Ideas on How to Become Rich - Learning from the best in business and entrepreneurship - Part II

Ideas on How to Become Rich

Hi I am sharing with you about learning the best in business and entrepreneurship - Part II ( Information Technology and Communications)

The world is now in the knowledge era and information age . Knowledge is power and information is expensive because ignorance is the price you pay for poverty and lack.

Let me share with you how people like Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Michael Dell use information technology and communication devices to become very very rich and powerful. They are among the richest people in the world today and are very powerful because they call the shots in your daily lives without you knowing it.

Bill Gates is a good example of how one person can rise to the status of being the richest man for so many years, He is very influential and is recognised by people from Africa to China to India and almost all parts of the world. He is a household brand because every household has a computer with Microsoft office installed.

What can we learn from this rich tycoon? There are a few things we can learn from him :

Firstly, formal education is not a means to an end. You do not have to have an university degree or academic qualification if you can be inventive and innovative. This simply means that if you have an idea within your head about some kind of product which will be useful to other people, you can become rich. Bill Gates helped to make computer program and software accessible to people all over the world so that it would enable them to do things better and faster.

Secondly, to be rich and successful , you need to think ahead of others. Laggards who follow behind others cannot become rich and powerful. You have to be among the first in doing anything, Nobody remembers the second runner, the second beauty contestant or the second student in class. Everyone remembers the first person or the champion. So, strive to do your best and be the best even in simple task like cutting vegetables or slicing bread. Do a great job out of it, like what people say, "go break a leg".

Also another vital lesson we can learn from Bill Gates is that you have to get good partners in your endeavour so that this team work can enable you to have a headstart in your business or entrepreneurship. Bill Gates have partners such as Paul Allen who is also among the richest people in the world today. Steve Jobs who became successful in Apple Computer was also a teamworker with other partners in the same area of information technology.

The last valuable lesson we can learn from Bill Gates and the other innovators in the field of technology and communication is that we must satisfy other people's needs and wants. It is through others that we are able to grow our wealth, riches and power. He and his team mates have continuously look for ways to enable people to realise their dreams and to realise their full potential - and that is why Bill Gates can ride on his success year after year -

I myself learnt several things from this rich and influential man. I learnt that life is a series of small successes and continuous efforts to improve daily so that you can enhance your wealth, you can enhance others as well. The other thing I learnt from this ambitious and great business leader is that to become rich, you have to protect what is yours. So your intellectual property must be protected by patents and copyrights because there are many people out there who are lazy and merely want to steal from others without putting in real efforts and hard work.

Finally, to become rich and powerful like Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and other tycoons in the IT arena, you have to keep thinking because the brain is a very powerful organ in our body. Think well and who knows, you may be the next inventor of the century!

Cheers and have a nice day
Sally Klaus
Ideas on How to Become Rich