Sylvester Stallone Vs Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs and Sylvester Stallone are names that today’s society has become familiar with. Whether it has been as one of their favorite movie characters, or the creator of companies everyone knows and love, these men have played significant roles today. Both men have given people plenty of inspiration to people; however, their speeches have their differences. While Steve Jobs and Sylvester Stallone (as Rocky Balboa), both speak to people conversationally, in a direction that suggests personal experience, and in a manner, that felt relatable; however, they began to differ as Steve Jobs is speaking in a tone that feels formal versus the frustrated speech of Balboa to his son, consequently, their speeches appeal to different audiences.

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However, it is not falling that will be important; it is how many times a person gets back up that matters. Steve Jobs says, “I didn’t see it then, but it turned out that getting fired from Apple was the best thing that could have ever happened to me. The heaviness of being successful was replaced by the lightness of being a beginner again, less sure about everything. It freed me to enter one of the most creative periods of my life,” (“Text of Steve Jobs’ Commencement Address (2005)”). He is reflective and relatable. At some point in life, everyone looks back on the unfavorable circumstances they were going through, and are thankful. People everywhere are familiar with the freedom they feel after understanding or going through, an unfortunate time in their lives. Understanding that falling is acceptable, will take a person far in life. Sylvester Stallone, as Rocky Balboa, says, “But it ain’t about how hard you can hit, it’s about how hard you can get hit and keep movin’ forward, how much you can take…and keep movin’ forward,” (Stallone, Sylvester). Everyone must learn this lesson; it is not about the ability to fight back, but the ability to continue moving after someone feels as though they have lost the fight. Moving forward, while difficult, is powerful, and Rocky Balboa puts this in a way that people can understand and relate to. This is an important characteristic that both men carry in their