“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking.”Explanation: Jobs is telling his audience not to waste their…

“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking.”Explanation: Jobs is telling his audience not to waste their limited time copying someone else’s life. “Dogma” means rules and beliefs handed down by others, rather than things you have worked out for yourself.He said this at Stanford University’s graduation ceremony in 20025, while telling the story of his own brush with death. A year earlier, doctors had told him he had cancer and might not live long. That experience made him see how easy it is to waste time living by other people’s ideas instead of your own.The line also echoes his own choices. He dropped out of Reed College after six months but continued attending classes that interested him, including a calligraphy course that he later said influenced the typography of the Macintosh. He isn’t saying don’t learn from others, just don’t let their thinking replace your own.About the author: Steve Jobs (1955–2011) was an American businessman, inventor, and investor who co-founded Apple in 1976 and later led Pixar before returning to Apple as CEO in 1997. Under him, Apple launched the iMac, iPod, iPhone and iPad. He gave this speech to Stanford’s graduating class on 12 June 2005. It remains one of the most-watched commencement speeches ever given. Jobs died in 2011 from pancreatic cancer.

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