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Steve Jobs

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

Steve Jobs

Change

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Steve Jobs is saying that he regularly evaluates his daily actions by imagining if it were his final day, using this as a test of whether his activities are meaningful to him. When he finds that he consistently does not want to continue with his current plans, he recognizes the need to make a significant change in his life.

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