“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.”

Jobs said it best. Death is certain from the minute you are born. What you do with the years you are granted in this world is up to you.  Jobs decided to do something that he was truly passionate about while making a huge difference in the world around him—even when people told him his decisions were crazy. If there’s one thing he stressed, it was taking risks and living life the way you envision it – not the way others want you to.

If you do what you love, you will never work a single day in your life and that’s what Jobs did. You may not always know where your choices will lead you—in my case it wasn’t what I had planned—but you’ve got to trust it to be another “dot” in your life. Have faith that everything will work out as it should.

Steve Jobs inspired a whole generation to be innovative thinkers and change the world. I hope I can even accomplish a small fraction of what Jobs did in his 56 years of life.  As he ended off his famous speech, I will end off by saying “stay hungry, stay foolish” and one day you will leave your own legacy.

Steve Jobs’ 2005 Stanford Commencement Address

—Aravinthan Ehamparam