Tital: The danger of silence Link: https://www.ted.com/talks/clint_smith_the_danger_of_silence Speaker: Clint Smith "We spend so much time listening to the things people are saying that we rarely pay attention to the things they don't," says poet and teacher Clint Smith. A short, powerful piece from the heart, about finding the courage to speak up against ignorance and injustice.
Last year my grandmother perished suddenly. It was shock and sadden for me. I could hardly accept the fact that her had left me. I remembered that I planed to chat with her next week. Because we didn't have much chat change when I grown up. But plans never keep up with changes. An accident let her left. Since then, I know I have to concern about my family and express my love and gratitude to their. Don't let myself regret.
Steve Job’s 2005 Stanford Commencement 1. I couldn't see the value in it. I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life and no idea how college was going to help me figure it out. And here I was spending all of the money my parents had saved their entire life. So I decided to drop out and trust that it would all work out OK. It was pretty scary at the time, but looking back it was one of the best decisions I ever made. The minute I dropped out I could stop taking the required classes that didn't interest me, and begin dropping in on the ones that looked interesting. 2. And much of what I stumbled into by following my curiosity and intuition turned out to be priceless later on. 3. Again, you can't 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. Because believing that the dots will connect down the road will give you the confidence to follow your heart.Even when it leads you off the well worn path, and that will make all the difference. (This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life. 4. It was awful tasting medicine, but I guess the patient needed it. Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don’t lose faith. I’m convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did. 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. 5. If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you’ll most certainly be right. 6. 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. 7. Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. 8. 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. 9. Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.
