Saturday 20 December 2014

Top Bill Gates Quotes About What Successful People Do






Be nice to nerds. Chances are you’ll end up working for one.


It’s fine to celebrate success, but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.


Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose.


We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten. Don’t let yourself be lulled into inaction.


Television is not real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.


I’m a big believer that as much as possible, and there’s obviously political limitations, freedom of migration is a good thing.



If you can’t make it good, at least make it look good.


Of my mental cycles, I devote maybe 10% to business thinking. Business isn’t that complicated. I wouldn’t want that on my business card.


Life is not divided into semesters. You don’t get summers off, and very few employers are interested in helping you. Find yourself.


Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important.



 Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning.


We all need people who will give us feedback. That’s how we improve.




As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.



I believe in innovation and that the way you get innovation is you fund research and you learn the basic facts.


Everyone needs a coach. It doesn’t matter whether you’re a basketball player, a tennis player, a gymnast or a bridge player.



This is a fantastic time to be entering the business world, because business is going to change more in the next 10 years than it has in the last 50.



Our success has really been based on partnerships from the very beginning. 


If you think your teacher is tough, wait until you get a boss. He doesn’t have tenure.


If I’d had some set idea of a finish line, don’t you think I would have crossed it years ago? 





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