From The Richest People

LESSONS

If you want to know the "trade secrets“ from billionaires around the

globe, simply listen or--should you ever get the chance--ask. Many are

happy to share the lessons they've learned, the risks they took, and

the mistakes they made. Actually digesting that information can help

you better angle yourself for success.

1. Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft

"You know, at Microsoft in 1975, even when we wrote down 'A computer onevery desk and in every home,' we didn't realize, oh, we'll have to be a bigcompany. Every time, I thought, 'Oh, God, can we double in size?'"

Being a mega corporation was never his goal. He had a passion project,a vision for a better future, and the means (and smarts) to see it through.

2. Steve Jobs, founder of Apple

"Being the richest

man in the cemetery

doesn't matter to me.

Going to bed at night

saying we've done

something wonderful,

that's what

matters to me."

Jobs was committed to changing the world (and his world) for the better. Never losing sight of that vision, regardless of the riches, is crucial.

"I am not the richest, smartest,

or most talented person in the

world, but I succeed because I

keep going and going and going."

3. Sylvester Stallone, actor, writer, and director

Stallone continues his success today, and still says sheer dedicationis what made it happen for him.

4. Aliko Dangote, business magnate

"If you don't

have ambition,

you shouldn't

be alive."

Dangote considers ambition the "inner stuff" that makes upa person and what separates our species from all others.

5. Reginald Mengi, chair of IPP Group

Mengi didn't have any opportunities handed to him, but devoted himselfto hard work and seeking them out or making his own.

"I grew up in poverty, but I

always saw it as a challenge.

The good thing is that you can

surmount a challenge if you

are willing to pay the price.

The price is hard work."

6. Carlos Slim Helú, business mogul

"Competition makes

you better, always,

always makes you

better, even if the

competitor wins."

Embracing healthy competition instead of tearing down fellowentrepreneurs was always how Slim did business, even if it wasn'torthodox in the environment where he thrived.

7. Robert Kiyosaki, investor

If you can't keep the money you earn and make it work for you and your heirs, it's like gambling with chips you can't cash in.

"It's not how much money

you make, but how much

money you keep, how hard

it works for you, and how

many generations you

keep it for."

Thank You Very Much

Todchaseth Sakkamolpat