Steve Jobs is known around the world as the successful Co-founder, Chairman and CEO of Apple Inc. He was an inspiration to a lot of people. He has done TED talks, seminars, and even commencements speeches. Many do not know the back story of this successful man. Steve Jobs was born in San Francisco, California, on February 24, 1955. Jobs was not raised by his biological parents but was adopted by Paul and Clara Jobs (Steve Jobs, 2017). Jobs biological mother was told by his adoptive parents that he would attend college, although Paul and Clara had not. Growing up Jobs was a very intelligent and innovative thinker, the administrators at his middle school wanted to skip him to high school but his parents declined. While in high school he had an …show more content…
Jobs simplistic, humorous, and passionate way of speaking makes him more reliable and persuading to his audience. Likewise, his examples of how he conquered hard situations demonstrates to the graduates and other audience members that they will experience hardships in their life’s as well. However, he guarantees to them that of these hardships can be overcame, and defeating them will just make them stronger individuals. Furthermore, the emotionally appealing stories that Jobs lays forward to the audience lets the crowd to feel a sense of emotions all through the speech. By telling them the stories up front and in a sharp was allows Jobs to better connect with his audience ad from them to understand and relate to his beliefs. In his last story he says, “Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death…” (Yarow. J, 2011), he is so blunt that it is easier for the audience to grasp the message that he is trying to convey and he’s hoping that they will learn something from the message. In conclusion, Steve did an excellent job connecting with his audience, with telling his stories of hardship and victories. Due to his experiences and public speaking capacities, Steve Jobs skillfully encourages the Stanford graduates that the most critical part of life is to find what they cherish and to seek after their passions in life. They should follow their hearts and not let anyone dictate where they show be or go in life. The students need to be assertive and take charge of what beliefs to them and that’s their life, because death is quick and it comes for everyone. Sadly, on October 5, 2011,
Today´s society is filled with people that only care about money and a person's profession when it comes to valuing an individual's life. Many people think that having a lot of money, college degrees, and working for a top notch business or company defines who they are, but what about the people who may not be successful in the world's view, but are happy because they are doing what they love to do ? Steve Jobs gave a commencement speech at Stanford University, in 2005, advising the graduates to follow their passions and not to listen to other people's advice about what is valuable or not. He also advised them not to waste their time living someone else’s life. Steve Jobs advocates for individuals to have the bravery to follow your
Life presents a wide array of obstacles as well as opportunities, and it is important to be prepared to take on whatever it is that life has to offer. In his Harvard Commencement Address, Will Ferrell reinforces this idea into the 2003 graduating class of the prestigious Harvard University as they prepare to move on to do greater things. His comedic approach is successful due to his ability to evoke feelings of laughter from his audience while also making them realize that they are entering a new stage of life. Although Ferrell is speaking directly to the class of 2003, anyone who listens to or who views his speech will experience humor in an otherwise serious event, and they will reflect on their own life or envision their future. Through
In the speech, “You’ve got to find what you love,” by Steve Jobs, Jobs uses the opportunity at the convention address to inspire young people to find something they're passionate about. In his speech Jobs uses a very uplifting tone. “Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice,” (paragraph #25) by saying this, Jobs encourages his young audience to not give up on their dreams.
Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn't matter to me. Going to bed at night saying we've done something wonderful, that's what matters to me. - Steve Jobs.
Nishan Panwar said, “Follow your passions, follow your dreams, but most of all follow your heart.” Steve Jobs advocated for this type of attitude at his Commencement Address at Stanford University in 2005. Using tricolon, antithesis, and pathos, Jobs urged the graduates to follow their dreams despite struggles in life.
Steve Jobs is trying to say that you should live every day like it is your last. He knew his life had value to him and his family. He felt like life was worth living even though once in a while a hard choice would come along to toughen his life. Making a choice is very hard, but when making a choice it should be one that you will not regret later in life. Making choices is one of the hardest things in life so you must see all the good and all the bad to the outcome of your options. Live everyday like it is your last. Ebert says that life is a very precious thing. Hamlet wants to die, but him not knowing what is on the other side scares so he decides to live. Even though Ebert had to get surgery, he got through it and learned to still live his life with no regrets.
Steve Jobs was an incredibly successful individual. In his 2005 Stanford commencement speech and Steve Jobs: An extraordinary career, Jobs’ reveals the habits he put into practice to achieve his success. There are two habits Jobs’ utilized, be proactive and begin with the end in mind.
Jobs uses more pathos throughout his speech than any other rhetorical appeal because he uses his experiences to explain why find what you love is the best advice. In the speech he mentioned about when he dropped out of college, when he created Apple, and after getting fired from his own company he created NeXt and Pixar which is where he met his wife. With all these experiences he tries to convince students that by never giving up on what they love, they will achieve their goals. He states, " You’ve got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work." He gives good advice to these graduates about finding what they love to make everything else workout just like what Haden did, the only difference is that Haden also said that sometimes what you "love" isn't truly what makes you happy that's why you must explore different options, but Jobs doesn't do that. He thinks that just by giving his life experiences and what he accomplished will happen to other people. But not everyone has the same luck he
Steve Jobs was born on Feburary 24, 1995 in Green Bay Wisconsin. His biological mother put him up for adaptation, because she could not care for him and give him a good child hood. She requested that her son to be placed with a well-educated family. When Steve Jobs was growing up he Didn’t have any friends so he wandered to neighbors garages looking to learn more about electronics because a lot of them were engineers. Steve jobs liked fiddling with electronics so much that he spent his time after school at the packyard electronics company learning more in depth about how to make electronic devices. Steve jobs had a hard time focusing in class. Until his fourth grade teacher found a way to get him to focus in class it was by bribing him to do his work. That worked so well that the school recommended him to skip fifth grade and go straight to junior high. Steve jobs told his parents he did not like the school that he was going to, and wanted to change schools. Steve Jobs and his parents moved to silicon valley where there was a premiere school for electronics and technology. He found a friend when he was in high school that was a geek just like him, that friend was Stephen Woznick. Stephen Woznic...
It’s sad to think that Jobs passed at the young age of 56. Yet his legacy lives on in the lessons he's instilled in others, like me. My hope is to use these lessons and begin to incorporate them into my life. With Steve Jobs’ passing in 2011, I became fascinated with his ethics and skills. I can only dream about being as successful as he once was with my career but will strive to achieve the best as he once did. I will conclude with one of my favourite anecdotes from Jobs’ long and successful career. It was known that the original Macintosh team had just 100 members. Whenever it reached 101 members they would have to reshuffle and remove someone from the team. Jobs belief was that he could only remember 100 names. [Source: Leaner Kahney, The 10 Commandments of Steve,”Newsweek, page 35, September, 2011]
Executive speechwriter Anthony Trendl once wrote “A commencement speech, simply, is an opportunity to share your experience, values and advice. The precise form is up to you. This affords the speaker a platform to say amazing, unlimited things.” Steve Jobs’ Commencement address to the graduates at Stanford University was delivered on June 12th, 2005. Jobs is well known for being the CEO of Apple Computer, Pixar Animation Studios, and the inspiration of many rising entrepreneurs. In his speech, Jobs makes it clear that his delivery will be outlined by three short, but important stories pertaining to his life experiences. Each story contains one or two main lessons intended to help these Stanford Graduates as they move on into a new world. Jobs’ over all speech structure, sense of wisdom and experience, topped by his widely recognized success, empowers his speech to be strongly convincing. However, with the happily ever after stories, promises in leaps of faith, and ideally controversial context with college graduates, the speech seems to be a bit less relatively persuasive .
Steve Jobs was a genius of the modern age, he gave us tools to change our lives and the way we communicate. Steven Paul Jobs was born February 24, 1955 and was adopted by Paul and Ciara Jobs a few weeks after his birth. The family moved to San Francisco to a town called Mountain View, California where Steve grew up and found his passion for computer electronics. He quickly teamed up with with his neighbor Steve Wozniak (Woz) and realized they both shared a interest in computers which developed into a partnership. Starting from scratch, Jobs and Woz began putting together very basic computer mother boards that could be connected to a screen in their garage. Steve and Woz created Apple Computers which has grown to the largest and most successful computer company in the world and surpassing Bill Gates and Windows.
I consider Steve Jobs’ commencement speech at Stanford University in 2005 to be one of the most effective speeches. He uses mechanics of speech to craft a well-rounded speech that is crowned by his use of rhetorical devices. Jobs gives relevant and fundamental knowledge of his life and experiences with his rhetorical approach. In his speech to the Stanford’s graduation class, he tells different stories of love, loss, discovery and difficulty he faced in his life to encourage new graduates as they continue to mature in life. He encourages students to pursue their dreams and not be discouraged by failures they might experience in life.
With his unique love for technology, Steve Jobs changed the world with his revolutionary innovations, developments, and extremely successful companies. He made communication faster, people’s lives easier, and invented many famous products. Jobs was born on February 24, 1955, in San Francisco, California (Ed. Sheila Dow and Jaime E. Noce). Throughout his high school career, Jobs loved electronics. He was constantly wiring the house with speakers or building frequency counters with his Hewlett-Packard Explorers Club, a group of students who met weekly to learn about what HP was working on. One day the club members took a trip to see firsthand at what HP was developing at the time. That was the day Jobs saw his very first desktop computer (Walter Isaacson 16-17).
He was born with a long family history of business, politics and community services. His grand father was the vice president of a national bank, and his father was a prominent lawyer. Early in life it was obvious that Bill Gates inherited the ambition, intelligence and competitive spirits that helped the rest of his family rise to the top in their chosen professions. In elementary school he quickly surpassed all of his peer's abilities in nearly all subjects, especially in math and science. His parents recognized his intelligence and decided to enroll him in Lakeside, a private school known for its intense academic environment.