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 of my life.
我當時沒有覺察, 但是事後證明, 從蘋果公司被炒是我這輩子發生的最棒的事情。因為，作為一個成功者的沉重感被作為一個創業者的輕鬆感覺代替: 對任何事情都不再那麼確定。這讓我覺得如此自由, 進入了我生命中最有創造力的一個階段。
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 worlds 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, I retuned to Apple, and the technology we developed at NeXT is at the heart of Apple''''s current renaissance. And Laurene and I have a wonderful family together.
在接下來的五年裏, 我創立了一個名叫NeXT的公司, 還有一個叫Pixar的公司, 然後和一個後來成為我妻子的優雅女人相識。Pixar 製作了世界上第一個用電腦製作的動畫電影——“”玩具總動員”,Pixar現在也是世界上最成功的電腦製作工作室。在後來的一係列運轉中,Apple收購了NeXT, 然後我又回到了Apple公司。我們在NeXT發展的技術在Apple的複興之中發揮了關鍵的作用。我還和Laurence 一起建立了一個幸福的家庭。
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 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.