Steve Jobs Impact On American History

“Knowing what not to do is just as important as deciding what to do”(Isaacson 5). Steve Jobs lived through a time of electronic advancements and a time where companies weren’t as wealthy and were just starting, making them strict. Steve Jobs impacted American history by responding to being fired from Apple and pancreatic cancer by maturing in terms of leadership, changing his diet, and trying alternative treatments instead of optimal treatment. Steve Jobs was born on February 24th, 1955, in San Francisco, California. He was “interested in engineering”(Levy 2), dropped out of Reed College and took a job at Atari Corporation as a video game designer in early 1974. Steve Jobs is an important person to society because he transformed personal computers

Steve Jobs impacted America with significant changes to technology, from learning better leadership after getting fired from his own company, and fighting cancer by showing that great people can still make mistakes. Steve Jobs legacy led to one of the biggest companies making groundbreaking technologies and products. I agree with the way he handled getting fired from his own company, Apple, but the way he handled his cancer wasn’t very ideal, although it probably helped with some medical research. It’s important to research not just about America’s past, but the world’s past too because it can help us learn from the mistakes of others and learn how not to fall into the same mistakes that others have made. These research skills are even more important in the future because technology is improving rapidly and because we can learn from mistakes we make or that we are making in this moment. Source 1. Bajarin, Tim. A. “Steve Jobs’ Firing from Apple vs. Sam Altman’s Firing from OpenAI.” Forbes, 20 Nov. 2023,

Greenlee, Heather, and Edward Ernst. “What Can We Learn from Steve Jobs about Complementary and Alternative Therapies?” Preventive Medicine, vol. 54, no. 4 -. 1, Jan. 2012, pp. 113-114. 3–4, www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4924574/, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ypmed.2011.12.014. Accessed 8 May 2024. This article is an informational text about Steve Jobs actions affecting his health outcomes. I will use this information to write about the decisions Steve Jobs took and how significantly they affected his life. Source 3. Isaacson, Walter. “The Real Leadership Lessons of Steve Jobs.” Harvard Business Review, Apr. 2012, hbr.org/2012/04/the-real-leadership-lessons-of-steve-jobs. Accessed 3 May 2024. This is an informational essay that talks about the real lessons Steve Jobs learns from what he actually accomplishes. It’s stated that Steve Jobs said it was “harder and more important” to create a strong enduring company than a good product and that “what not to do is as important as [what to do].” It is also stated in the essay that his “petulance and impatience” was a part of his perfectionism. This source is credible as it is backed up by multiple other sites, including the URL. Source 4. Levy,