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Benoit outta the bullpen #BeatTX #postseason (Taken with instagram)

I’ve watched this probably a dozen times, and can quote the majority of the speech. Yet I come back to watch it again because hearing the words come from Steve Jobs himself puts this speech onto a whole new level.

Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.

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—	Steve Jobs

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pudjam666:

So,

It was 1998 and the dot-com boom was in full effect. I was making websites as a 22 year old freelance programmer in NYC. I charged my first client $1,400. My second client paid $5,400. The next paid $24,000. I remember the exact amounts — they were the largest checks I’d seen up til that…

With Dad at the game (Taken with Instagram at Nationals Park)

Great night for a baseball game (Taken with Instagram at Nationals Park)

Pure Michigan (Taken with instagram)

Damn it feels good to be a gangster (Taken with instagram)

Foggy morning on Walloon (Taken with Instagram at Walloon Lake)

Working on the RC sailboats (Taken with Instagram at Walloon Lake)