With Steve Jobs much in the news, we thought it worthwhile to highlight an earlier entry, “Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish,” that gives some insight into the man.

Even the most successful executives learn from failure. We were recently reminded of Steve Job’s 2005 Stanford commencement speech, in which he “connects the dots” between several of his biggest failures, such as dropping out of college and being fired from Apple, to his greatest successes.

“Today I want to tell you three stories from my life. That’s it. No big deal. Just three stories…”

Read the full speech. Watch it via youtube below.