Robert Gates

When people think about Bill Gates they have a tendency to think of him as just the billionaire who founded Microsoft. What they do not realize is that he is so much more than that. Bill Gates has shaped our world into what it is today through technology and charity work. With hard work and simple kindness, he has impacted millions of lives. Some say Bill Gates is simply lucky, however few know that he is a true American legend for his work in shaping technology at such a young age, the…

I originally got in the predicament by taking the wrong bus. When I realized I had to walk I felt slightly annoyed because the Golden Gate Bridge was always cold especially at night and definitely in the winter. As I began to walk I slowly sauntered off into my thoughts as I usually do for long endeavors. I began to of a group of boys running into a thick cloud of white smoke. Blinded…

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,…

Q 1- Explain: • Who is Watson? Thomas John Watson was a businessman who created International Business Machine Corporation (IBM) which was the leading manufacturer in the world. • What is Watson? Watson is a supercomputer that has artificial intelligence (AI) and analytical software for maximum performance which has a question answering machine. • Where is Watson? • What does Watson do? Watson is the foundation for businesses which gather services and competences that a machine learning,…

Nothing is Needed for Something Many people judge their success on how much they have and the material possessions around them; Ernest Hemingway, however, believes people must accept they are nothing to achieve true success and happiness. Nothingness is a difficult concept for many to grasp, but it becomes more clear with age what nothingness means. People also often do not want to accept or believe they are nothing in the world. Most believe they have a specific purpose and are in some way…

being a ‘Dragon Rider’ and Shane, who claimed himself to be a ‘werewolf’. Sure it was silly, but I was seven or eight at the time, this was wonderful to have people coming into this story, and with that I created what was called ‘Gates of Imag” Which was a play on ‘The Gates of Imagination’. I at least knew that it was imagination, but sometimes I would get stuck on this and think for some reason it was real life, I was bordering on insanity. Did I care? Nah, not a single bit at all. I was…

Microsft Success Story – Satya Nadella as CEO Microsoft Corporation is one of the giant in software industry with headquarters in Redmond, Washington. Bill gates and Paul Allen are the core founders of Microsoft Corporation. The company manufactures, develops, licenses, supports and services. The major part of business involves computer software, personal computers and consumer electronics. The best and well known products of the company are the Microsoft Windows line of Operating Systems (OS),…

According to Angela Duckworth in her new book, in order to be successful one does not need a high IQ but instead grit. She describes grit as having, stamina, perseverance, passion, and sticking with your future to make it a reality. No longer is competition like a sprint, it is becoming more of a marathon. People with grit were shown to be more successful in the long run compared to be people with a high intelligence. Many people start from the bottom having nothing but grit to get themselves to…

people treat others in acquiring their success. People such as Bill Gates and Warren Buffet acquired there wealth by working their way up the financial ladder to become the richest men in America. On the other side, men such as Jordan Belfort who cheat the process and look for shortcuts to get to the top, end up falling to the bottom because they did not follow the proper ethics and looked to swindle the system. First off, Bill Gates shows positive ambition…

In Ravitch Chapter 10, we learned about Walton, Annenberg, Ford and Gates. These four, of many, foundations had very good intentions. For example, The Gates Foundation, established in 2000 with a 30 billion dollar grant, wanted to create smaller schools. Bill and Melinda Gates, who really had no idea how to run a school or even knew what students needed in order to thrive, decided to take one school that was going to close…