[C+] STEVE JOBS: Stanford Commencement [PRACTICE]

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garage

[ guh-'rahzh ]

noun

- a building or indoor area for parking or storing motor vehicles

I wish to live in a house with a garage.

diverge

[ dih-'vurj ]

verb

- to move, lie, or extend in different directions from a common point

World peace is impossible when people diverge their beliefs from one another.

devastating

[ 'dev-uh-stey-ting ]

adjective

- tending or threatening to overwhelm, as with grief or dismay

The news is devastating.

falling out

phrase

- a quarrel, fight or disagreement

Amy and Alex had a falling-out and now they’re not speaking to each other.

run the company

phrase

- to manage, take care or handle the company

He decided to take a back seat and let his son run the company.

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FIRST CUT ⏱ 05:29 - 05:59

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My second story is about love and loss. I was lucky, I found what I love to do early in life. Woz and I started Apple in my parents' garage when I was 20. We worked hard, and in 10 years Apple had grown from just the two of us in a garage into a $2 billion company with over 4000 employees. We had just released our finest creation, the Macintosh a year earlier, and I just turned 30. And then I got fired.

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My second story / is about love / and loss. // I was lucky, / I found what I love to do / early in life. // Woz and I started Apple in my parents' garage / when I was 20. // We worked hard, / and in 10 years Apple had grown from just the two of us in a garage / into a $2 billion company / with over 4000 employees. // We had just released our finest creation, / the Macintosh / a year earlier, / and I just turned 30. // And then I got fired. //

SECOND CUT ⏱ 05:59 – 06:30

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How can you get fired from a company you started? Well, as Apple grew we hired someone who I thought was very talented to run the company with me, and for the first year or so things went well. But then our visions of the future began to diverge and eventually we had a falling out. When we did, our Board of Directors sided with him. And so at 30 I was out. And very publicly out. What had been the focus of my entire adult life was gone, and it was devastating.

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How can you get fired / from a company you started? // Well, / as Apple grew / we hired someone / who I thought was very talented / to run the company with me, / and for the first year or so things went well. // But then our visions of the future began to diverge / and eventually we had a falling out. // When we did, / our Board of Directors sided with him. // And so at 30 I was out. // And very publicly out. // What had been the focus of my entire adult life was gone, / and it was devastating. //