度启发听众去思考，从不同的角度阐述自己的主题。虽然Jeff Bezos的演讲并不是慷慨激昂，但其对于听众启发的效果还是很好的。then, 这个演讲中有很多话值得我们认真思考一下:1.Cleverness is a gift, kindness is a choice. Gifts are easy - theyre given after all. Choices can be hard. You can seduce yourself with your gifts if youre not careful, and if you do, itll probably be to the detriment of your choices.(聪明是一种天赋，而善良是一种选择。天赋得来很容易毕竟它们与生俱来。而选择则颇为不易。如果一不小心，你可能被天赋所诱惑，这可能会损害到你做出的选择。) 你是否曾经被天赋所诱惑，为了“炫耀”自己而伤害他人2.I didnt think Id regret trying and failing. And I suspected I would always be haunted by a decision to not try at all. (我认为自己不会为尝试过后的失败而遗憾，倒是有所决定但完全不付诸行动会一直煎熬着我。) 勇敢地去尝试吧，不尝试你不可能成功，等待你的只有无尽的遗憾3.Will inertia be your guide, or will you follow your passions?(你们是被惯性所引导，还是追随自己内心的热情?) Will you follow dogma, or will you be original?(你们会墨守陈规，还是勇于创新?) Will you choose a life of ease, or a life of service and adventure?(你们会选择安逸的生活，还是选择一个奉献与冒险的人生?) Will you wilt under criticism, or will you follow your convictions?(你们会屈从于批评，还是会坚守信念?) Will you bluff it out when youre wrong, or will you apologize?(你们会掩饰错误，还是会坦诚道歉?) Will you guard your heart against rejection, or will you act when you fall in love?(你们会因害怕拒绝而掩饰内心，还是会在面对爱情时勇往直前?) Will you play it safe, or will you be a little bit swashbuckling?(你们想要波澜不惊，还是想要搏击风浪?) When its tough, will you give up, or will you be relentless?(你们会在严峻的现实之下选择放弃，还是会义无反顾地前行?) Will you be a cynic, or will you be a builder?(你们要做愤世嫉俗者，还是踏实的建设者?) Will you be clever at the expense of others, or will you be kind?(你们要不计一切代价地展示聪明，还是选择善良?) 我们每个人是不是也应该问问自己同样的问题4.When you are 80 years old, and in a quiet moment of reflection narrating for only yourself the most personal version of your life story, the telling that will be most compact and meaningful will be the series of choices you have made. In the end, we are our choices. (在你们80岁时某个追忆往昔的时刻，只有你一个人静静对内心诉说着你的人生故事，其中最为充实、最有意义的那段讲述，会被你们作出的一系列决定所填满。最后，是选择塑造了我们的人生。) 是我们的选择塑造了我们的人生，多么有哲理的一句话。视频地址：/programs/view/fXhj5N_Fac0/Oprah(奥普拉)在斯坦福2008年毕业典礼上的演讲Oprah，相信很多人都知道，美国一个非常有名的脱口秀主持人，她绝对是个非主流的主持人，首先她是个黑人，而且她长的还很胖，很难看，但就是这个又黑又丑的女人征服了无数美国观众，2008年她被邀请到Stanford做commencement speech，就是下面这个：这个演讲应该很容易听懂，不翻译了这个演讲延续了Oprah诙谐幽默的主持风格，将了3个方面的问题：感情，失败和最求幸福(feelings, failure and finding happiness.)1. feeling: When youre doing the work youre meant to do, it feels right and every day is a bonus, regardless of what youre getting paid. Every right decision Ive madeevery right decision Ive ever madehas come from my gut. And every wrong decision Ive ever made was a result of me not listening to the greater voice of myself. You want your work to be meaningful. Because meaning is what brings the real richness to your life. What you really want is to be surrounded by people you trust and treasure and by people who cherish you. Thats when youre really rich.2. learn from the failure: Id built that school from the outside in, when what really mattered was the inside out. What matters most is whats inside. What matters most is the sense of integrity, of quality and beauty.3.happiness: you have to live for the present. You have to be in the moment. Whatever has happened to you in your past has no power over this present moment, because life is now. Dont live for yourself alone. This is what I know for sure: In order to be truly happy, you must live along with and you have to stand for something larger than yourself. Because life is a reciprocal exchange. To move forward you have to give back. And to me, that is the greatest lesson of life. To be happy, you have to give something back. The lesson here is clear, and that is, if youre hurting, you need to help somebody ease their hurt. If youre in pain, help somebody elses pain. And when youre in a mess, you get yourself out of the mess helping somebody out of theirs. Not everybody can be famous. But everybody can be great, because greatness is determined by service视频地址：/v_show/id_XMTE3MDQzNTky.htmlEllen DeGeneres在纽奥良大学的毕业典礼Youre going to be OK摘录：So In conclusion, when I was younger I thought success was something different. I thought when I grow up, I want to be famous. I want to be a star. I want to be in movies. When I grow up I want to see the world, drive nice cars, I want to have groupies. To quote the Pussycat Dolls. How many people thought it was “boobies”, by the way? Its not, its “groupies”. But my idea of success is different today. And as you grow, youll realise the definition of success changes. For many of you, today, success is being able to hold down 20 shots of tequila. For me, the most important thing in