Ocupation: Entrepreneur
Life: February 24, 1955 - October 5, 2011
Birthday: February 24
Death: October 5
Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help make the big choices in life. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose.
source: Commencement Address at Stanford University, delivered 12 June 2005, Palo Alto, CA
topic: Thinking, Best Job, Stanford University, Inspirational Death, Best Design, Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me, Stanford, Connecting The Dots, Important Jobs