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What Are The Similarities Between Steve Jobs And Bill Gates

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According to The Oxford English Dictionary, the word heroism is expressed as “heroic action or conduct, great bravery; the quality of being a hero” (Pearsall, et al., 2014, para. 1). The word heroism originated from the French word héroïsme, which means heroic actions or conduct (Heroism, n.d.). It can also be defined as facing challenges or taking risks. However, it is the opposite of cowardice or weakness. If you take this definition and apply it on Steve Jobs and Bill Gates, you can see that they have faced challenges and made tough decision throughout their lives. These tough choices, in a way or another, changed the way people live and enhanced a better, easier and more functional life. Although both of them were internationally known …show more content…

Steve Jobs and Bill Gates, both have different causes for their heroism. While Bill Gates’ philosophy of success is the typical steps of setting a goal, planning, leading, organizing, sacrificing and picking the right people, Jobs’ philosophy was observing the costumer’s experiences and working backwards to technology. Jobs used …show more content…

Gates and his wife, Melinda Gates, opened a charity organization called Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; which donates millions of dollars to enhance global health, development, education and policy. According to Johnston Press New Media (1998), Gates and his wife donated 60 million dollars to vaccinate children in developing countries against certain illnesses. Similarly, Jobs and his wife, Laurene Powell Jobs, donated huge amounts of money secretly to aid hospitals and medical researches. As reported by Farberov (2013), Jobs was accused of not contributing enough money for humanitarian causes when it turned out he has been secretly donating money. In addition, both heroes contributed in developing technology into a whole new level. Gates was a genius in softwares, he wrote the BASIC and the Microsoft codes all by himself, making people’s lives easier. Likewise, Jobs was simple and innovative to combine all features in one product like the iPod, iPad, and iPhone. They were all simple, easy to use and linked together via the iTunes. Not only did they change the world with their technology, they also inspired many people to start working towards their dreams. By reading their biographies, they motivate people never surrender until they accomplish their

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