Odd and Misunderstood » do what you love http://oddandmisunderstood.com My thoughts. Random thoughts. But my thoughts. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 08:33:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 If You Want To Be Happy, Be http://oddandmisunderstood.com/2011/11/02/if-you-want-to-be-happy-be/ http://oddandmisunderstood.com/2011/11/02/if-you-want-to-be-happy-be/#comments Wed, 02 Nov 2011 19:28:45 +0000 Robert McLeod http://oddandmisunderstood.com/?p=701 What a simple thought.

It doesn’t have to be complicated.

It doesn’t have to be difficult.

If you want to be happy, be.

It really can be that easy.

Do what you love.

Love what you do.

And just be.

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I can’t tell you how many books or videos I’ve consumed that all speak to this notion but the one that stands out in my mind, the video that puts it so simply and the video that embodies what I believe is the Steve Jobs commencement speect at Stanford in 2005.

You can’t always know if what you’re doing is right – you just have to have faith. Looking back it will make sense. Job’s calls it “connecting the dots”. And with that, enjoy the video:

Click here to view the embedded video.

Full transcript of the speech: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/10/why-you-should-stay-hungry-foolish-by-steve-jobs/

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