Bill Gates

10,000 Hour Argument Practice makes perfect, or so they say, but is that really true? There are conflicting opinions on how much practice it takes to master a skill. In the novel Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell says it takes 10,000 hours to master a skill. In the article “Your Genes Don’t Fit: Why 10,000 Hours of Practice Won’t Make You an Expert” the author says that 10,000 hours of practice is not the only thing that it takes to master a skill. I agree with the author who says 10,000 hours of…

Even though Some people believe he tried to rob his customers for his new technology being so overly expensive, Bill Gates should be remembered for making the huge technology advancements. because He is a Co-owner of the giant international company Microsoft. and He is very successful in life and has done everything right down the road in which got him to be so overly successful. Some people believe he tried to rob his customers for his new technology being so overly expensive. As with…

Picking the five successful businessmen was extremely difficult on my part, because there are a lot of them out there. Like Steve Jobs, who lead Apple to their greatness, and Bill Gates, who created Microsoft , and Al Capone, who ran his underground drug trafficking organization, and Hugh Hefner, who got lucky and got rich on his famous Playboy magazines, and last but not least Donald Trump, who grew his real estate empire. Steve Jobs was a inventor, he and Steve Wozniak created Apple. Steve…

example, the book gives a list of successful people who were born in the right place at the right time which propelled them to success. An example in the book is Bill Gates. The book talks about how Gates was the son of a wealthy man and went to a prestigious grammar school. In the year 1968, the school was able to purchase a computer and Bill Gated basically had unlimited access to the computer and programming on the computer in a time in which computers were in their infancy and very few…

The movie “ Triumph of the Nerds: Riding the Bear” may sounded funny when you first heard it, but in fact it is a documentary about how Microsoft rise as a major company that produces Operating System (OS) that is used worldwide until this day. The key of Microsoft success can be seen from the title “Riding the Bear”, where at that time Microsoft was still a small company that has a very smart business strategy. The business strategy that Microsoft employed is the utilization of a powerful…

For instance, Bill Gates, who has a net worth of 82 billion U.S. dollars today, did not reach success without making mistakes. His first step into being an entrepreneur was with the creation of the Traf-O-Data along with Paul Allen when they were high school students at Lakeside School. Gates and Allen planned to sell the machines, but when they were tested, they did not work. Although the machine was not a roaring success, Gates and Allen gained experience that they used…

Being quiet has never meant you have nothing to offer the world. Some could say, that the only way you can make an impact for the better is by speaking, or the actions you do that have positive benefits, but being silent is an action. Being silent can open your mind, if only for a moment to see everything in a new light, a light where opinion doesn’t exist, but observation thrives. In the world of Jean Louise ‘Scout’ Finch, created by Harper Lee, you will see a quiet young girl, who has rapid…

Amos was one of the twelve minor prophets. God sent a outsider to Israel to condemn and warn them that their actions towards the poor would not go unseen and that God was going to punish them for their actions. Amos name literally means “burden”. God had placed a burned-on Amos’ heart that lead him Israel to tell the people Gods plans. “Amos’ purpose was to penetrate the veneer of self-satisfied complacency to the rotten core of the leaders or Israel” (Laymon 465) Ever since the beginning of…

have good morals, leading to a higher level of happiness or a better “good life.” Yet, philanthropy also provides emotional satisfaction. For example, the “Warren Buffet, Bill Gates, and the Billionaire Challenge” discusses the emotional gratification one feels when giving to the less fortunate. One well-known billionaire, Bill Gates, views charitable donations as an “investment in society” which pays for “the price of civilization” (Christian 375). Because donations often help those in need,…

Anyone can become successful without a college education, but it involves a large amount of motivation and a passion to pursue their dream. People like: Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, Michael Dell, and many others are perfect examples of people who did not graduate from college but were still able to become very successful. What they all had in common however was a burning passion to succeed in life. They did not drop out of…