Steve Jobs on the value of death - Part 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."
Almost everything Steve Jobs talks about in relationship to death, he speaks from embracing the reality that we are mortal. The embracing of that reality can be used to be release you during your time on planet earth.
That's the background, again, of Jobs talking about courage here. Courage isn't as difficult as it sounds when you take into consideration that your time here is limited.
Then he gets into the importance of using that courage to follow what it is you truly want to become, to "follow your heart and intuition."
I do like his thought that while he doesn't necessarily understand it all, he believes we all in some way, deep down, know what we are to become.
Think of us being wired, or having a type of "DNA of purpose" within us, that we're meant to follow through on in our lifetime. What we need to do is ignore all the outward stimuli and clutter that comes with being in this world, and even more so in our generation.
We have to learn to drop listening to all the outer voices and agendas, and learn to listen within to that purpose living within us. Most people miss their purpose because outward stimuli overwhelms them, and they loose their inner voice and way. That's why it's important to take quiet times to block out the outward voices of the world, to reconnect and remind ourselves of our purpose.
Another principle of embracing of our mortality is to not overly rely on the voices of others. We need to learn to embrace selective input, not just taking in every nonsensical idea being thrown around. We aren't able to make that distinction if we don't know our own hearts and who we really are. Knowing who we are is the secret to being able to discern what is really important to us - as far as any outside input and help - and what is irrelevant.
This doesn't mean other stuff isn't important from other people, it just may not apply to what we're wired for. Knowing who we are and what we're called to do is the first step toward not wasting valuable time with information not related to who we are.
Other Steve Jobs Resources:
You've got to find what you love
Steve Jobs, Business Personality
Steve Jobs' Greatest Presentation
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