5 LIFE LESSONS FROM BILL GATES

Source: entrepreneur.com

READ, READ, READCuriosity and learning are part of Gates’ DNA. The busy billionaire frequently recommends books on his blog Gates Notes, and there is an entire section dedicated to book reviews, from beach reading to nonfiction reads.

MARRY A STRONG PARTNER WHO WILL CHALLENGE YOU

Bill married Melinda French, a former Microsoft executive with a strong mind of her own.Melinda’s influence is seen in their shared work at The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, where she’s focused on women and children in underdeveloped countries.

TEACH YOUR KIDS TO WORK FOR IT

Gates shared with the Daily Mail that his three children are going to be given “an unbelievable education and that will all be paid for,” but like the rest of us, they’ll have to pick a job and go to work.

TEACH CALCULATED RISKSAs a student, Bill read about a new computer, the MITS Altair 8800, and called the company to tell them he wrote a programming language for it -- which he hadn’t. He recruited his buddy, Allen, to work on the programming language, which became BASIC. The two sold it to MITS for $3,000, retaining the copyright license

WORK HARD FOR YOUR DREAMS -THERE IS NO SHORTCUT

During the first five years of Microsoft, he was not only in charge of running the business, but also oversaw product development, taking it upon himself to rewrite code if need be. As a younger man, he also frequently pulled all-nighters.