스크랩 졸업식 연설의 레전드: 스티브 잡스, 제프 베조스, 마크 저커버그 등-월스트리트 저널

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스티브 잡스 애플 공동창업자 겸 전CEO

Linda A. Cicero / Stanford News Service

스티브 잡스

점이 서로 연결될 것을 믿어라. 죽음은 삶을 변화시킨다.

2005년 6월12일 스탠포드대학교

“내가 대학에서 서체 수업을 듣지 않았다면 맥 컴퓨터에 다양한 서체나 비례 너비 폰트가 없었을 것이다. 그리고 윈도는 그저 맥을 따라한 것이기 때문에 개인용 컴퓨터에 그런 기능이 들어갈 일이 아예 없었을 것이다.”

“앞을 내다보며 점을 연결할 수는 없다. 이것은 과거를 돌이켜볼 때만 가능하다. 그러니 지금 이 점들이 미래에 어떻게든 이어질 것이라고 믿어야 한다. 무언가를 믿어라. 그건 여러분의 배짱일 수도 있고 운명, 삶 아니면 카르마일 수도 있다. 앞으로 그 점들이 서로 연결될 것이라고 믿으면, 여러분의 심장이 잘 닦인 길을 벗어나라고 말할 때마저도 그 말을 따를 자신감을 얻게 된다. 그리고 그것이 모든 차이를 만들어낸다.”

“나는 잘 알려진 실패자였다. 실리콘밸리에서 도망칠 생각까지 했다. 하지만 어떤 생각이 천천히 분명해졌다. 나는 내가 하는 일을 아직 좋아하고 있었다.”

“아무도 죽기를 원하지 않는다. 천국에 가고 싶은 사람마저도 그곳에 가기 위해 죽고 싶어하진 않는다. 하지만 죽음은 우리 모두가 도착할 종착지다. 그 누구도 이를 피한 적이 없다. 그리고 당연히 그래야 한다. 죽음은 삶이 만든 최고의 발명품이기 때문이다. 죽음은 삶을 변화시킨다.”

제프 베조스 아마존 창업자 겸 CEO

Princeton University

제프 베조스

우리는 우리가 한 선택들, 그중에서도 어려운 선택의 결과다.

2010년 5월30일 프린스턴대학교

“영리함은 재능이고 친절함은 선택이다. 재능은 쉽다. 어찌됐든 주어진 것이다. 선택은 어렵다.”

“여러분이 80세가 되어 자기 인생을 가장 개인적인 관점에서 조용히 돌이켜 볼 때, 가장 간결하고 의미있는 이야기는 여러분이 한 일련의 선택이 될 것이다. 결국 우리는 우리가 한 선택의 결과다.”

마리사 메이어 야후 CEO

Harvey Mudd College

마리사 메이어

변화를 향해 열려있어라.

2011년 5월15일 하비머드대학교

“나는 언제나 계획이 있는 사람이었다. 하지만 나의 경우, 현실이 된 계획은 거의 없었다.”

“어떻게 선택을 하고 그것을 성공시키는가? 자기 주변에 똑똑한 사람들을 둬라. 그들이 여러분이 최선을 다하게 만들 것이다.”

“1999년 내가 졸업할 무렵, 나는 들어보지도 못한 우스꽝스런 이름을 가진 작은 스타트업에서 일하기로 했다.”

마크 저커버그 페이스북 공동창업자 겸 CEO

Robert Pronovost

마크 저커버그

좋아하는 일을 하라. 그러면 도전에 더 많은 목적의식이 생긴다.

2011년 6월8일 벨 헤이븐 커뮤니티 스쿨

“사람들이 페이스북에 대해 이야기할 때 말하는 것은 대학생 꼬마 하나가 아이디어를 냈고 그게 갑자기 이렇게 큰 사업이 됐다는 내용이다. 사실과 그렇게 다를 수가 없다.”

“영감이나 총명함이 한 순간 떠오르는 것이 아니다. 그곳에 도달하기까지 수년 간의 노력과 연습이 필요하다.”

“저녁 식사를 하러 집에 갔더니 접시 위에 세상에서 가장 맛없는 채소가 올려져 있을 경우, 원한다면 억지로 먹을 수 있다. 하지만 그 대신 게임을 할 수 있다면, 그것이 정말 어렵더라도 자기가 정말 좋아한다면 그걸 어떻게든 할 수 있는 방법을 찾아낼 것이다. 많은 경우 삶은 이와 같다. 자기가 좋아하지 않는 어려운 일을 할 수도 있지만, 좋아하는 일을 한다면 훨씬 쉽고 목적의식이 더 커진다.”

딕 코스톨로 트위터 CEO

University of Michigan

딕 코스톨로

계획을 멈춰라. 이 순간에 존재하라.

2013년 5월4일 미시간대학교

“먼저 트윗부터 올리고 시작해야겠다. 나는 전문가라서 몇 초밖에 안 걸릴 거다.”

“대사를 계획할 수는 없다. 즉흥극의 매력은 그 순간에 그것을 경험한다는 것이다. 다음 대사가 무엇이 되어야 할지 계획하려고 한다면 무대 위의 상대방이 여러분이 원하는 말이나 행동을 하지 않을 때 실망하게 되고, 여러분은 무대 위에서 얼어붙게 될 것이다.”

“내가 여러분의 나이였을 때에는 바지 속에 인터넷을 갖고 다니지 않았다. 심지어 바지 밖에도 없었다. 그만큼 환경이 안좋았다.”

에릭 슈미트 구글 회장

Boston University

에릭 슈미트

친구 수가 아니라 우정이 중요하다.

2012년 5월20일 보스턴대학교

“사람들은 언제나 무언가, 혹은 누군가와 연결되어 스크린 앞에서 자란 세대에 대해 한탄한다. 그들은 틀렸다. 지금 우리 모두가 연결되어 있다는 것은 저주가 아니라 축복이다. 그리고 그 결과 세상의 수많은 문제들을 해결할 수 있다.”

“삶은 모니터 빛 속에서 사는 것이 아니다. 삶은 상태 업데이트의 연속이 아니다. 삶에서 친구 수가 중요한 것도 아니다. 여러분이 신뢰하는 친구가 중요하다.”

Here’s What the Leaders of Tech Told Graduates in 2014

Steve Ballmer speaks at the University of Southern California’s commencement ceremony on May 13, 2011.

Reuters

Graduates around the world gather at the end of spring for one final lesson: the commencement speech.

It’s a time when luminaries from business, politics and the arts deliver wisdom (and humor) to students eager for the next stage. Susan Wojcicki recalled watching the first item uploaded to Google Video—a purple, furry puppet, dancing and singing in Swedish—with no idea what to think. Until her children saw it—and cheered. Marc Benioff shared that time he did “what all lost thirty-somethings do: travel to India.”

We’ve pulled together memorable addresses from 2014 (with a splash from the speeches of yore). Did we miss any? Tell us what you think in the comments.

2014 Highlights

Bill Gates, founder and former chief executive of Microsoft, and Melinda Gates; together they co-founded the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Bill and Melinda Gates

Linda A. Cicero / Stanford News

Change the world through empathy. Stanford University, June 15, 2014.

“Now some people call you all nerds. And we hear that you claim that label with pride. Well, so do we.”

“When were you born? Who are your parents? Where did you grow up? None of us earned these things. These things were given to us.”

“Optimism for me isn’t a passive expectation that things will get better; it’s a conviction that we can make things better—that whatever suffering we see, no matter how bad it is, we can help people if we don’t lose hope and we don’t look away.”

Watch their address here.

Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer of Facebook

Sheryl Sandberg

City Colleges of Chicago

Stay ambitious, keep reaching, keep dreaming. City Colleges of Chicago, May 3, 2014.

“I’ve seen over and over how much self-belief drives outcomes. And that’s why I force myself to sit at the table, even when I am not sure I belong there—and yes this still happens to me. And when I’m not sure anyone wants my opinion, I take a deep breath and speak up anyway.”

“My generation failed. We made progress, but we are still far from that 50-50 dream of mine where women will run half of our countries and companies and men will run half of our homes.”

“Your life’s course will not be determined by doing the things that you are certain you can do. Those are the easy things. It will be determined by whether you try the things that are hard… The times when you see things nobody else sees, and fear speaking out because how can you really be right when everyone else sees it differently? But you speak out anyway, and convince everyone else.”

Watch her speech here.

Steve Ballmer, former CEO of Microsoft

Steve Ballmer

University of Southern California

Ideas Matter; be hardcore. USC Marshall School of Business, May 16, 2014.

“A great team, great energy and great hard work will never made up for a bad idea.”

“Hardcore people are like sharks. They move forward or they die.”

“I encourage you to pull out your phones and go to @stevebmicrosoft on Twitter. The outline of the speech is there in case you get lost. I fit the whole thing in 140 characters, so somebody better look at that.” (He wasn’t joking.)

Watch his address here.

Marc Benioff, founder and CEO of Salesforce.com

Marc Benioff

University of Southern California

Integrate business and philanthropy. University of Southern California, May 16, 2014.

“There I was, a lost thirty-something. And I did what all lost thirty-somethings do. I went to India.”

“If you are going to connect your business and your philanthropy, you better make sure it’s integrated deep into your culture—that it’s not just something that you’re going to tack on.”

“When we all drove in here today, we drove through some high fences and high gates—because only a few blocks from here, are some of the most impoverished people in the world. And that’s why our commitment to others is so important and everlasting: Don’t let those walls be a metaphor for your own life.”

Watch his address here.

Susan Wojcicki, CEO of YouTube

Susan Wojcicki

Will Kirk, Johns Hopkins Photography

Recognize opportunity; face failure. Johns Hopkins University, May 22, 2014.

“Back then, only really bad things went viral—like mono.”

“We opened the first video and waited—it was of a purple, furry puppet, dancing and singing in Swedish… It was probably one of the first user-generated videos anyone had ever seen. I had no idea what to think. But my kids knew what to think: they cheered.”

“You can be the crazy kid in some lady’s garage, going on and on and on about how you’re going to change the world, and then you can go out, and actually do it.”

Watch her address here.

Alexis Ohanian, co-founder of Reddit

Alexis Ohanian

Carthage College

Play like you have zero lives. Carthage College, May 25, 2014.

“I am so happy to see so many of you Redditors actually manage to graduate.”

“We weren’t setting out to do these huge things, we were just starting with solving a problem we hoped a few other people had. No one starts out with this grand plan; no one starts out with this grand vision. We’re all just hacking it; we’re all just figuring it out.”

“Play like you have zero lives remaining. Take every opportunity you can. Hold those people who take care of you, who treat you well, hold them close to you.”

Watch his speech here.

Azim Premji, founder and chairman of Wipro

Azim Premji

G.L. Kohuth, Michigan State University

Innovations come from perseverance, not brilliance. Michigan State University, May 2, 2014.

“As I look back at the past 30 to 40 years of Wipro, our company grew from about $4 million to about $8 billion today. I can hardly remember any decisive turning point that came from any single great innovation. Everything over time was steady, painstaking work. Very few innovations of big ideas can compensate for lack of hard work and perseverance.”

“Too many people are trapped in efforts to do things they think will impress people around them. I have not seen this having returns in the long run.”

Watch his speech here.

Steve Case, co-founder and former CEO of AOL

Steve Case

Phil Humnicky/Georgetown University

Be curious, open and flexible. Georgetown University McDonough School of Business, May 17, 2014.

“Most businesses rise or fall not because of the product, but the people. At the end of the day, the team you build is the company you build.”

“America itself was a startup. Two hundred and fifty years ago, America was just an idea. That idea, powered by people, passion and perseverance and by good policy and strong partnerships, led us to forge a strong and stable democracy and enabled us to build the largest and most innovative economy in the world.”

Watch his address here.

Elon Musk, co-founder and CEO of Tesla Motors and SpaceX

Elon Musk

University of Southern California

Take risks now. University of Southern California Marshall School of Business, May 16, 2014.

“Focus on signal over noise: A lot of companies get confused—they spend money on things that don’t actually make the product better. At Tesla, we’ve never spent any money on advertising. We put all of the money into R&D and manufacturing and design, to try to make the car as good as possible.”

“As you get older, your obligations increase—and once you have a family, you start taking risk not just for yourself, but for your family as well. It gets much harder to do things that might not work out. So now is the time to do that. Take risks now; do something bold.”

Watch his speech here.

Hungry for more wisdom? Here are some of the best speeches from over the years:

Steve Jobs, co-founder and former CEO of Apple

Steve Jobs

Linda A. Cicero / Stanford News Service

Believe the dots will connect; death is life’s change agent. Stanford University, June 12, 2005.

“If I had never dropped in on that single [calligraphy] course in college, the Mac would have never had multiple typefaces or proportionally spaced fonts. And since Windows just copied the Mac, it’s likely that no personal computer would have them.”

“You can’t connect the dots looking forward. You can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something: your gut, destiny, life, karma. Because believing that the dots will connect down the road will give you the confidence to follow your heart even when it leads you off the well-worn path. And that will make all the difference.”

“I was a very public failure, and I even thought about running away from the Valley. But something slowly began to dawn on me: I still loved what I did.”

“No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be. Because death is very likely the single-best invention of life. It’s life’s change agent.”

Watch his speech here.

Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon.com

Jeff Bezos

Princeton University

We are our choices. Especially the hard ones. Princeton University, May 30, 2010.

“Cleverness is a gift, kindness is a choice. Gifts are easy—they’re given after all. Choices can be hard.”

“When you are 80 years old, and in a quiet moment of reflection narrating for only yourself the most personal version of your life story, the telling that will be most compact and meaningful will be the series of choices you have made. In the end, we are our choices.”

Watch his speech here.

Marissa Mayer, CEO of Yahoo

Marissa Mayer

Harvey Mudd College

Be open to change. Harvey Mudd College, May 15, 2011.

“I have always been a person with a plan… However in my case, almost none of it actually happened.”

“How do you take your choice and make it great? Surround yourself with smart people, and they’ll challenge you to do your very best.”

“In 1999, when I was graduating, I chose to work at an unheard of, tiny startup with a ridiculous name.”

Watch her address here.

Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder and CEO of Facebook

Mark Zuckerberg

Robert Pronovost

Do something you love—then challenges will have more purpose. Belle Haven Community School, June 8, 2011.

“What people talk about when they’re talking about Facebook is a kid in college had an idea and all of a sudden it became this big business. It couldn’t be further from the truth.”

“It’s not about a single moment of inspiration or brilliance, it’s about years and years of hard work and practice before you get there.”

“When you go home to dinner and you have the worst-tasting vegetable on your plate, you can make yourself eat it if you want. But if you instead have the option to play a game, even if it’s really hard, if it’s something that you like, you are going to power through it and find a way to do it. Life is like that a lot of the time—you can make yourself do challenging things that you don’t like, but if you actually do stuff that you love, it’s a lot easier, and takes on a lot more purpose.”

Watch his speech here.

Dick Costolo, CEO of Twitter

Dick Costolo

University of Michigan

Stop planning—be in this moment. University of Michigan, May 4, 2013.

“You know I have to start by tweeting this. I’m a professional so this will only take a second.”

“You can’t plan a script. The beauty of improvisation is you’re experiencing it in the moment. If you try to plan what the next line is supposed to be, you’re going to be disappointed when the other people on stage with you don’t do or say what you want them to do and you’ll stand there frozen.”

“When I was your age, we didn’t have the Internet in our pants. We didn’t even have the Internet not in our pants—that’s how bad it was.”

Watch his address here.

Eric Schmidt, executive chairman of Google

Eric Schmidt

Boston University

Friendship, not friend count. Boston University, May 20, 2012.

“People bemoan a generation who grew up living life in front of screens, always connected to something or someone. These people are wrong. The fact that we are all connected now is a blessing, not a curse, and we can solve many problems in the world as a result.”

“Life is not lived in the glow of a monitor. Life is not a series of status updates. Life is not about your friend count. It’s about the friends you count on.”

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As I look back at the past 30 to 40 years of Wipro, our company grew from about $4 million to about $8 billion today. I can hardly remember any decisive turning point that came from any single great innovation. Everything over time was steady, painstaking work. Very few innovations of big ideas can compensate for lack of hard work and perseverance.”

“Too many people are trapped in efforts to do things they think will impress people around them. I have not seen this having returns in the long run.”
--Azim Premji, founder and chairman of Wipro

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'위프로'의 지난 삼 사십년을 돌이켜 봤을 때, 우리회사가 300만불에서 80억불 가치로 성장하였다. 나는 하나의 큰 혁신으로 결정적인 전환점을 만든 것을 거의 기억하지 못한다. 모든 일들은 꾸준하고 힘든 고비들을 겪어왔다. 쌈빡한 큰 아이디어 몇개로 어려운 일과 꾸준함을 보상할 수는 없다.

너무 많은 사람들이 (힘든 일과 꾸준함은 버리고) 주위 사람들에게 감명을 줄려고 애쓰는데 정신이 팔려있다. 나는 (감명을 줄려고 하는 노력들이) 이들에게 종국에 돌아오는 보상같은 것을 본적이 없다.
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