Steve Jobs: History and Background Steven Paul‚ was an orphan adopted by Paul and Clara Jobs of Mountain View‚ California in February 1955. Soon after the family moved to Los Altos‚ California where teachers remember Steve Jobs as a "loner" and "always had a different way of looking at things". Jobs attended lectures at the Hewlett-Packard electronics firm in Palo Alto‚ California‚ where he was soon hired as a summer employee. While working their as a summer intern‚ Jobs met Stephen Wozniak.
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are taught from a young age to work hard in school in order to go to college and eventually get a job that can provide for them and their families for the rest of their lives; a problem with this is that they are never told to pick something that they are absolutely in love with which can mean the difference between a happy and an unhappy life. In 2005‚ Steve Jobs gave a speech preaching that no matter what people do in life they should always go after what they love in order to live happily and to
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Commencement Address at Stanford University‚ Steve Jobs explains what he believes what the value of life is to him. He speaks of the day he found that he was diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer which was first known as incurable. Doctors had told him to get his affairs in order in other words prepare family and friends for death. This was a very intellectual topic for Steve as well for his value of life had changed forever. A quote that stands out is how Jobs states “ Remembering that you are going to
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The Renaissance Man What do Sir Thomas More‚ Steve Jobs‚ and Viggo Mortensen all have in common? They are all considered to be multifaceted talents known as Renaissance men. Traditionally‚ a Renaissance man is an expert in many different fields of study. When most people hear the phrase Renaissance man‚ they think of those that lived exclusively during the Renaissance that started in the fourteenth century. This includes men such as Sir Thomas More‚ an Englishman most known for writing his iconic
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Death the Motivator of Life Steve Jobs was the CEO of the Apple computer and of Pixar animation studios. When Jobs was offered to give a speech for graduates of Stanford University in 2005. During this speech he stated something very important. Steve Jobs argued that death is the best motivator and I completely agree because if life was eternal we would not strive for greatness. There are also several other people who agree with what Jobs claims of the motivation of life such as Roger Ebert. Roger
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and founder of Apple and Pixar‚ Steve Jobs presents his speech‚ about finding and doing what you love‚ to the Stanford graduating class of 2005. Job’s purpose in his commencement speech was to convince and encourage the graduates to follow their heart in their pursuit of happiness‚ no matter what obstacles get in their way. Throughout his speech he adopted a serious tone as he convinced them to “…find what you love…” (4)‚ through anecdotes‚ pathos and ethos. Jobs begins his speech by pouring the
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go even more that the incredible‚ defending their ideas and dare to carry them out. Accretive example of these people is Steve Jobs; from very young he starts to develop the ideas that he has in his head. Also they call these people are creative‚ passionate‚ and with faith in themselves‚ visionary‚ energetic‚ hardworking‚ but mostly fighters of his own dreams. For Steve Jobs it was important to carry out his ideas‚ so he decided to work hard for them. Entrepreneurs have the power to change the
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Steve Jobs gives you an idea that life is not a straight path to success‚ there will be bumps in the road. Because you have to deal with a lot of stuff like death. In 2005‚ Jobs addresses Stanford graduates in a commencement speech. Jobs tells his third story about death‚ because he wants graduates to realize that death is a necessary part of life. Having cancer made Steve Jobs face death. Steve almost died from cancer. But then he realizes that death is a good part of life. I am going to
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Steve Jobs’ leadership traits‚ skills and behaviors Leadership Traits 1) High energy level & stress tolerance * Steve Jobs was a leader who always has high energy level to achieve his goals and objectives and he will never give up easily. He was an aggressive leader who will spend most his time and energy which are necessary to accomplish his visions. This is proven based on his willingness to still be committed with his interest in Apple although he was diagnosed with cancer and recommended
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genius to mean someone who is incapable of making mistakes. The truth is that most of the people who have been marked as geniuses have made a number of significant mistakes in their individual careers. Beethoven‚ Napoleon Bonaparte‚ Berry Gordy‚ and Steve Jobs are all brilliant minds that most people can agree are geniuses‚ but people do not recognize
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