演讲稿孔学英

第一篇：演讲稿孔学英

提升自身素质，真诚服务百姓

尊敬的各位领导、各位同事，大家好：

非常感谢政府领导为我们搭建这个展示自我的平台。

在这里，我结合自己工作实际和亲身感受，以为民务实清廉为主题向各位领导、同事们演讲我在便民服务中心工作中的所感所悟。今天，我演讲的题目是：《提升自身素质，真诚服务百姓》。

本次演讲比赛目的是为了检验党的群众路线教育实践活动的学习效果，使机关工作人员树立正确的工作理念和目标，努力提高自身工作能力和素质，培养良好的思想和工作作风，进一步增强工作责任感和使命感。这让我想到了党的教育实践活动的重点任务：一是着力解决领导班子和领导干部“四风”突出问题；二是着力解决关系群众切身利益的问题；三是着力解决基层党组织联系服务群众“最后一公里”问题；集中到一点就是解决群众反映强烈的突出问题，特别是要纠正发生在群众身边的不正之风。随着社会文明、法治文明的不断发展，人民群众对政府工作人员文明友善、尽心服务的期望值与日俱增。为此，我 们 必 须时 刻 省视自身，把群众的事当成自己的事，牢固树立为民服务的意识和观念。201 2年6月，我成为大厅的一名工作人员。当我踏进大厅的第一步，就被那整齐的画面深深吸引：一个个充满微笑的脸庞，倾听您办事的诉求，一排排整齐的办公设施，帮助您实现自己的愿望，那一望到底的平台一下子拉近了群众和工作人员的距离。

我常想：要做好大厅服务窗口工作，就必须以实际行动让办事的每一位群众体会到温暖。这就需要我们用最真诚的微笑，迎接每一位到访的办事人。微笑是人际交往的金钥匙，作为服务人员，微笑就是美的象征，是爱的体现。它给办事群众亲和的感觉，改善同事间、服务对象间的关系。它能够缩短人与人之间心里的距离，为深入沟通与交往创建温馨和谐的氛围。当群众东张西望找不到办事窗口时，我上前一步，帮他指引方向；当群众手拿一堆材料理不清头绪，一筹莫展时，我主动帮其消除疑虑、化解困难。我坚信，真诚的微笑，热情的服务，会让每一位办事人如沐春风。同时，我也坚信，有政府领导的支持与信赖，我会做得更好，这不仅仅是因为我为自己的工作感到骄傲，更是为能代表大厅良好的形象而感到自豪！党的群众路线是党和政府联系人民群众的桥梁和纽带，是阳光工程！民心工程！作为窗口的工作人员，我深知，我的一举一动，一言一行，不 仅 代 表 自 己，代表大厅，而且代 表 政 府形象。为 群 众 多 办 实事，多办好事，扎扎实实工作，勤廉高效服务这是我的责任！让百姓心里高兴，为政府形象增添光彩。我是这么想的，也是这么做的。用微笑诠释真诚，始终如一地把它践行到工作中。始终保持真诚的微笑，不卑不亢的服务态度。把我对工作的热忱，用微笑真诚地表达给每一位办事人，让办事人切实感受到大厅良好的人文素质。雷锋日记本里写过这样一段话“如果你是一滴水，你是否滋润了一寸土地？如果你是一缕阳光，你是否照亮了一分黑暗？如果你是一颗粮食，你是否哺育

了有用的生命？如果你是一颗最小的螺丝钉，你是否永远坚守在你生活的岗位上？”现在的我，就犹如一颗小小的螺丝钉，在大机器里发挥着微小的作用，但我甘愿为了她的发展奉献出我的一切。

谢谢大家！

第二篇：廉政文化建设论文---孔英

努力构建阳光教育校园，持续推进廉政文化建设作者简介：孔英，女，汉，中共党员，中学高级职称，博乐市第八中学任教，担任学校德育主任。联系电话：***

摘要： 校园廉政文化建设要从社会主义先进文化建设的战略高度加以认识和重视。充分利用学校各种教育资源，倡导廉政文化、弘扬廉政精神，强化廉政文化的共识和理论导向。在推进和深化廉政文化建设中，做到六个结合，确保校园廉政文化建设的实效。关键词： 先进文化；校园廉政文化；六个结合阳光教育以尊重生命为核心理念，以全面和谐为目标理念，包涵着积极、乐观、自信、自强的特征，为每一个学生搭建发展的阶梯。我们期待构建和谐阳光教育校园，让每一个生命都享受阳光的教育！所以持续推进廉政文化建设是努力构建阳光教育校园一项重要工作。

一、在学校开展廉政文化建设的必要性

1、中学生作为人生的一个必经阶段,他们正处于生理和心理的发育时期,在这个特殊的人生时期开展廉政文化教育,形成先入为主的效应,使其从小就了解反腐倡廉的有关知识,树立“廉洁光荣,腐败可耻”的意识,无论今后从政、经商还是从事其他职业,“清正廉洁”的理念都会根植于脑中。所以廉政文化建设要从青少年抓起,要从学校抓起。

2、学校廉政文化建设的途径开展学校廉政文化建设是一项播种廉政种子的工程,更是一种功在长远的启蒙教育,廉政文化教育体现在孩子身上的任何积极向上的东西,都有一个过程。因此,应把廉政教

育作为一项长期性,基础性的工作来抓,把廉政教育贯穿、渗透于学校

教育教学工作之中,使廉政文化进学校与办学中的日常工作,实现无

缝对接,廉政文化进学校教育活动是学校文化建设的一个重要组成部

分,应把两者有机地融合起来,充分利用现有学校文化建设平台,提高

学生精神境界、价值观的认识。

二、廉政文化建设的内涵和校园廉政文化建设的战略地位

1、廉政文化建设需以文化为载体，文化建设应包括廉政内容，廉政与文化相辅相成，不可或缺。把廉政文化建设提高社会主义先进

文化建设的战略高度。建设廉政文化既是先进文化建设的重要组织部

分，也是实现和谐社会目标的有效手段。

2、建设廉政文化，一方面有利于促进党员干部按照法定的权限和

程序行使权力，促进全体教职工遵纪守法，有利于依法治国方略的贯

彻落实，更好地维护和实现社会公平和正义。另一方面，又有力促使

全体教职工特别是党员干部模范遵守社会道德，共同增强维护社会廉

洁的道德责任感。

3、大力加强廉政文化建设，对深入推进反腐倡廉工作具有重要而

积极的意义。廉政文化是社会主义先进文化的重要组成部分。只有以

廉政文化武装党员干部的头脑，教育广大群众，才能在全社会确立廉

洁的价值取向，培养廉洁的理念追求，逐步从根本上铲除滋生腐败的文化条件。

4、中学校园廉政文化建设是我国社会主义廉政文化建设的重要组

成部分。中学生是党和我国社会主义事业的接班人，是振兴中华、实

现民族伟大复兴的新一代，中学生是未来公职人员的主要后备群体，开展针对中学生的廉洁教育，使其形成廉政廉洁意识，对各种潜在的腐败意识，就如同为他们提前接种“反腐疫苗”，使其具有抵御腐败的免疫力，确保他们成长为健康的社会主流力量，不仅是全社会反腐

倡廉的重要组成部分，也是中学生思想政治教育和校园廉政文化建设的应有之义和当务之急。

三、促进校园廉政文化建设的对策与途径

1、要提高认识，进一步形成校园廉政文化建设浓厚氛围。校园

廉政文化建设是我们党在多年的党风廉政建设实践中不断探索和总

结中取得的经验。校园廉政文化这种文化正是适应了反腐败工作惩防

并举、注重预防的方针，是扎实推进惩治和预防腐败体系建设的需要。

2、要加强领导，进一步把校园廉政文化建设引向深入。建立健全

校园廉政文化建设的领导机制和工作机制，努力形成校园廉政文化建

设的整体合力，是保证校园廉政文化建设顺利进行的关键。学校校长、书记要提高对廉政文化建设重要性的认识，切实把校园廉政文化建设

作为反腐倡廉的一项重要工作内容，纳入党的建设和文化建设的整体

规划，加强领导，着力推进，从经费上给予保障。领导干部特别是党

政主要领导要成为校园廉政文化建设的倡导者、实践者和传播者，率

先垂范，严于律己。整合校园廉政文化资源，形成全校抓校园廉政文

化建设的合力。

3、要深入研究，进一步提升校园廉政文化建设的理论水平。加

强校园廉政文化建设，需要深入研究校园廉政文化，提升校园廉政文

化建设的理论水平。必须深入研究毛泽东、邓小平的廉政思想，特别是深入研究胡锦涛总书记有关党风廉政建设和反腐败工作一系列重要讲话精神，积极探索廉政文化建设的规律，不断丰富和发展廉政思想、廉政理论。加大投入，广泛开展多层次、多角度、集中与分散相结合的理论研讨活动，扩大校园廉政文化建设的认知面和影响面，切实推进校园廉政文化建设的理论和实践，提高校园廉政文化建设的水平。

4、要强化措施，进一步发挥好现有校园廉政文化阵地和载体的作用。要利用好行之有效的校园廉政文化载体，如做反腐倡廉报告，选择主题教育，开展反腐倡廉征文活动和突出廉政教育的文艺汇演，举办校园廉政书画展，廉政故事演讲比赛等活动扩大校园廉政宣传的影响力，营造守廉、尊廉、崇廉的浓厚氛围。

四、贯彻六个结合，确保校园廉政文化建设实效

1、与思想教育相结合。围绕“三廉”并举的目标，教师廉洁从教，学生廉洁修身，把廉洁教育与学校的各类思想教育活动同步研究、同步部署、同步检查、同步落实。

2、与学生德育工作相结合。将廉政文化建设纳入学校德育体系，全面贯彻落实中共中央、国务院《关于进一步加强和改进大学生思想政治教育的意见》，按照教育教学规律和学生身心发展的特点，因势利导，开展社会主义荣辱观教育，让“八荣八耻”扎根于学生心中，培养学生正确的世界观、人生观、价值观，明辨是非、善恶、美丑，促进诚信守法、正直自律等良好的道德意识真正内化为学生的自觉行

为和基本的道德情感。

3、与课堂教学相结合。积极推进廉政文化进课堂工作。任课教师要有效、有序、动态地整合各学科教材中蕴含的有关“敬廉崇俭”教育资源，在教学中强化渗透“敬廉崇俭”思想，进一步增强道德教育的实效性。

4、与课外阅读相结合。根据学生知识积累状况，引导学生挑选、阅读古今中外清正廉洁的故事、格言、图片和漫画，并撰写读后感和随笔。学校图书馆采编一些廉政文化建设内容的书籍，设置专橱，鼓励学生借阅，方便学生阅览。

5、与学生各类主题活动相结合。各级团组织、学生会和学生工作干部在组织学生各类主题活动时，要把廉洁教育融入其中，通过活动，培养学生良好的思想道德素质。

6、与校园文化建设相结合。通过张贴格言、警句，布展书画橱窗，演唱歌曲，组织征文、演讲竞赛，演播影视片，以及增加大学生艺术节中廉洁教育内容等，多形式、多途径开展廉洁教育，形成浓厚的“敬廉崇俭”校园风尚。总之，校园廉政文化是反腐倡廉工作的新探索、新途径和新载体。加强校园廉政文化建设，是新形势下反腐倡廉工作的必由之路，是全党、全社会的共同责任。我们一定要提高认识，理清思路，抓住重点，抓好落实，以卓有成效的校园廉政文化创建活动教育人、塑造人、引导人、鼓舞人，为构建阳光教育校园，培养四有新人作出应有的贡献

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第三篇：学习“孔桂英”心得体会

学习《孔桂英同志抗洪抢险先进事迹》心得体会

学习了孔桂英同志的抗洪抢险先进事迹后，我心情激荡，久久不能平静。作为一名乡镇社区女党支部书记、一名中共党员，孔桂英同志用自己抗洪抢险第一线的表现，使我们切身体会到党员先锋模范作用的实际体现。

2010年7月27日晚至28日的连续强降雨，致使龙井市多处地方受灾。龙井市老头沟镇在洪水中遭受巨大的损失，但在灾难面前，全市党员干部没有被吓到，而是发挥创先争优精神冲在最前线与洪水搏斗。62岁的老头沟镇天宝社区党支部书记孔桂英同志，就是其中的优秀代表，她说的三个“我就是要”充分表明了党务干部的优良品质。

孔桂英同志作为一名普通的乡镇社区党支部书记始终以党和人民的事业为重，把党性根植于心底，把真情融入百姓心田，勤奋务实，无私奉献，用实际行动践行了科学发展观，对农村基层工作的无限热爱。

我个人认为，孔桂英同志的三个“我就是要”很值得我们广大党员干部群众认真学习。一是我就是要最早知道情况。27日接到晚上有大雨的通知后，孔桂英就提前召集社区党支部大会和居民代表大会，要求每个党员和居民代表按照分片将有大雨的消息传达到每个居民家中，提前做好防汛工作。并时刻关心汛情，及时上报及积极协调防汛工作。二是

第四篇：孔校长演讲稿

践行一日三省、高效快乐生活

为了打造文明和谐、严谨高效、健康快乐的实验部。在此我向同学们提出一日三省：一省：言行是否文明得体；二省：心态是否积极向上；三省：学习是否严谨认真。希望同学们每日做好对照，高效快乐生活。

1、礼仪是中华民族的传统美德，我们祖国自古就有“礼仪之邦”美称。文明礼仪不仅反映了一个人的气质风度、阅历见识、道德情操、精神风貌，而且还代表着一个集体、一个民族、一个国家的对外形象。常言说得好“人无礼则不生，事无礼则不成，国无礼则不宁”。同学们，让我们从身边做起，时时处处严格要求自己，做一个文明人。

作为一名中学生，我们该如何做才叫文明：注重仪表，穿戴整洁、朴素大方，不烫发染发，不留怪发，不化妆，不佩戴首饰，这是一种文明；爱护公物、爱护环境、节约资源也是一种文明；尊重师长，孝敬父母，诚实守信，礼貌待人，是一种文明；同学之间互相尊重、团结互助、理解宽容、真诚相待、正常交往，不说脏话，不骂人，不打架，不喝酒、不吸烟是一种文明。“国有国法，家有家规”，“没有规矩，不成方圆”。纪律是人类文明的重要标志，是公共生活中具有强制性的行为规则，严守纪律是现代人应有的素质，遵规守纪是形成良好品德的需要，也是学习科学文化知识的重要条件，一个有组织性的集体绝对不会缺少严格的规定与鲜明的纪律。《中学生日常行为规范》，《中学生守则》及我校制定的《中学生管理规定》几项制度为我们的言行举止指明了方向。让我们共同努力，牢记校训，全力打造一个文明和谐、健康快乐的实验部。

2、人生的方向就是由心态决定的，一般来说，人们面对学习的态度只有两种，一个是积极的态度，再一个就是消极的态度。一个人的心态积极乐观向上你的个人目标实现的机会就大，相反，一个人的心情抑郁，整天愁眉苦脸地面对生活，不管做什么事情都不积极，常常错误百出，那么自我价值就会实现的机会就很少。所以，心态时时刻刻都在支配着我们的言行，决定着我们对生活的选择。不同的心态，就会演绎出截然不同的命运。三个工人在砌一面墙。有一个好管闲事的人过来问：“你们在干什么？”第一个工人爱理不理地说：“没有看见吗？我在砌墙。”第二个工人抬头看了一眼好管闲事的人，说“我们在盖一栋楼房。”第三个工人真诚而有自信地说：“我们在建一座城市。”十年后，第一个工人在另一个工地上砌墙；第二个工人坐在办公室画图纸，她成了一名工程师；第三个人呢，成了一家房地产公司的总裁，是前两个人的老板。仅仅十年的时间，三个人的命运就发生了截然不同的变化，是什么原因导致这样的结果呢？是态度！态度决定高度。一个人有什么样的心态，就会有什么样的追求和目标。具有积极乐观心态的人，其人生目标必然高远，有了高远的目标，必然会为之努力，有努力就有回报。第一个工人心态是消极的，心情是郁闷的，想的是一些令自己不愉快的事，回答别人的问题时也是满肚子怨气。第二个工人要比第一个工人心态好些，尽管也是在砌墙，但他却把这堵墙当作一栋楼房来建，心里想的是如何将楼房建设的更好。第三个工人心态最好，工作那么辛苦，他还那么自信那么专注。人最可贵的就是“积极”二字，第三个工人把砌墙这样的小事当作一项伟大的事业来看待，十年后成为老板也就不足为奇了。

事物永远是阴阳并存的。积极的心态看到的永远是事物好的一面，而消极的心态只看到不好的一面。积极的心态能把坏的事情变好，消极的心态能把好的事情变坏。积极的心态像太阳，照到哪里哪里亮；消极的心态像月亮，初一十五不一样。不是没有阳光，是因为你总低着头；不是没有绿洲，是因为你心中有一片沙漠。

当然，人总会有情绪低落的时候，也许是因为一个人，或者是因为一件事，让你久久不能释怀。致使心情低落，产生不良心态，这种心态就会影响你的正常生活，也会影响你的工作学习，甚至会影响你的成长进步。这个时候要试着调整心态，接受现实，适应现实。有的时候，我们既然改变不了环境，就要努力改变自己，从不良心境中解脱出来，让自己适应这个环境，用乐观向上的心态去做你认为最有价值的事情。

3、严谨认真是学生学习在最基本的态度。

严禁认真是学生学习在最基本的态度。一个草率从事，马马虎虎的同学是很难取得好的成绩的。我们常常发现这样的事情：有的同学在学习中总是会出现或多或少的错误，如已经计算正确的结果写错，有的家长老师把这归结于马虎，其实不尽然，关键在于学生还没有形成严谨认真的思维品质，学习习惯，同学们要从平时养成严谨、认真的学习习惯，这将使你受益无穷。

如：王文是一所高中的学生，她的班今年有七位同学考上了清华大学，被称为明星班。某报记者闻讯赶去采访，请教他们学习上有什么好经验，他们的回答虽然各异，但有一个惊人的共同点是他们严谨认真、一丝不苟的学习态度。

有四位同学不约而同拿出一个本子—错题集。打开一看，都记得密密麻麻。他们把作业或考试中做错的题都收集在这个本子里。每一次考试完之后，他们先把做错的题原封不动抄下来，用铅笔标出错的地方，然后在认真做一遍，最后用简明的语言归纳出错误的类型和失败的原因（用红笔书写）。用这种严谨的方法对待考试中做错的题，做到决不在同一个地方跌倒。

记者又让王文找出来他上课时候的笔记、练习和试卷。记者发现，王文的作业跟其他孩子相比，最大的特点就是认真，书写规范、清洁。作业的格式、数字的书写、数学符号的书写都一丝不苟。

王文对记者谈到“养成一个认真严肃的学习习惯是成功的关键。我建议同学们要独立思考，独立完成作业，不要跟别人对算式和结果，更不要抄袭别人的作业。” 王文的同桌，一个男生说：“一定要严谨认真，注意细节。学习好的同学，大都严谨认真，并且养成了习惯。比如，认真审题、仔细运算、验算等等。

可见，严谨认真也是所有成功学生的学习秘诀。

严谨认真，孜孜不倦的学习精神是一个人的非智力因素，但是在学习中却起着重要的作业，也是现在许多孩子所欠缺的。现在的中小学生大多都是独生子女，家长大都重视孩子智力因素的培养，而往往对于非智力因素重视得不够。这就造成孩子们智力因素跟非智力因素发展不协调，聪明是聪敏，可是缺乏刻苦钻研，严谨认真的学习态度学习精神。世间最怕“认真”二字，孩子想要学得多一些，学得好一点，认真严谨是必不可少的，他的意义不完全在于今天或者明天，他讲影响到孩子的一辈子。有了一个严肃认真的学习态度，一个良好的学习习惯，那真是一辈子受用不尽。

让我们牢记一日三省，高效学习，快乐生活，我实现学校提出的奋斗目标而努力。

第五篇：演讲稿(英)

演讲稿(英)

Thank you.I'm honored to be with you today for your commencement from one of the finest universities in the world.Truth be told, I never graduated from college and this is the closest I've ever gotten to a college graduation.Today I want to tell you three stories from my life.That's it.No big deal.Just three stories.The first story is about connecting the dots.I dropped out of Reed College after the first six months but then stayed around as a drop-in for another 18 months or so before I really quit.So why did I drop out? It started before I was born.My biological mother was a young, unwed graduate student, and she decided to put me up for adoption.She felt very strongly that I should be adopted by college graduates, so everything was all set for me to be adopted at birth by a lawyer and his wife, except that when I popped out, they decided at the last minute that they really wanted a girl.So my parents, who were on a waiting list, got a call in the middle of the night asking, “We've got an unexpected baby boy.Do you want him?” They said, “Of course.” My biological mother found out later that my mother had never graduated from college and that my father had never graduated from high school.She refused to sign the final adoption papers.She only relented a few months later when my parents promised that I would go to college.This was the start in my life.And 17 years later, I did go to college, but I naively chose a college that was almost as expensive as Stanford, and all of my working-class parents' savings were being spent on my college tuition.After six months, I couldn't see the value in it.I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life, and no idea of how college was going to help me figure it out, and here I was, spending all the money my parents had saved their entire life.So I decided to drop out and trust that it would all work out OK.It was pretty scary at the time, but looking back, it was one of the best decisions I ever made.The minute I dropped out, I could stop taking the required classes that didn't interest me and begin dropping in on the ones that looked far more interesting.It wasn't all romantic.I didn't have a dorm room, so I slept on the floor in friends' rooms.I returned Coke bottles for the five-cent deposits to buy food with, and I would walk the seven miles across town every Sunday night to get one good meal a week at the Hare Krishna temple.I loved it.And much of what I stumbled into by following my curiosity and intuition turned out to be priceless later on.Let me give you one example.Reed College at that time offered perhaps the best calligraphy instruction in the country.Throughout the campus every poster, every label on every drawer was beautifully hand-calligraphied.Because I had dropped out and didn't have to take the normal classes, I decided to take a calligraphy class to learn how to do this.I learned about serif and sans-serif typefaces, about varying the amount of space between different letter combinations, about what makes great typography great.It was beautiful, historical, artistically subtle in a way that science can't capture, and I found it fascinating.None of this had even a hope of any practical application in my life.But ten years later when we were designing the first Macintosh computer, it all came back to me, and we designed it all into the Mac.It was the first computer with beautiful typography.If I had never dropped in on that single course in college, the Mac would have never had multiple typefaces or proportionally spaced fonts, and since Windows just copied the Mac, it's likely that no personal computer would have them.If I had never dropped out, I would have never dropped in on that calligraphy class and personals computers might not have the wonderful typography that they do.Of course it was impossible to connect the dots looking forward when I was in college, but it was very, very clear looking backwards ten years later.Again, you can't connect the dots looking forward.You can only connect them looking backwards, so you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future.You have to trust in something--your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever--because believing that the dots will connect down the road will give you the confidence to follow your heart, even when it leads you off the well-worn path, and that will make all the difference.My second story is about love and loss.I was lucky.I found what I loved to do early in life.Woz and I started Apple in my parents' garage when I was 20.We worked hard and in ten years, Apple had grown from just the two of us in a garage into a $2 billion company with over 4,000 employees.We'd just released our finest creation, the Macintosh, a year earlier, and I'd just turned 30, and then I got fired.How can you get fired from a company you started? Well, as Apple grew, we hired someone who I thought was very talented to run the company with me, and for the first year or so, things went well.But then our visions of the future began to diverge, and eventually we had a falling out.When we did, our board of directors sided with him, and so at 30, I was out, and very publicly out.What had been the focus of my entire adult life was gone, and it was devastating.I really didn't know what to do for a few months.I felt that I had let the previous generation of entrepreneurs down, that I had dropped the baton as it was being passed to me.I met with David Packard and Bob Noyce and tried to apologize for screwing up so badly.I was a very public failure and I even thought about running away from the Valley.But something slowly began to dawn on me.I still loved what I did.The turn of events at Apple had not changed that one bit.I'd been rejected but I was still in love.And so I decided to start over.I didn't see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me.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 in my life.During the next five years I started a company named NeXT, another company named Pixar and fell in love with an amazing woman who would become my wife.Pixar went on to create the world's first computer-animated feature film, “Toy Story,” and is now the most successful animation studio in the world.In a remarkable turn of events, Apple bought NeXT and I returned to Apple and the technology we developed at NeXT is at the heart of Apple's current renaissance, and Lorene and I have a wonderful family together.I'm pretty sure none of this would have happened if I hadn't been fired from Apple.It was awful-tasting medicine but I guess the patient needed it.Sometimes life's going to hit 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 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, and 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.Don't settle.My third story is about death.When I was 17 I read a quote that went something like “If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right.” It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself, “If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?” And whenever the answer has been “no” for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something.Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important thing I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life, because almost everything--all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure--these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important.Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose.You are already naked.There is no reason not to follow your heart.About a year ago, I was diagnosed with cancer.I had a scan at 7:30 in the morning and it clearly showed a tumor on my pancreas.I didn't even know what a pancreas was.The doctors told me this was almost certainly a type of cancer that is incurable, and that I should expect to live no longer than three to six months.My doctor advised me to go home and get my affairs in order, which is doctors' code for “prepare to die.” It means to try and tell your kids everything you thought you'd have the next ten years to tell them, in just a few months.It means to make sure that everything is buttoned up so that it will be as easy as possible for your family.It means to say your goodbyes.I lived with that diagnosis all day.Later that evening I had a biopsy where they stuck an endoscope down my throat, through my stomach into my intestines, put a needle into my pancreas and got a few cells from the tumor.I was sedated but my wife, who was there, told me that when they viewed the cells under a microscope, the doctor started crying, because it turned out to be a very rare form of pancreatic cancer that is curable with surgery.I had the surgery and, thankfully, I am fine now.This was the closest I've been to facing death, and I hope it's the closest I get for a few more decades.Having lived through it, I can now say this to you with a bit more certainty than when death was a useful but purely intellectual concept.No one wants to die, even people who want to go to Heaven don't want to die to get there, and yet, death is the destination we all share.No one has ever escaped it.And that is as it should be, because death is very likely the single best invention of life.It's life's change agent;it clears out the old to make way for the new.right now, the new is you.But someday, not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away.Sorry to be so dramatic, but it's quite true.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 heart and intuition.They somehow already know what you truly want to become.Everything else is secondary.When I was young, there was an amazing publication called The Whole Earth Catalogue, which was one of the bibles of my generation.It was created by a fellow named Stuart Brand not far from here in Menlo Park, and he brought it to life with his poetic touch.This was in the late 1960s, before personal computers and desktop publishing, so it was all made with typewriters, scissors, and Polaroid cameras.it was sort of like Google in paperback form 35 years before Google came along.It was idealistic, overflowing with neat tools and great notions.Stuart and his team put out several issues of The Whole Earth Catalogue, and then when it had run its course, they put out a final issue.It was the mid-1970s and I was your age.On the back cover of their final issue was a photograph of an early morning country road, the kind you might find yourself hitch-hiking on if you were so adventurous.Beneath were the words, “Stay hungry, stay foolish.” It was their farewell message as they signed off.“Stay hungry, stay foolish.” And I have always wished that for myself, and now, as you graduate to begin anew, I wish that for you.Stay hungry, stay foolish.Thank you all, very much.