Steve Jobs：Your Time Is Limited
Steve Jobs《Stanford University Commencement Address (2005)》· “Death and Time” · Decision · Character · Philosophy
Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life … Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice.
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Locator：Commencement address, passage on death and limited time, as quoted by Stanford Report · Verified：2026-10-19 · Verification：Short excerpt
Reading
Finite time should be spent on one's own judgment, not others' expectations.
Context
Jobs told Stanford graduates that death is the best invention of life because it clears away the old and makes room for the new. He urged them not to waste limited time living someone else's life or letting others' opinions drown out their inner voice. The lesson is to use mortality as a filter for one's own judgment.
Today's question
If you had one year left, which thing would you stop doing merely for others' approval?
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