A good dad is better than a rich dad

Chapter 44 2 The History of Microsoft's Fortune - Adventure

Many successful people have taken great risks to put all their eggs in one basket to get to where they are today, and Bill Gates, once the richest man in the world, is like this.

Bill Gates has been leading Microsoft since he was 20 years old. At the age of 31, he became the youngest billionaire at the time. At the age of 39, he surpassed Wall Street stock market tycoon Warren Buffett and became the richest man in the world. Jack Welch, who is ahead of General Electric (GE) by a slight margin, was selected as the "Most Admired CEO" by "Industry Weekly"... Such a "favorite of fate" is a person who voluntarily gave up Harvard. In 2007, Gates delivered a speech at Harvard's graduation ceremony. At the beginning of the speech, he expressed his choice of starting a business without regret in a joking tone:

For the past 30 years, I've been waiting to say, "Father, I've been telling you I'm going to get my degree." I want to thank Harvard for awarding me my degree just in time.I'm changing jobs next year (note: referring to being fully committed to philanthropic work for the Bill & Melinda Foundation), and my resume will look better with a degree.

Congratulations to today's Harvard graduates who all went straight to their degrees.The Harvard School News called me "the most successful dropout in Harvard history," which made me very happy.When I face the same graduates, I can say to them, "I am the most successful of the losers."

One of my most memorable days at Harvard was January 1975.I called a company in Albuquerque that was already making the world's first personal computers, and I wanted to sell software to them.I was nervous at first because I was worried that the company would hang up on me because I was a student.But luckily, instead of doing that, they said to me, "We're not ready yet, come and see us in a month." That was great news for me because we weren't done yet software development.From that moment on, I worked day and night.It was a small project, but it marked the end of my college life and the beginning of Microsoft.

Because of his dream, he waited 30 years for his Harvard degree. When he left Harvard, he may not have thought that he could return to the university's campus as a successful dropout to give lectures.He took the risk of challenging the mainstream to start a business, and it turned out to be right.After leaving Harvard, he became a veritable computer programmer with a solid programming foundation and rich experience.

In fact, when Gates left Harvard, his family was also very supportive of him. When a child decides to take risks for his dreams, there is nothing more powerful than the support of his parents, and nothing is more sad than the suppression of his parents. .

When a successful person recalled his life, he told such a story:
"In the sixth grade of primary school, I got No.1 in the class in the exam. As a reward, the teacher gave me a world map. I was really happy and excited. I ran home and started to look at the world map seriously. Very happy Unfortunately, it was my turn to boil water for the family's bath that day. So, while I was boiling water, I looked at a map and saw a map of Egypt, thinking that Egypt must be a fascinating and mysterious world.

Just when I was fascinated, my father suddenly came in angrily and said to me: "What are you doing?" I looked up suddenly, it turned out to be my father, and I said confidently: "I am looking at a map!" Dad was very angry , Said: "The fire is all out, what map are you looking at!" I continued to say loudly with confidence: "I am looking at a map of Egypt." ' My father was in a bad mood that day. He ran over and slapped me twice, kicked my ass, pointed to my nose and said, 'I promise you! You will never go that far in your life!' Let's start a fire! '

I was stunned and my heart was broken.His assurances have lingered in my ears and grown up with me. 20 years later, my first trip abroad was to Egypt, and I sat on the steps in front of the pyramids and sent a postcard to my dad.He was just a passing moment at the time, but the scars will always be on my heart. "

If a person wants to be successful, he must first have a dream, and if he has a dream, he must learn to take risks.Dreams that don't require taking risks are not enough to stimulate people's potential. Taking risks and being brave are also a common temperament of successful people.

Shi Yuzhu went south to Shenzhen to buy a computer on credit, Ma Yun founded China's first Yellow Pages, Yu Minhong stayed in China to run New Oriental...all of them are taking risks on the road.When children understand that everyone has to bear something for their dreams, their choices will be more calm and firm.Don't worry that your child will fail when trying to be independent, that is the risk he should take, and only in this way can he grow up.The father can even give the child a start-up fund and let him arrange it freely. Of course, at this time, the father has also become a venture investor.

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