OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY Essays - Business, Software, Economy

OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY ILE-IFE, OSUN STATE. OSHO DAMILOLA LIVINGSTONE HIS/2014/100 IRS 303 THE INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL SYSTEM QUESTION; A REVIEW OF THE 366TH COMMENCMENT DAY SPEECH BY MARK ZUCKERBERG AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY TO BE SUBMITTED TO MR. KENNEDY NSAN Mark Zuckerberg, Founder and CEO of Facebook, was the featured speaker at the afternoon session on Harvard's 36 6th commencement day on Thursday, 26 th of May 2017 . Addressing the graduating class of 2017, Zuckerberg joked, "I'm honored to be with you today, because you have accomplished something today that I never could. if I get through this speech today, it will be the first time I finished something in Harvard". He began talking about purpose, he said "Today, I want to talk about purpose," said Zuckerberg, "But I'm not here to give you the standard commencement about finding your purpose. We are millennials, we try to do that instinctively. I'm here to tell you that finding your purpose is not enough " . He believes that the challenge for the current generation is to create a world where everyone has a sense of purpose ." Zuckerberg noted that purpose is the feeling that you are part of something that is bigger than yourself, that you are needed and have something better ahead to work for. He remarked, "Purpose is what creates true happiness." Talking about the generational shift, Zuckerberg commented that when the previous generation graduated, their purpose came from their job, church, and community. But now technology and automation are replacing many jobs, memberships in communities have been declining, and a lot of people have been feeling disconnected an d depressed. Zuck erberg said , " For our society to move forward, we have a generational challenge, to not only create new jobs but a renewed sense of purpose". Knowing it is easy to make the same mistake he did, Zuckerberg observed, "It is not enough to have a sense of purpose yourself. You also have to create a sense of purpose for others. I found out the hard way. My hope was to never build a company but to create an impact ". B ut as more people joined Facebook, Zuckerberg falsely assumed that they all had the same vision and believes that he didn't communicate the company's goal well enough. After a few years, when a big company wished to acquire Facebook, Zuckerberg wanted to connect more people and work on their newsfeed feature. But at this stage nearly everyone else wanted to sell. Zuckerberg noted, "Without a sense of higher purpose, this was their startup dream come true. And it tore our company apart". Zuckerberg recalled th at some advisors had told him that if he didn't sell the company at this stage he would regret it for the rest of his life. This was his hardest time leading Facebook. He noted, "I believed in what we were doing, but I felt alone ." Looking back, he realized that things work out like this when there is no sense of higher purpose. He believed that there are three ways to create a world where everyone has a sense of purpose. Firstly, take on big, meaningful projects. Zuckerberg has noticed that every generation has its defining works. More than 3,00,000 people worked to put a man on the moon. Millions of volunteers immunized children around the world against polio. He noted that these projects didn't just provide a purpose for the people doing those jobs, they gave people a sense of pride that they could do great things. Zuckerberg added that no one really has everything figured out when they begin. He said, "Ideas don't come out fully formed. They only became clear as you work on them. You just have to get started. If I had to understand everything about connecting people before I began, I never would have to started Facebook". He realized that in our society, we often don't do big things because we're so afraid of making mistakes. The reality is, anything we do will have issues in the future. But that can't keep us from starting ". So, Zuckerberg believes tha t it is time for our generation to help in stopping climate change before