{"id":67791,"date":"2016-05-23T12:42:23","date_gmt":"2016-05-23T16:42:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.businesspundit.com\/?p=67791"},"modified":"2020-09-21T13:34:06","modified_gmt":"2020-09-21T17:34:06","slug":"10-best-pieces-of-advice-billionaires-have-given-during-commencement-speeches-05-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businesspundit.com\/10-best-pieces-of-advice-billionaires-have-given-during-commencement-speeches-05-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"The 10 best pieces of advice billionaires have given during commencement speeches"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"commencement<\/p>\n

Over the years, we have been able to witness commencement speeches from some of the world’s most successful business minds. We have heard some memorable quotes that have inspired young graduates all over the United States. Commencement speeches are great to listen to because while the speaker is directing his or her speech to the college seniors, there is a ton of information that can be taken away from any listener.<\/p>\n

The most important thing about any commencement speech is the little life lessons that the speaker drops throughout their speech. It usually centers around a key topic or metaphor that the commencement speaker uses as the keystone for the point they are trying to make. We have been graced with these wise words of wisdom from many successful billionaires over the years. Here are the 10 best pieces of advice billionaires\u00a0have given during commencement speeches.<\/p>\n

Don’t waste time living some else’s life.<\/h2>\n

\"Steve<\/p>\n

Steve Jobs, founder and CEO of Apple, spoke at Stanford University in 2005. In Jobs\u2019 speech, he stressed to graduates that time is limited and to not waste it by living someone else\u2019s life. Before he walked away, he reminded them to have the courage to follow their heart and intuition and that everything else comes secondary because they already know what you want to become.<\/span><\/p>\n

Build a story you would be proud to look back on
\n\"Jeff<\/h2>\n

Jeff Bezos, American technology entrepreneur and CEO of Amazon.com, spoke at Princeton University in 2010. He used the analogy of being 80-years-old, quietly narrating the most personal version of your life\u2019s story. The biggest piece of advice he gave was to build a great\u00a0<\/span>story for yourself, one that you would be proud to look back on because only you can make your choices.<\/span><\/p>\n

There is no such thing as failure<\/h2>\n

\"Oprah<\/p>\n

Oprah Winfrey, talk show host and philanthropist, spoke at Harvard University in 2013. Winfrey talked about how when you keep pushing yourself higher and higher, you eventually at some point begin to fall. She stressed that when you fall, you need to remember that there is no such thing as failure. Failure is just life trying to push us in a different direction.<\/span><\/p>\n

Success if built on failure<\/h2>\n

\"Sumner<\/p>\n

Sumner Redstone, American businessman and founder of Viacom, spoke at Northwestern University in 2002. Redstone shared a little unknown secret that he always believed was true, and that is that great success is never actually built on success. Instead, success is built on failure, frustration and sometimes, calamity.<\/span><\/p>\n

Imagination helps us empathize<\/h2>\n

\"J.K.<\/p>\n

British novelist, screenwriter and producer, J.K. Rowling, spoke at Harvard University in 2008. In her commencement speech, Rowling focused on imagination. She told graduates that imagination, in its most transformative and revelatory capacity, is the power that enable us to empathize with humans whose experiences we have never shared.<\/span><\/p>\n

Project yourself into any successful situation<\/h2>\n

\"Leonard<\/p>\n

Leonard Lauder, American businessman and chairman of the Est<\/span>\u00e9e Lauder Companies Inc., spoke at Connecticut College in 1989. When Lauder spoke to graduates, he said that fantasizing and being able to project yourself into any successful situation is the most powerful means there is of achieving personal goals.<\/span><\/p>\n

Follow your curiosity<\/h2>\n

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Larry Page, American computer scientist and co-founder of Google Inc., spoke at Univeristy of Michigan in 2009. He spoke to graduating students in a way that seemed a bit unusual for commencement speakers. He stated that this is the time in your life to be crazy, follow your curiosity and most importantly, follow your dreams because the world needs you.<\/span><\/p>\n

Have passion and tenacity
\n<\/h2>\n

Steve Ballmer, former CEO of Microsoft and owner of the Los Angeles Clippers, spoke at the University of Southern California in 2011. In his speech, he focuses on irrepressibility. He states that passion is the ability to get excited about something, but having irrepressibility and tenacity is being able to stick to what you\u2019re doing.<\/span><\/p>\n

Don’t worry about a grand plan<\/h2>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

American business magnate, philanthropist and politician, Michael Bloomberg, spoke at the University of North Carolina in 2012. He gave graduates a very idealistic commencement speech, claiming that you don\u2019t need a grand plan because whatever your plan is now will change multiple times before you even hit 30. His main point was that you don\u2019t need to be an expert in something to try it.<\/span><\/p>\n

Be present in the moment<\/h2>\n

\"Chris
\nChris Sacca, venture\u00a0capitalist\u00a0investor and company advisor, spoke at the University of Minnesota Carlson School of Management commencement ceremony in 2011. He spoke about presence and how when you\u2019re present, you notice more things. You notice the expressions of people around you, you notice how wonderful and lucky you are to see today, and you notice how the people around you aren\u2019t as lucky as you are.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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