Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish

Steve Jobs was an immensely successful man during his lifetime. This is his speech at the Stanford graduation in 2005. He talks about three stories from his life. 

Sit back and enjoy... and think about it, of course!

Answer the following questions from each part.

First story – Connecting the dots

1.- In which college did Steve Jobs graduated?
2.- Why did he drop out? Why does he say dropping out was one of the best decisions he ever made?

3.- What do we know about Steve Jobs's biological mother?
4.- Why do you think his biological mother decided to put him up for adoption?

5.- Who was going to adopt Steve Jobs at first? Why didn't they?
6.- Why was calligraphy important in his life?
7.- What reference does Steve Jobs do about Windows?

8.- Jobs talks about “connecting the dots”. What does he mean?

Second story – Love and loss

9.- What happened to Mr Jobs when he was 30 years old?    

10.- He says: “Getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me”, why?

11.- What is the only way to do great work?

12.- If you weren’t happy at your current job, would Mr Jobs advise you to continue? Why?

Third story – Death

13.- What has been the best tool to help him make the big choices in life?

14.- What happened to Steve Jobs in 2004?

15.- According to Jobs, students have as much time as they want to make their dreams come true. True or False

16.- What was the name of the publication that Mr Jobs read when he was young, in the late 60s?

17.- What was their final message on the back of their final issue? 

18.- In essence, what was Steve Jobs's message to the graduating class? 


If you want to read the script.