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“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.
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.”
-Steve Jobs, from his 2005 commencement speech at Stanford University
One day, in a marketing class I (Tracy) was teaching, a student asked, “Why do all of the professors constantly talk about Steve Jobs?” I answered, “Because he is a contemporary visionary who embodies all of the things we are trying to teach you.”
The words above embody an important message for you as well. Your separation is not the end. It could be a great new beginning, if you let it. Don’t live by other people’s thinking telling you what you should or shouldn’t do. Follow your true voice and live your best life ever. Life is just too short not to do otherwise.
