Wednesday, August 17, 2016

FINAL PRINCIPLE: FOCUS,FOCUS,FOCUS!







The last principle of getting rich fast is to focus the most you can in your company just like Bill did with Microsoft. He indeed worked super hard to achieve his and the company’s success. As Microsoft grew, and each time larger it had more problems the company was brought up to court non-stop. As Microsoft grew towards its peak in the industry it got to be running out of competition until it became a monopoly. No one could compete against this massive corporation, people did not have the choice between products, instead of seeing something new or more different , perhaps cheaper was not an option because people only could buy your stuff only. Then the Department of Justice started investigating the company owned by Bill gates trying to find a time where the company had broken any laws or rules. Microsoft was then accused then for monopoly and demanded that the company to split into different corporations. The accusation was led by a judge called Thomas Jackson, but Bill and his team started provoking him with insults and felt for it because it seemed that the judge was making the accusation personal, that way Microsoft remained as one big company one more time. As time passed Bill met his wife and got married, then in 1993 was the year that Bill’s mom died from cancer but was also the year that he and his wife, melinda , went to Africa where would start a foundation called : Bill and Melinda Gates foundation. In their trip at Africa, Bill and Melinda found out that there were many people over there that could barely survive, plus having multiple diseases such as AIDS. The foundation is now the biggest organization with the most money inversion for a good change in our world. Bill himself donated millions even billions of dollars to the foundation, plus the foundation received a lot of money to collect (billions of dollars). Bill Gates created an extremely successful company and after more than 25 years of dedication and hard work, Bill left the company to enjoy his retirement. After all those years Bill (Microsoft), became a monopoly in the computer world, making it extremely wealthy and successful. Bill now has a family and remains with a happy life, not to mention he achieved to be the richest man on earth with around 79 billion dollars.





QUOTES

“We would just work until we dropped.”

This is what Paul Allen (co-founder of Microsoft) said in an interview. It is the perfect example of how the last principle of getting rich applies to Bill. Since Bill was a boy he would focus on everything to be the best, to get it done. Here, is where all the principles apply but none of them work if you don't put effort, dedication and focus. This quote represents how bad Paul and Bill wanted to achieve success, this is how they built a company that never got defeated, the industry leader of the computer world. There is not a prize if there is no effort nor focus.

CONCLUSION

Overall the book did well. When I saw that it was biography of Bill Gates I wanted to read it but not in a way of steps on how to become rich but it ended up being fun. I did like the narrator's voice but it is indeed not my favorite. The book talks about amazing things that happened throughout Bill’s life and career. It is not inspiring but after reading the whole book I sure admire Bill and his remarkable work for the computer world. I recommend this book to maybe anyone who wants to know how a man made it possible to create and innovate the technology industry in such a drastic way. It is a good book, I did liked it and recommend it.





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