Should anyone ask, life is a series of conversations, and you die.

Found on my desktop:

• Life is a series of conversations.  You are not living it unless you are having those conversations.  Step up and talk.

Steve Jobs: Your last day of life:

• Live every day as the last:Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure – these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart. – Jobs.

And from Tom Perkins:

• Think for yourself.
• Always go back to basics