![]() Don’t be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. “Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. These 3 stories were extremely inspiring – most people knew Steve as the hot-tempered yet charismatic CEO who heads Apple, but who would have known that his birth parents gave him up for adoption? That he quit college because his college fees were sucking up his parents’ savings? That he was once fired from the very company he founded? And that he diagnosed in cancer in 2004, and by a stroke of fate, survived it? His birth, when he got fired from Apple, and when he found out about his cancer. In this speech, Steve shares his life lessons via 3 stories in his life. Whenever people talk about inspiring graduation speeches, Steve Job’s speech instantly comes up. ![]() There is no reason not to follow your heart.” - Steve Jobs “Remembering you’re going to die, is the best way I know, to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. My personal favorites are the ones by Steve Jobs, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Randy Pausch. I have included videos and transcripts (where available) as well as my thoughts with each speech. ![]() The 10 speeches are not ranked in any order. I’ve picked these 10 speeches because they share important wisdom that are applicable to anyone in any time, beyond just graduating students. I think the schools couldn’t have picked better speakers than them, because the most important inspiration anyone can ever get is someone who his living by example. You’ll probably recognize most of the speakers, who are prominent people in their fields – people like Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Oprah, Ellen, Randy Pausch, JK Rowling, and so on. After listening to Steve Jobs‘ Stanford commencement speech, I was inspired to round up the best graduation speeches of all time, so all of you can enjoy the rich insights of the speakers. But first, he should be your first relationship that you cannot neglect.Commencement speeches have become outlets for sharing some of the most important life lessons ever. "As you live your life on this earth, there is no greater good you can do for a person than to love them so much, that you point them to Jesus Christ. "We are put on this earth by our Creator and we all have a purpose: to advance God's kingdom that all may be saved," Kyle shares with the room. Your life cannot be meaningful without them," Kyle says. And here is why: relationships are where we get to influence, impact, and change people's lives. ![]() "Nothing is more important than your healthy relationships. RELATED: Actor Michael Keaton Surprises Graduates with 2 Words And why the relationships in our lives will always be the most important. Kyle then goes on to tell the room to have no regrets in the sixteenth second. What a valuable lesson for this young man to share with his classmates. A lesson learned and self-reflection accomplished." Valedictorian Points Peers To Jesus Looking back on this year, I realized that the stress of this year, for this goal and a five-minute speech, was paid for with the lack of attending to relationships in my life. "But it should not be done for the sole purpose of a goal's sake at the expense of relationship with others. Kyle then goes on in his Valedictorian speech to share about his thought process after this realization. This was a huge problem for me, and I needed to figure out why." But none of that happened, not even in my heart. A parade of balloons to drop? Or maybe I was hoping that all of my problems would fade away in comparison to this amazing achievement. Kyle Martin continues, "To be honest, I don't even know what I was expecting. And on that 16th second, I sat down on my seat, I looked at my silver stole that says valedictorian, and I thought, ‘That's it? What just happened? Why am I not feeling anything else?." 15 seconds of being at the top of the pile of all my accomplishments and it felt euphoric. Yeah, 15 seconds of my heart racing and my adrenaline pumping. "At our senior awards ceremony, it felt so good," he said about when he won the valedictorian title. In the viral video of the best valedictorian speech titled "The 16th Second", Kyle shares the lesson he learned from sacrificing so much to get to the top of his class. When he did win that award, he said that it felt amazing.but only for about 15 seconds. RELATED: High School Forbids Student From Putting Jesus In Graduation Speech But he didn't achieve that accomplishment without a lot of hard work and sacrifice. And those high marks won him the title of being class valedictorian. Kyle graduated high school with a 4.64 GPA.
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