标题: Steve Jobs: If today were the last day of my life [打印本页] 作者: Interpreter 时间: 2021-4-13 20:27 标题: Steve Jobs: If today were the last day of my life 回帖下载完整音频及双语文档：
If today were the last day of my life
Steve Jobs
假如今天是我生命的最后一天
史蒂夫·乔布斯
About a year ago, I was diagnosed with cancer. I had a scan at 7:30 in the morning, and it clearly showed a tumor on my pancreas. I didn’t even know what a pancreas was. The doctors told me, this was almost certainty a type of cancer that is incurable and I should expect to live no longer than three to six months.
My doctor advised me to go home and get my affairs in order, which is the doctor’s code for preparing to die. It means to try and tell your kids everything you thought you had the next ten years to tell them in just few months. It means to make sure everything is buttoned up so that it would be as easy as possible for your family. It means to say your goodbye.
For the past 33 years, I’ve looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself if today were the last day of my life, what I wanna do, what I am about to do today, and whenever the answer has been “No” for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something
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 of 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.