Story: How to live
It’s a new year. I usually go to a mountain and watch the sunrise. I sold my car in March 2020, but I still can go there by car sharing. However, it’s raining and it will be continued the whole week in Vancouver, BC. Now I know, I was just lucky in 2018, 19 and 20.
I sometimes watch a commencement speech when I need to boost a motive. Some of the people I choose passed away in 2020. These people have changed society. We have somehow received tangible/intangible value. There are a constitution and law. We are relatively equal compared to their generation. In the long term, social issues are getting better, not worse, except global warming.
What do we do for others, your community and the next generation?
President Donald Trump’s Liberty University Commencement Speech (Full) | The New York Times
©The New York Times
In 2020, I watched his speech during a presidential election really a lot. He talked almost once in 2 days at the battle states in October. I don’t know how much I will see him through the major media after January 2021.
There are many controversial to his presidency. The one truth is that he is popular. He has a massive follower. Therefore, he became the 45th president of the United States. History will evaluate him in the future.
LinkedIn’s Jeff Weiner, Keynote Speaker | Wharton Undergraduate Graduation 2018
©Wharton School
Jeffrey “Jeff” Weiner is an American businessman. He was the chief executive officer of LinkedIn, a business-related social networking website. He started with LinkedIn on December 15, 2008, as Interim President. Weiner played an instrumental role in LinkedIn’s acquisition by Microsoft for $26 billion in June 2016. – Wikipedia
– Be compassionate
– Empathy is feeling what another living thing feels. Compassion is putting yourself in the shoes of another person and seeing the world through their lens for the sake of alleviating their suffering.
– The long-term value of a company is based on the speed and quality of its decision.
– To create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce.
Howard Schultz tells graduating Starbucks Partners “Your station in life does not define you.”
©Starbucks Coffee
Schultz began working at the coffeehouse Starbucks in 1982. He later left and opened Il Giornale, a specialty coffee shop, that merged with Starbucks during the late-1980s. Under Schultz, the company established a large network of stores which has influenced coffee culture in Seattle, the U.S., and internationally. Following large-scale distribution deals, Starbucks became the largest coffee-house chain in the world. Schultz took the company public in 1992 and used a $271 million valuation to double their store count in a series of highly publicized coffee wars. He stepped down as CEO in 2000, succeeded by Orin Smith. – Wikipedia
– I am because of you.
– The promise of America: that a good education and hard work will open the door to a better life.
– Reason for being
– How will you respect your parents and honor your family?
– How will you share your success and serve others with dignity?
– How will you lead with humility and demonstrate moral courage?
– Give more than you receive.
©Summit: These Lessons Took Howard Schultz from Starbucks CEO to the Presidential Race
©Starbucks: Message from Howard Schultz to partners: Onward with love
©CNBC Television: Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz sits down with Andrew Ross Sorkin
@SXSW: A Conversation with Howard Schultz | SXSW 2019
Remarks by Commencement Speaker Peter Thiel
©Hamilton College
Peter Andreas Thiel is a German-American billionaire entrepreneur and venture capitalist. A co-founder of PayPal, Palantir Technologies, and Founders Fund, he was the first outside investor in Facebook. He was ranked No. 4 on the Forbes Midas List of 2014, with a net worth of $2.2 billion, and No. 391 on the Forbes 400 in 2020, with a net worth of $2.1 billion. – Wikipedia
– Zero to One
– Make it new
– Live each day as if you will live forever
– How will you respect your parents and honor your family?
– You should treat around you as if they too will be around for a very long to come
Jon Batiste Commencement Address – May 21, 2017
©Salve Regina University
– Who are you?
– Who do you want to be?
– Who can you help along the way?
– Don’t change who you are to fit circumstances around you
– Write down, this is who I am, and listed
– Who what and how you want to serve other people
The word is strong, but the music amplifies the word. Very cool.
Tony Hsieh – FIT Commencement 2011
©Fashion Institute of Technology
Tony Hsieh was an American Internet entrepreneur and venture capitalist. He retired as the CEO of the online shoe and clothing company Zappos in August 2020 after 21 years. – Wikipedia
– What would you be so passionate about doing that you’d be happy doing it for 10 years even if you cannot make a lot of money from it?
– Chase the vision, not the money.
– What is your goal in life? and Why?
– Because it’ll make you happier.
– What you think you want is not necessarily what you will make happy.
3 types of happiness:
– 1. Pleasure, engagement, meanings. This is not sustainable.
– 2. Flow, something you lose a sense of time.
– 3. Bigger than yourself., how do you make your own luck and how view things beyond how it’s present to you?
Stanford Rathbun Lecture 2017 – Ruth Bader Ginsburg
©Stanford
It looks very magnificent, historical venue. I could not find her commencement speech, but I wanted to include her voice on the blog.
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Conclusion: Story of life
These people are accomplished in their field more than anyone else. Therefore, you can find a long story on Wikipedia.
During the end of 2020, I reflected on the year 2020 and life. I am doing what I want to do, but sometimes I feel anxious and insecure. Society has dynamically changed by technology. I don’t know what will happen to my work a few years later.
I have started to write my biography like a Wikipedia. It is a good mental exercise for me. I basically appreciate my life, but I could appreciate it even more. There were many trivial stories and these stories actually made me. I can recommend it to everyone.
Every one of us has our own story.
