Connecting the Dots 00:00:20 Jobs opens by saying he never graduated from college and this is the closest he's gotten to a graduation. 00:01:04 He explains he dropped out of Reed College after six months but stayed as a drop-in for another 18 months. 00:02:47 He decided to drop out because he couldn't see the value in spending his parents' savings on tuition. 00:04:21 He tells how taking a calligraphy class led to beautiful typography on the Mac and, later, personal computers.
Love and Loss 00:05:37 He talks about starting Apple in his parents' garage and being fired from the company at age 30. 00:06:14 He describes the falling out with the person he hired to run Apple and the board siding with that person. 00:07:16 Getting fired freed him to enter the most creative period of his life, starting NeXT and Pixar. 00:08:10 He advises to find what you love and keep looking until you find it, because that's the only way to be truly satisfied.
Death and the Fear of It 00:08:57 He shares a quote about living each day as if it were your last and asks himself that question every morning. 00:10:12 He reveals his diagnosis of pancreatic cancer and the doctor's initial prognosis of 3 to 6 months to live. 00:11:15 A biopsy showed a rare form of pancreatic cancer that was curable, and he had surgery and is fine now. 00:12:12 He emphasizes that death is life's change agent and encourages graduates not to waste time living someone else's life.