However, Cook said Steve Jobs made him question everything he assumed was true.
Jobs made him believe him that doing good and doing well were not mutually exclusive.
Cook also said I always figured that work was work.
Steve didnt see it that way.
He convinced me that if we made great products, we too could change the world.
We believe that a company with values and acts on them really can change the world.
But he said meeting the racist Wallace was not an honor for me.
However, he said that this meeting with Carter was more of a highlight.
He was kind and compassionate, Cook said.
One was right, and one was wrong, Cook said of Carter and Wallace.
They are your North Star, Cook said.
Otherwise its just a job, and life is too short for that.
The sidelines are not where you want to live your life.
There are problems that need to be solved and injustices that need to be ended.
Theyve asked me to make a standard announcement … about silencing your phones, Cook said.
So those of you with an iPhone, just place it in silent mode.
This is not the first time that Cook has joked about competing smartphones.
Many of these customers were switchers from Android, he said.
They had bought an Android phone, by mistake, and then sought a better experience.
And a better life.
And decided to check out iPhone and iOS.
Cook ended his speech by taking a photo of the graduating class with his iPhone.
source: www.techworm.net