THE THREE LEADERS

Armann Dighia
Malala Yousafzai is maybe one of the most influential teenage girls to date. She was
only 15 years old when she received a head shot with a 39mm bullet by Taliban gunman. She
got shot after she stood up against the Taliban men that stopped her school transportation
because in their point of view, they believe that it is against the Quran (Islamic Bible) for
girls to go to school. She believe that girls deserve education as much as men do, and she
audaciously spoke against the third largest terrorist organization face-to-face insisting these
men to let girls go to school, all for the sake of education for fellow teenage girls, for that she
has become the face of justice girls women. After the incident she went on a phase of coma
that lasted long enough for the people in Swat Valley to gather, held a huge praying campaign
for her, and for her to be recognized until she got flown out of country to England where she
first opened her eyes.
She first developed this love and conscience for the value of education from when she
was young. Despite Swat Valleys state of affairs, where girls are not required to go to school,
she was raised through education all thanks to her father Ziaudin Yousafzai. As the son of one
of the most influencul public/religious figure of his time, Ziauddin inherit his everlasting love
for education unto Malala.
Currently living in Birmingham, England, she is now stronger than she was once were
before as she gained popularity over the globe as one of the youngest female education
activist. She speaks for the people, she became the voice of thousands of Pakistani girls who
were oppressed and held prisoners by radical religious organizations. Fighting against these
self-proclaimed religious soldiers for the freedom of children and teens everywhere. Although
she still receives numerous Taliban threats, she claimed that she never feel hatred against the
men that left half of her face paralyzed.
Walter Elias Disney one of the most inspiring figures in the history of the world. He is
the father of one of the most recognized character Mickey Mouse. He is the man who brings
joy to the childhood of most of the people alive today. Before his monolithic empire, Walt

Disney Studios, came to existence, he had gone through numerous hindrances, stumbling
blocks, and even went through bankruptcy.
Walt Disney became aware of that he possesses drawing skills from when he was a
boy, form then on he had the dream of pursuing as a cartoonist for the rest of his future. Walt
got his first job as artists because of the help of his brother Roy. He first worked in PesmenRubin Art Studio and befriended Ubbe Eert Iwwerks. From then on he worked at Kansas City
Film Ad Company where he began his first professional dream career, put his talents to work
and had his first employee. Both him and Fred Harman, his employee, made their own
cartoon series called Laugh-O-Grams and created a huge hit. But then they fell into a huge
debt and went bankrupt.
Once again Walt started from scratch as everything went south. After numerous
attempts to gain financial stability and started to sell goods door to door from vacuum
cleaners to snacks, the Disney brothers finally was able to move to Hollywood and start the
Walt Disney Studios. In 1925 he found his true love and got married with his paint artist
Lillian Bounds.
Not long after his marriage he gave life to one of his most iconic child ever, Mickey
Mouse, that featured in Plane Crazy and The Gallopin; Gaucho sketch. But the film that
made Mickey soar was Steamboat Willie. His popularity ascends through Silly Symphonies,
Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs, Pinocchio and my personal favorite Fantasia.
Steven Paul Jobs work, in my opinion, revolutionize the modern world. Every bit of
his work might currently be sitting snug inside your pocket or on your desk right now. He is
the, now former, CEO of Apple. Every Apple product from the iPhone, iPod, iPad,
Macintosh, and the most recent Apple Watch are all the peaks of his works. But behind every
masterpiece lies a history of rigorous effort and hard work.
Steve was always compelled with technological advances. He took apart a NASA
computer then took an attempt to reverse-engineer the whole unit when he at the age of 12.
Though through his early childhood he was a prankster due to boredom and frustration of
formal education. He was academically flawed; his lack of passion in academic curriculum

was so severe one of his teachers had to bribe him to study.

Steve then met the person who changed his life and millions of others lives. He met
and befriended Steve Wozniak. They both envisioned the same concept of modern life, where
technology becomes this asset that is so personal that it is inseparable from everyday life
itself.
In 1974 Jobs and Wozniak started Apple Computer in Jobs Garage. Both sold most of
their belongings to fund their company. The company grew into a man made marvel, and
transformed into a publicly traded company. Somehow, IBM out sold Apple, in attempt to
tumble IBMs sales, Apple made the Macintosh, a much more lifestyle-friendly product and
are superior in terms of performance. In spite their efforts, IBM sales prevailed, and
marketing expert John Sculley insisted that Jobs is holding Apple down. Jobs where cast
aside and Jobs departed from Apple.
After his departure, Jobs bought off an animation company from George Lucas. He
metamorphoses that very company into Pixar Animation Studios, and he became one of
Disneys main shareholders. Jobs then later joined Apple once more as the CEO. He innovate
Apple and proceed back to his initial depiction of Apple lifestyle-friendly products. He
reinvented the blocky design of personal computers into a much more sleek and stylish
design, in which we have today.
Each of these visionary leaders possesses one common trait that is perseverance. They
all have exceeded the tension and stress of their surroundings, the pressure of which the
world have to give. Not only they withstand pain, they also worked through it. Its not that
they never failed at their attempts, but to never succumb through dire conditions is what they
did. As of right now, both Disney and Jobs have passed, but even through out their last
moments of life they never cease to yield. Malala still receive death threats from terrorist
organizations in her hometown, and are still fighting for the rights of women. After being
diagnosed with neuroendocrine tumor or commonly known as pancreatic cancer, he still

managed to give birth to the MacBook Air, and latest iPhones and iPods through out the span
of 2003 until 2011. After he got diagnosed with lung cancer, Disney kept on pursuing his
Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow in Florida. All possess the power, together
with means; to change and revolutionize culture, lifestyle, along with the world. With every
bit of their effort, life is that much more worth living. Like what Einstein said I believe in
one thingthat only a life lived for others is a life worth living.