He is a world changer.

Steve Jobs is one of the most famous names in the fast paced world of technology. A college dropped out turned billionaire.

Sadly, he passed away at the age of 56 due to cancer but his legacy lives on. Jobs’ vision, leadership, and creativity changed computers, lives, industries, and ultimately the world. Jobs are unquestionably an icon and a world changer, as he is the inspiration of many old and rising entrepreneurs and companies. One of the ways his legacy lives on is by his infamous 2005 Stanford commencement speech. This speech is an eye-opening to who Steve Jobs really was. Keep in mind, for many years, Steve Jobs was extremely unwilling to converse about his family background out in the open. He was asked about it in the famous Playboy interview in 1985, for instance, and refused point-blank to go into it. But in this speech, he mentions about his past and how he moves on from it.

Jobs also talked about death and it certainly has open my eyes as I, myself, experiences eureka moment. So many questions went through my mind when he approached the subject of death, but at the same time I was thinking, a person shouldn’t even bring up the subject in a formal event like this but Jobs had his own agenda. The reason why he talked about death is because he wanted the world to share his view on death and how it is the destination all of us shared regardless of our status and position in this world. Death also became one of his motivations to do even better things in the future and never settle for less. His speech really moved me and changes my perspective on how I view my own life. His words struck me like a lightning.

• The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything.
• "If you live each day as if it was your last, some day you'll most certainly be right."
• 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. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice and, most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.

So let’s hear one of the most inspiring men our industry has known speak for himself, in his own words about life, death, and his undying love of technology.

Euphemistic & Dysphemistic

This task of finding Euphemism and Dysphemism language was given by my lecturer. I have to search for 5 euphemisms or dysphemisms words in one of the article in TIME magazine.

1. During World War II, it began screening draftees for effeminate behaviour and body features.

• Effeminate behaviour in this context means the descriptive of feminine appearance of behaviour in a male.

2. Despite opposition from military officials and the public, President Bill Clinton attempted to unilaterally repeal the ban after taking office in 1993.

• President bill Clinton attempted to remove the law by himself.

3. The effort foundered.

• Foundered in this context means fail utterly.

4. More than any other research, it was a study published in the British medical journal the Lancet in 1998 that helped foster the persisting notion that childhood vaccines can cause autism.

• Persisting notion mean a wrong idea that continues to be believed despite the evidence to the contrary..

5. Another deception cited by the Lancet editors.

• Deception means lies, to cover the real truth behind an issue.

"Euphemism is a euphemism for lying. - Bobbie Gentry"

Pity our brain.

Thinking Thinking Thinking. Aren’t you tired of it? Aren’t you tired of being so stressed out because you keep thinking and putting thoughts in your head, therefore resulted in you, being over thinking? According to Eckhart Tolle, thinking is bad. Thinking could make you lose focus in yourself and what’s important, thus you let your mind controls you and you become “one” with the mind instead of two separate beings. The mind is a very powerful tool in helping us to make decision and making correct judgements.

BUT.

Here’s a new term for you, ANALYSIS PARALYSIS. (sounds like something a professor would say, huh?) Let me invite you to the world of this new term (for most of you, reading this)

"The term "Analysis Paralysis" or "Paralysis of Analysis" refers to over-analyzing (or over-thinking) a situation, so that a decision or action is never taken, in effect paralyzing the outcome."

This means, an individual might look for the "perfect" solution and dread making any decision that could lead to an unknown wrong outcomes to get the better solution. Afraid of making decisions leads to over-thinking and making the problem even harder to find its solution, thus no action will be taken.

This particular phrase describes circumstances where the opportunity cost of decision analysis surpass the benefits that could be gained by enacting some choice where the sheer quantity of analysis overpower the decision-process itself, thus preventing a conclusion to be made. Analysis Paralysis could occur in these particular situations such as;

• software development.
• workplace.
• sports.
• board games.

From my point of view, we apply analysis paralysis in daily basis, even in choosing what to eat for lunch. It’s unavoidable, especially for me. Sure, decision will be hard to make but to me, it makes my mind active when I think. Thinking is good for you, you just have to know when to put a limit. Control your brain, and not the opposite.