Bill Gates, the richest person of the world (net worth 46,5 billion UD dollars - Forbes 2005), was born on 28th October, 1955. His zodiac sign is Scorpio, and he is passionate, very hardworking and benevolent. The world has been talking about his secrets of success for so many years. Let’s here talk about what Bill Gates himself told about the secret of success. The biggest business channel of Indian media NDTV Profit arranged a talk show with Bill Gates and the most successful business executive of Asia Narayana Murthy. When a businessman from the audience asked Bill Gates the secret of success the great tycoon presented a five-point master formula of success: 1. Passion, 2. Intelligence, 3. Integrity, 4. A Good Team, and 5. Leadership. Now from whom can you learn better than the Bill Gates?
1. FIND OUR YOUR PASSION
No mind-boggling success story has been written till now without a great passion. Passion generates focus – so necessary to get success in any field. Bill Gates himself has immense passion for computer and software. When he was admitted in Lakeside School he got hooked to the computer there and surpassed the knowledge of his teacher within a week. Amazing passion indeed! Soon he wrote his first programme, at the age of thirteen. According to great scientist Albert Einstein genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration. But without passion it is very difficult to work hard. When you recognise your real hidden talent and work to develop that you become passionate, and you are self-motivated to work hard and perspire. When you have passion the work becomes a fun for you and you want to enjoy it more and more.
2. MAKE YOURSELF INTELLIGENT
Bill Gates told that success also depends on your intelligence. Different people have different level of intelligence. Intelligence becomes a problem area for many people because they think like physical strength all the people can’t be equal in it. True. But like physical strength any person can try to develop his intelligence. Now the question is how a person can develop his or her intelligence. You can develop it by taking the following steps: a) Read books and watch general knowledge based programme on television; b) Lap up information from internet; c) Arrange debates on the topics related to your field of interest with friends or other persons of similar interest; d) Practice memorising. Start from simple things like memorising phones numbers, addresses or quotations related to your field; e) Keep yourself physically fit mentally relaxed.
3. BE SINCERE IN YOUR EFFORTS
Integrity is always useful whether it is business or family life. Deceiving causes friction in human relations and hampers your progress. Try to be sincere in everything – in your efforts, relations, and business policies. ‘Honesty is the best policy’ is really wise saying. It is his quality of integrity that Bill Gates always got long term associates in business. He also got a life long friend and associate in his wife Melinda. Research has also proved that integrity is also good for health as it prolongs one’s life span.
4. CREATE A GOOD TEAM
Creating a team of talented people is necessary to rise fast in business. The motto of modern business world is ‘combine and succeed’. Teams are of two types: partnership team and assistants’ team. Even the big companies are joining hands in modern world to become stronger to face competition. For a single person it has become very difficult to survive or succeed in big business jungle. In case your temperament doesn’t allow you to go for partnership then you may go alone but still you must create a team of talented people to progress fast. Even Bill Gates understood the value of a good team when he was just a high school student. He joined hands with Paul Allen to find a company (Traf-o-Data) to sell traffic counting systems to state governments and help his school’s payroll system computerise. In Harvard University he met his later business partner Steve Ballmer. He also teamed up with Monte Davidoff and Paul Allen to write the original Altair Basic interpreter for the Altair 8800, the first successful personal computer.
5. LEAD YOUR PEOPLE TO VICTORY
Your team will work better if you are able to provide good leadership to them. For a businessman his workforce is like his family. He shares its joys and sorrows and motivates them time to time to better and achieve the targets. By proper rewards and punishment methods he keeps his workforce disciplined and united and lead them to big success. He always shares his gains with his employees or assistants by giving promotions, special increments or other rewards.
Now cheer up because you have learnt the secret of big success from Bill Gates himself. What are you looking for now? Find out your passion and start working.
Anandrahi
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