虽然当时我并没有意识到，但事实证明，被苹果公司炒鱿鱼是我一生中碰到是最好的事情。尽管前景未卜，但从头开始的轻松感取代了成功的沉重感。这使我轻松踏入了一生中最富有创造力的时期之一。

　　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 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.

　　在此后的五年里，我开了一家名叫NeXT的公司和一家叫皮克斯的公司，我还爱上了一位了不起的女人，后来娶了她。皮克斯公司推出了世界上第一部电脑制作的动画片《玩具总动员》，它现在是全球最成功的动画制作室。世道轮回，苹果公司买下NeXT后，我又回到了苹果公司，我们在NeXT公司开发的技术成了苹果公司这次重新崛起的核心。我和劳伦娜也建立了美满的家庭。

　　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. Sometime life. 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 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.

　　我确信，如果不是被苹果公司解雇，这一切绝不可能发生。这是一剂苦药，可我认为良药苦口利于病。有时生活会给你当头一棒，但不要灰心。我坚信让我不断前行的唯一力量就是我热爱我所做的一切。所以，我们一定得知道自己喜欢什么，选择爱人时如此，选择工作时也如此。工作将是生活中的一大部分，让自己真正满意的唯一办法，是做自己认为有意义的工作。做有意义的工作的唯一办法，是热爱自己的工作。如果你们还没有发现自己喜欢什么，那就不断地去寻找，不要急于做出决定。就像一切要凭感觉去做事情一样，一旦找到了自己喜欢的事，感觉就会告诉你。就像任何一种美妙的东西，历久弥新。所以说，要不断寻找，直到找到自己喜欢的东西。不要半途而废。