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+ “Too many people measure how successful they are by how much money they make or the people that they associate with.
In my opinion, true success should be measured by how happy you are, it's a common misconception that money is every entrepreneur's
metric for success.It's not, and nor should it be.I've never gone into business to make money.
Every Virgin product and service has been made into a reality to make a positive difference in people's lives.”
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Bill Gates was born on October 28, 1955 in Seattle in a family having rich business, political and community service background. His great-grandfather was a state legislator and a mayor, his grandfather was vice president of national bank and his father was a lawyer.
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Begins programming computers at age 13.
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Co-founds a company called Traf-O-Data, which analyzes local traffic patterns, while still in school.
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March 2017 Tops the Forbes list of billionaires, with a net worth of $86 billion at the time of publication.
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When I say "miracle" I mean a kind of thing like a computer on a chip, or the internet, or the cellphone, that are really quite miraculous. Most people would not have predicted them, and their effect has been very, very dramatic. In medicine, we've had a lot of miracles, and I think all of us expect and count on more. In the next 30 years, I really do think cancer will largely be a solved problem. I think most of the infectious diseases like malaria — our foundation is very involved — once we're finishing polio eradication, then starting up this malaria eradication, and getting that done as fast as we can. -So on the demand side [for energy], there have been a variety of policies that globally have been way over $50 billion a year of tax credits, raising the price of electricity through things like renewable portfolio standards, so the total amount of money that's gone into sending a price signal to push up demand versus what would happen without it has been gigantic. +So on the demand side [for energy], there have been a variety of policies that globally have been way over $50 billion a year of tax credits, raising the price of electricity through things like renewable portfolio standards, so the total amount of money that's gone into sending a price signal to push up demand versus what would happen without it has been gigantic.
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At Microsoft there are lots of brilliant ideas but the image is that they all come from the top – I'm afraid that's not quite right." While Gates was known for his domineering nature and his aversion to being challenged, this quote reveals he was not afraid to defer to subordinates when they had truly great ideas.
"Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose." Though he is one of the most successful businessmen of all time, Gates suggests here that his failures are what have taught him the most.
Gates once said, “No matter how much money you have, you can’t buy more time”. Bill Gates understands the importance of using the time in your day wisely, and prioritises tasks which matter most to him. If he doesn’t believe he needs to be at a meeting, he won’t attend. On the other hand, he takes the time to communicate with the people closest to him, and ensures that he makes time for important commitments.
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