Similarities Between Henry Ford And Michael Jackson

Change is inevitable and many times the smallest decisions can change your life forever. From how we mobilize to what we listen to. Henry Ford and Michael Jackson both revolutionized our era to create what we have today. Henry Ford did not invent a car, but he made it a utility everyone could and wanted to use, eventually leading to the modernized world we live in today, As well as Henry Ford, Michael Jackson changed our world. He is known worldwide as the king of pop and also known for the impact he had in the music industry. Although Michael Jackson mainly impacted our music he also changed out music videos, dance, fashion and the music industry itself. Even though both these men had tremendous success in their lives, both also faced

many hardships and interpersonal problems.

Granted, many people may know of Henry Ford and of his many achievements, especially for starting up the Ford Motor Company. He is known throughout the world as someone who gave the people the technology to drive. Henry Ford was born on July 30, 1863 on a farm in Greenfield Township, near Dearborn, Michigan. As Ford grew up through his adolescent years he was very much interested in how machines and gadgets works. Growing up on a farm his father wanted him to take over the family farm. Nevertheless, Henry never wanted to be responsible for the farm, but wanted to explore the realities that were in technology. As a result, in 1879, he left home to start working as an average machinist in Detroit city. As he built his skills he knew that he connected with engineering and wanted to do something greater in the future. Ford demonstrated mechanical ability, a sense of great leadership, and the perseverance to not give up for every fail he encountered. As a young child, he was able to develop these characteristics which made him one of the most successful men during his era and created a car that changed the course of our nation. Ford, the developer of the Ford Model T car in 1908 went on to create an assembly line which revolutionized how work was finished in the industry. Due to his great inventions, Ford was able to sell millions of cars and become a world-famous CEO. Nonetheless, the company lost its market dominance after some time, but they created a lasting impact on the development of techniques and technology and the infrastructure of the U.S. Henry Ford had said “Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success,” which shows that as his innovative ideas began to form it is important to stand together as a group because standing together gives more power to complete what needs to be completed. His assembly line makes his workers stand together and finish their product efficiently and effortlessly. Ford could have been able to follow his father’s footstep and worked in the agricultural department, but young Henry was fascinated by machines. Due to that he was willing to take risks to pursue that fascination and create something that impacted our nation greatly.

Conversely, many great innovators don’t have their fame handed to them.

Ford had many struggles and challenges come his way before he became the maker of an efficient, non costly car that shaped our world into a technological nation. One challenge he faced was the inability to sell cars when The Association of Licensed Automobile Manufacturers did not allow him to sell cars, (“Henry Ford”). This was a huge obstacle for him because when he created the Ford Model T he needed an audience to buy his product or he was going to be bankrupt. Luckily, since Ford was persistent and always fought for what he wanted he went to court against them and won his case. Moreover, Ford was sued by his own stockholders for putting their money into his company and he lost the case. When he lost the case he didn’t just give up, he worked harder to earn back the money he lost and eventually he bought them out and was able to continue building his stocks up, (“Father of the Modern Assembly Line”). Due to his perseverance and persistenceness he was able to continue with his company and thrive instead of seeing it crumble into nothing. His attitude towards his work is how he was able to create a multi-million dollar company and not let his obstacles bring him down, but let them shape him into a better, industrious

person.

Evidently, with a vision comes success. It is known that with a dream in mind and putting energy to achieve that certain dream it will become successful and achievable. You get out what you put in and if Ford put so much time and energy into what he did for our nation, it is evident that he was extremely successful. With his creations of not only the Ford Model T and his Ford airplanes, it helped shape our world into a more efficient, time-saving environment for many busy lives. As he pioneered using an assembly line process to build cars it was able to make cars at half the time and price. Using this method he attributed it to be his intent to make cars that middle income people could afford. With this the middle class could afford cars and not only the upper class which gives more people the versatility to travel easier. Moreover, it affects our society today because without his invention of the first appropriately priced car we may still not have the great ideas he had. We would still live in a world where only the upper class could afford everything while the lower and middle classes could not.