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"Today, Apple founder and CEO Steve Jobs passed away at the age of 56. And as we remember his life, I wanted to share something he taught me, that I try to remember every day... After battling pancreatic cancer for several years, Steve Jobs died today at his home, with his family by his side. Wired.com featured a moving tribute to the Apple CEO and founder, and when they quoted an Apple statement saying &amp;amp;#8220;the world is immeasurably better because of Steve&amp;amp;#8221;--I nodded, because it&amp;#x27;s true. As I sit here and type this blog post on my Mac, I&amp;#x27;m not only thinking about his great business accomplishments and how the products and technology his company created has changed lives, but I&amp;#x27;m also thinking about Steve Jobs the human being. A friend tweeted a link to Jobs&amp;#x27; 2005 Stanford Commencement address. I read it years ago, of course, but seeing it again brought tears to my eyes. I want to share the important life lesson that I filed away the first time I read it--one that has become even more meaningful to me today: &amp;quot;When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: &amp;#x27;If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you&amp;#x27;ll most certainly be right.&amp;#x27; It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: &amp;#x27;If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?&amp;#x27; And whenever the answer has been &amp;quot;No&amp;quot; for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something. ... Remembering that I&amp;#x27;ll be dead soon is the most important tool I&amp;#x27;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.&amp;quot; And so that&amp;#x27;s the beautiful life lesson I will always thank Steve Jobs for. Today, live life fearlessly, authentically, passionately and creatively--in his memory. P.S. I also loved this touching tribute to Steve Jobs from Ellen Seidman, a former Glamour editor, who now blogs at Love That Max. More Ways to Get Glamour: Chat with celebs, VIP fashion stars, beauty pros and more on our Facebook page! Visit Facebook.com/glamour for this month&amp;#x27;s schedule Download Glamour Magazine for your iPad--print subscribers, it&amp;#x27;s now part of your subscription plan! Enter the latest Glamour sweepstakes! Follow us on Twitter Photo: Apple "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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