It is a fact that a rich man will be just as concerned
about his son as a poor man would be. They would both think how their sons
would manage things when they grew older. The bottom line here is – Every man
has to work towards richness. They are not born with the knowledge.
Think about one of the richest men of our times – Bill
Gates. The son of a humble attorney and a schoolteacher today has a net worth
of 40 billion dollars, making him the richest businessman in the world. All his
wealth has come from a single source – Microsoft – which in itself is one of
the most influential companies of the world in any age and period.
Do you think Bill Gates was educated differently from the
rest of us? Was he a brighter kid than all the rest? In fact, no. Yes, he did
become a student at Harvard, but he left his education midway in order to
pursue his business (which became Microsoft). Actually, he was once challenged
by his teacher for his lackadaisical nature, when he retorted that he would
earn his first million before he hit 20 years of age. Well, Bill Gates earned
his first billion before he reached 21 years of age.
So what set him apart? One of the things that made him
different at that time was that he knew what he wanted to do. He did not allow
the razzle-dazzle of his big-name university faze him. He kept his focus on
what drove him. He liaised with the right people; people who he knew could take
him forward and who he could take forward in the process too. He remained
truthful to himself about his financial position and he promised to himself to
do better.
But, most importantly, Bill Gates did not actively think
about money!
He instead thought about the quality of his product. He
asked himself repeatedly, “Is what I am providing going to do anything for the
world?” That is what set him apart. We usually think, “Will this make a profit
for me?”, while the people who attain richness think, “Will this profit the
world?”
And this knowledge does not come at birth. You learn this
as you grow, just as you learn various other things. You learn that richness
does not come by thinking about money; in fact, that has the opposite effect.
The thing to remember here is that no one is born with the
knowledge of becoming rich. You learn that as you grow, in the same manner as
you learn so many other things. But what really makes you rich is implementing
this knowledge at the right moment in your life.
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