Tim Cooks Life Advice Will Change Your Future MUST WATCH

if you want to take credit first

learn to take responsibility

be different leave something worthy

and always remember that you can’t

take it with you you’re going to have to

pass it on

silicon valley is responsible for some

of the most revolutionary inventions in

modern history

from the first oscillator built in the

hewlett-packard garage

to the iphones that i know you’re

holding in your hands

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social media shareable videos snaps and

stories that connect

half the people on earth

they all trace their roots to stanford’s

backyard

but lately it seems this industry

is becoming better known for a less

noble innovation

the belief that you can claim credit

without accepting responsibility

we see it every day now with every data

breach every privacy violation

every blind eye turned to hate speech

fake news poisoning our national

conversation

the false miracles in exchange for a

single drop of your blood

too many seem to think that good

intentions

excuse away harmful outcomes

but whether you like it or not what you

build

and what you create define who you are

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it feels a bit crazy that anyone should

have to say this

but if you’ve built a chaos factory you

can’t dodge responsibility for the chaos

taking responsibility means having the

courage to think things through

and there are few areas where this is

more

important than privacy

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if we accept as normal and unavoidable

that everything in our lives can be

aggregated

sold or even leaked in the event of a

hack

then we lose so much more than data

we lose the freedom to be human

think about what’s at stake everything

you

write everything you say every topic of

curiosity

every straight thought every impulsive

purchase

every moment of frustration or weakness

every griper complaint every secret

shared

in confidence in a world without digital

privacy

even if you have done nothing wrong

other than think differently

you begin to censor yourself

not entirely at first just a little

bit by bit to risk

less to hope less to imagine less

to dare less to create less

to try less to talk less

to think less the chilling effect of

digital surveillance

is profound and it touches everything

what a small unimaginative world

we would end up with not entirely at

first

just a little bit by bit

ironically it’s the kind of environment

that would have stopped silicon valley

before it had ever gotten started

we deserve better

you deserve better if we believe that

freedom means an environment where great

ideas can take root

where they can grow and be nurtured

without fear of irrational restrictions

or burdens

then it’s our duty to change course

because your generation ought to have

the same freedom to shape the future

as the generation that came before

graduates at the very least learn from

these mistakes

if you want to take credit first

learn to take responsibility

now a lot of you the vast majority

won’t find yourselves in tech at all

that’s as it should be

we need your minds at work far and wide

because our challenges are great and

they can’t be solved by any single

industry

no matter where you go no matter what

you do i know

you will be ambitious you wouldn’t be

here today if you aren’t

match that ambition with humility

a humility a purpose

that doesn’t mean being tamer being

smaller

being less in what you do it’s the

opposite

it’s about serving something greater

the author madeleine l’engle wrote

humility is throwing oneself away

in complete concentration on something

or someone else

in other words whatever you do with your

life

be a builder

you don’t have to start from scratch to

build something monumental

and conversely the best founders

the ones whose creations last and whose

reputations grow

rather than shrink with passing time

they spend most of their time building

piece

by piece builders are comfortable in the

belief that their life’s work will one

day be bigger than them

bigger than any one person

they’re mindful that its effects will

span generations

that’s not an accident in a way

it’s the whole point

being a builder is about believing that

you cannot

possibly be the greatest cause on this

earth

because you aren’t built to last

it’s about making peace with the fact

that you won’t be here

for the end of the story

that brings me to my last bit of advice

14 years ago steve stood

on this stage and told your predecessors

your time is limited so don’t waste it

living someone else’s life

here’s my corollary your mentors may

leave you prepared

but they can’t leave you ready

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when steve got sick i had hardwired my

thinking to the belief

that he would get better

i not only thought he would hold on i

was convinced

down to my core that he’d still be

guiding apple long after i

myself was gone

then one day he called me over to his

house

and told me that it wasn’t going to be

that way

even then i was convinced he would stay

on as chairman

that he would step back from the

day-to-day but always be there as a

sounding board

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but there was no reason to believe that

i never should have thought it

the facts were all there

and when he was gone truly gone

i learned the real visceral difference

between preparation and readiness

it was the loneliest i’ve ever felt in

my life

by an order of magnitude

it was one of those moments where you

can be surrounded by

people yet you don’t really see

hear or feel them

but i could sense their expectations

when the dust settled all i knew was

that i was going to have to be the best

version of myself that i could be

i knew that if you got out of bed every

morning and set your watch by what other

people expect or demand

it’d drive you crazy so what was true

then is true now

don’t waste your time living someone

else’s life

don’t try to emulate the people who came

before you

to the exclusion of everything else

contorting into a

shape that doesn’t fit it takes too much

mental effort

effort that should be dedicated to

creating and building

you’ll waste precious time trying to

rewire your every thought

and in the meantime you won’t be fooling

anybody

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the fact is when your time comes

and it will you’ll never be ready

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but you’re not supposed to be find the

hope

in the unexpected find the courage in

the challenge

find your vision on the solitary road

don’t get distracted there are too many

people who won’t credit without

responsibility

too many who show up for the ribbon

cutting without building

anything worth a damn be different

leave something worthy and always

remember

that you can’t take it with you you’re

going to have to pass it on

you