Santiago Bilinkis l Risk and Reward - Trying to live a life out of the comfort zone

We all know there is only one certainty in life: that sooner or later we are all going to die. However we all live most of the time misaligned with our true priorities in life.

A lot has been written in the last few months about Randy Pausch, even more so since last week when unfortunately he passed away. So much has been said that most likely you have already seen his last lecture (there is also a short version out of Oprah’s TV show). So this post is not to recommend that you watch it, even if you definitely should if you haven’t yet.

Randy Pausch’s death reminded me of a tradition that I have tried to respect for the last few years that also consists of watching a speech. It is very likely that you also have seen this one, but I try to watch Steve Jobs’ Commencement Speech at Stanford at least once every six months.

To me, it is a way to remind myself about the “only certainty” and to try to live my life with my priorities in order.

For those of you who have not seen it in the last six months, here goes the video.

If you prefer to read it, you can check an old post by Alec Oxenford.

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