Steve Jobs Speech

Submission #1 Topic #5 As former CEO of a successful computer based company called Apple, Steve Jobs gives an inspirational speech, urging the graduating class of Stanford University to trust their own instincts and have the courage to persevere and pursue their own personal goals despite others opinions and the trails and tribulations that may come with each decision. Steve Jobs was born on 1955 and at the age of 13, Jobs met 18-year-old Stephen Wozniak, who shared his love for electronics and they eventually created Apple, which was a computer based company, in 1976. Apple creates useful electronic devices such as Macintosh computers and laptops and well as handheld devices such as iPhones and iPods. Jobs also created an animation company called Pixar that made the hugely successful animated movie called Toy Story. Diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, Jobs died on October 5, 2011. The speech is organized into three parts in which Jobs uses several personal experiences to attempt to portray to the university graduates that sometimes life throws curveballs that one must adapt to and overcome it in order for one to be content in life and successfully reach their goal. One of the personal experiences stated in the speech is of Jobs dropping out of school because of the financial stress and lack of enthusiasm at to the courses despite the wishes of Job’s parents to complete university and graduate. This makes Jobs more relatable to the graduating class because they can relate to the financial stress university fees has on the parents and at one point in time, some may have had to switch courses due to their lack of interest on the subject. Jobs puts great emphasis on the importance of living ones life in accordance to ones goals and drown out the outside noise because one is never sure how the future will unfold which is of great importance to the graduating class as the graduates are about to embark on the next stages of their lives. Jobs then goes on to

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