Financial Success

The 11 Principles From Bill Gates

November 18, 2007 , 24 Shawn

Bill Gates, the self-made billionaire start managing Microsoft since when he was only about 20 years old. He became the youngest billionaire in his 30s and at the age of 39, his wealth beats Warren Buffet (wealthiest stock investor), he became the world’s richest man. I grab this article from a local newspaper some time ago. Bill Gates was once an ordinary man just like you and me. However, he uses his own talent and hard work, he founded Microsoft and now has got everything he deserves, wealth, power, credibility. Look at the picture below, it is a picture of Microsoft company before it gets famous. Can you find out which one is Bill Gates?

So you see, even the richest man in the world has his hard time. Do you think that Mr Gates never fought for his career? Do you think that he was born lucky and with all the talents? Of course not! He learn through the hard time and able to cope with it. You know what, if he can do it, so can you.

Principle 1 – Adapt to your life. You must accept that life is unfair. Nobody is born perfect and lucky, you must learn to adapt to your life, then change it. How your live is going to be will be totally lies in your hand. You must manage and handle your own life.

Principle 2 - Pursue for success. This world will not care who you are, you must pursue for success only then you can get a foothold in your life. Success is the highest state of life, it can change your behavior and attitude, and even your self-esteem. If you think that success doesn’t belong to you, that is a lame thinking.

Principle 3 – No pain, no gain. Success will never come automatically, you need to pay for it if you desire for it. This is the basic principle in our life, you aren’t going to become a CEO of certain company if you don’t work for it. You will not going to make $10k a month if you’re not paying any effort in it. Therefore stop thinking that success will drop from heaven, without hard work , success will not be yours.

Principle 4 -Change your attitude. If you think that your teachers in school are strict, think about your boss after you’ve gone for work. So stop blaming other people and change your attitude on how you look at things.

Principle 5- Everything matters. No matter small or big business, they can make you money. Small business can grows into big businesses. Thus, by slowly taking small steps everyday, you can achieve big result one day.

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