Tag Archives: Inspirational

Steve Jobs – “Stay hungry. Stay foolish.”

4 Jan
English: Steve Jobs shows off the white iPhone...

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Needless to say how inspirational this person is and how he has changed the world in ways we never image before him. Though as much as I’m not a tech person, I can see how his inventions and innovations have change the world before us. He was often quoted by the media and his speeches are all over the internet. His genius mind cannot be doubted in any way.

His words and advice spans beyond technology and innovation. They became inspirational quotes where people apply them to daily lives and work. And one such quote that caught my attention was:

 Stay hungry.

Stay foolish.

- Commencement Address, Standford University, 2005 

Another Ad by Apple was:

“Here’s to the Crazy Ones. The misfits. The rebels. The trouble-makers. 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. About 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!”
~ Apple Computers  1997

Reading these two quotes never fails to inspire me and challenge myself about what I want to do for this world. No dream is too big nor foolish as long as we believe in it. And I took the time to think about what I want for the world tomorrow.

He did it, why can’t we?

What is your vision for tomorrow?

Lee

Be A Kid, Live Your Dreams

26 Aug

I came across this inspiring video online today and I thought how great it will be to share it with everyone. I wrote something similar in an earlier post about learning to work, play and rest like a child. And this video went on further to remind ourselves of the dreams we had.

Among many of the self improvement books/materials in the market, there are some that brings us back to being a kid, example, The Present and The Last Lecture. It talks about how we focus on doing what we want when we were young and how we make it happen back then. In fact, there were times we are more likely to succeed as a kid than now.

And why do you think it is so? Aren’t we more capable today than we were back then? wiser? smarter? well, at the same time, we start to think too much, consider too much, worry too much and many other things. We start to doubt ourselves in the process.

It’s easy to lose ourselves in this multi-dimensional society of ours today. As far as I can remember, I was lost several times. On so many occasions had I wanted to give up on my ventures and ideas. And I’m sure you can read about them in my past posts. But at every twist and turn, there were family and friends to support me. And at every turn, I look back at my dreams and tell myself I cannot give up now and I must press on. And till today, whenever I start to doubt myself, I will always look back at my dreams and tell myself its not the time to rest yet, I got to press on.

Are you living your dreams or just thinking about it?

Cheers
Song Kwang

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