Bill Gates

chunk of your life. From young ages, many people hear about huge amounts of college debt and people who regret going to college before knowing what they wanted to do in life. If you can avoid those things, avoid them! Many people are drowning in the bills because of loans they took out years in the past. The main reason behind this is because a majority of jobs that people acquire with their degrees, don’t pay enough to stay…

The Cadillac's ELR Coupe 2014 Commercial embodies the perfect American dream. It starts off with an American man gazing out over his pool right before delivering a thesis on the American Dream. He is playing the role of a self-made man who walks around his two- story modern house and displays his wealth while promoting his version of the American work ethic that made all his wealth possible. In the beginning of the video, the gentleman is dressed in a polo shirt and khaki shorts, but later…

Warren Buffett is arguably the wealthiest man in the world. He invested, saved, and established businesses to earn his net worth of over $65 million. He has generously donated much of his fortune to charity. He had to learn to be patience to earn this abundance of money, but with hard work and determination, he made it happen. Warren Buffett, born August 30, 1930, has been investing ever since he could understand what it was. For him, that was at age 11. Up to that time, he had been…

Just Do It Success is the correct or desired result of an attempt. Malcolm Gladwell the author of the book Outliers concludes how we can achieve success and he adds that success can be defined in different kinds of ways, but whichever definition we choose it will require an enormous amount of hard work. There are a lot of ways to become successful then we think and each of them consists overlapping identical factors that we need to keep in mind. The factors are such as having opportunities,…

Being a hacker has evolved through the centuries. Recent past indicates a hacker as a person that gets into the system of a company or individual in order to obtain information, or to damage the computer. However, in Steven Levy’s text, he indicates a hacker as someone who is trying to push the limits farther, as being a visionary or adventurer. What Steven tried to accomplish was to bring forward the contributions that these innovators laid the foundation for. He was not trying to tell the…

Ethnographic Method Throughout the modern world, technology companies are shaping the way people live their lives. One of those companies is Microsoft. Back then, Paul Allen and Bill Gates created a partnership called Microsoft in 1975. Paul Allen and Bill Gates’ vision in 1975 was that a computer should be placed on every desktop and in every home. Their vision has changed into a mission. Their mission now is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Now,…

“I know, I know, just bear with me for a minute. Whether we like it or not, the Common Core State Standards are here to stay. So, by a show of hands, how many of you know what the Common Core is?” Every hand in the room went up. “Okay, who would like to give me a thumbnail sketch?” Several hands rose excitedly. “Yes, you,” James said, pointing to a boy in the back row. “The Common Core is another blatant attempt by the federal government to take over control of public education, and centralize…

The Oracle of Omaha Considering that he is the third wealthiest person in the world, his modest upbringing makes him one the most humble and generous billionaires revealing that not all the consequences of one's actions are negative. With a net worth of 78.7 billion dollars, Warren Buffett lives a very, very modest lifestyle compared to other billionaires and even some millionaires. He worked his way through the ranks from a middle class family to being the third richest person in the world.…

Meghan McCain, daughter of former presidential candidate and Senator John McCain stated, “This is the worst election ever” (Hensch 1). Alan Abramowitz a PhD and a political scientist at Emory University says, “A lot of voters are angry. Very angry” (1). Polls of Americans show that an upward of sixty-two percent of citizens think that the country is on the wrong track. People are mad at the political system. They want to see major change. The voters are tired of hearing a new candidate preach…

A salmon working tirelessly to get upstream. Michael Jordan being rejected from the high school team and spending hours on the court. Bill Gates having his first business fail. These seemingly disparate events have one important commonality: an incorrigible determination and unwavering perseverance. All my life I've been told that success is attainable through hard work and, more importantly, resolve. This notion is simple to conceptualize and easy to understand, but it's this mantra that led…