Oprah asked Jay-Z how he achieved success without having had a vision or plan. In the video below, Jaz-Z briefly explains. Videos 1, 3 and 4 follow below.

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Oprah: “Neither of us had a vision or a plan for all of this… so what do you think made all of this happen?”

Jay Z: “I think it’s the passion for what you do… and you finding something that you can be true to… something that’s really close to who you are as a person.

You have to have PASSION for what you do… I LOVE it.”

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Really liked this. 

Loving what you do is nice, but KNOWING what you REALLY like to do because you know yourself is even nicer.

That way, you won’t do what I did and choose something that was just a passing fancy.

Plato said, “Learn to KNOW THYSELF.” That means, take the time, make the effort, study. No idle speculation or spur of the moment decisions about this.

You will be living and working with YOU for the rest of your life - guaranteed. It’s the passion that will carry you through the tougher times.

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Thanks to Jay-Z and Oprah.

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POST LOGO: Driven by Dreams, Fueled by Passion

OTHER VIDEOS

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Steve Jobs delivered the following quote of his commencement address to the graduating body at Stanford University in 2005.
 

“Sometimes life hits you in the head with a brick. Don’t lose faith. I’m convinced that the only thing that kept me going was that I loved what I did.

You’ve got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers.

Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do.

If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle.

As with all matters of the heart, you’ll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Don’t settle.”

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To be honest, I always had another dream. It’s always in the back of my mind… a little simmering pot of fantasy stew.

It’s too big and grand a dream for the likes of me. I simply didn’t have the ability or will to follow it through.

But, it’s still there, like a little piece of diamond in the rough lodged in the recesses of my heart. 

I don’t know if I’ll ever pursue this dream. There are too many other… obligations.

But, perhaps the greatest obligation of all, is to be true to ourselves.

Perhaps we should go for our dreams. And those who love us, will follow.

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I lost my verve there for a while. But, in my case, conflagration of my soul and certain happenstances of life spurred me on to new heights (and lows) of feverpitch endeavorship.

I now burn and churn with frenzied purpose and drive.

I snap and turn like a ravenous wolfling cub in a in a pack of fat caribou. Life is thick and rich with possibilities.

Life is “super-charged.”

As Steve Jobs quotes from The Whole Earth Catalog -“Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.”

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It is when most hungry and foolish, that i’ve had those moments in the sun.

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One more quote from Mr. Jobs regarding his being fired from Apple -

” The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life.”

He was once again, hungry and… foolish. 

And as they say, the rest, is history.

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Steve Job’s Commencement Address

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