WHO IS MY INSPIRATION?

KHADIJA ASIF

P.I.S.Q

LIFE IS NOT FAIR, GET USE TO IT!� ~BILL GATES

BILL GATES WAS BORN ON OCTOBER 28, 1955 AND AT THE AGE OF 20, HE CO-FOUNDED MICROSOFT WITH PAUL ALLEN IN THE YEAR OF 1975. CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? A 20 YEARS OLD GUY ESTABLISHED HIMSELF AS AN ENTREPRENEUR AND THAT TOO OF A FIRM WHICH GRABBED THE TECHNOLOGY MARKET LIKE ANYTHING. BILL GATES IS MY INSPIRATION, BECAUSE WHO WOULDN’T WANT TO PICK UP LESSONS FROM BILL GATES? THE MAN IS A BUSINESS MAGNATE. BY CO-FOUNDING MICROSOFT, BECAME THE WORLD'S YOUNGEST SELF- MADE BILLIONAIRE. BILL GATES BUSINESS ACUMEN, DEVOTION TO THE SOFTWARE DESIGN AND INNOVATION, AND SUBSEQUENT DETERMINATION TO GIVE BACK THROUGH CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS, MAKES HIM INSPIRATIONAL TO PEOPLE EVERYWHERE. AT YOUNG AGE, HIS PASSION FOR THE ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES OF WHAT COMPUTERS WERE CAPABLE OF DOING LED HIM TO WHO IS HE TODAY, THE FOUNDER OF MICROSOFT

CARING FOR PEOPLE��GATES HAS THE SECOND-HIGHEST AMOUNT GIVEN TO CHARITY ($23.5 BILLION) AS OF 2017. THIS SHOWS THAT HE DOESN’T JUST HAVE A HUGE ACCOUNT, BUT ALSO A BIG HEART. HIS ACHIEVEMENT IN BUSINESS AND THE SIMPLICITY AT WHICH HE CONDUCT THE AFFAIRS OF HIS LIFE SETS HIM AS AN INSPIRATIONAL PUBLIC FIGURE MANY ACROSS THE WORLD ADMIRE AND RESPECT. IN 2000 BILL REDUCED HIS ROLE AT MICROSOFT TO DEVOTE TIME TO THE BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION. MOST PEOPLE SEE RICHES AS THE HALLMARK OF SUCCESS. WHILE THIS NOTION VARIES FROM ONE INDIVIDUAL TO ANOTHER, BEING PHILANTHROPIC IS A LIFELONG TRADITION FOR BILL GATES.�TO THE BILLIONAIRE, REDUCING GLOBAL SUFFERING AND HELPING OTHERS RISE ABOVE THE SLUMS OF POVERTY IS THE GREATEST SERVICE ANYONE COULD POSSIBLY OFFER TO THE WORLD.�

FAILURE AND MISTAKES ARE VERY VALUABLE��WHILE MOST PEOPLE ONLY CELEBRATE SUCCESS AND CONSIDER FAILURE AS A FATAL, BILL GATES THINKS OTHERWISE. HE ONCE SAID:�“IT’S FINE TO CELEBRATE SUCCESS, BUT IT IS MORE IMPORTANT TO HEED THE LESSONS OF FAILURE.”��CONSIDER THE FOUNDING YEARS OF MICROSOFT AND HOW TOUGH IT MUST HAD BEEN FOR BILL AS SUCH SITUATIONS ARE PREVALENT IN THE BUSINESS SPHERE. BILL GATES MUST HAVE ENCOUNTERED PRESSING SITUATIONS AND A FEW BUMPS ALONG THE WAY THAT COULD HAVE MADE ANYONE QUIT.��THESE HELLACIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES, DISAPPOINTMENTS AND LOTS OF MISTAKES MIXED WITH FAILURE DIDN’T DETER BILL GATES.��AS THE VAST MAJORITY OF GREAT ACHIEVERS WOULD, HE VIEWED FAILURE AND MISTAKES AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN SOMETHING NEW AND IMPROVE HIS EXPERTISE. YOU SHOULD TOO.��IT DOESN’T MATTER HOW MUCH MISTAKES YOU’VE MADE OR THE NUMBER OF SETBACKS YOU’VE ENCOUNTERED, PERSISTENCE NEVER GOES UNPAID. LEARN FROM YOUR MISTAKES AND PICK YOURSELF UP AFRESH.��

NOT DISTRACTED BY SUCCESS��SUCCESS CAN EASILY CLOUD ANYONE'S JUDGMENT WHEN IT BECOMES A BENCHMARK. THIS IS TOTALLY NOT THE CASE FOR BILL GATES. HE LOOKS BEYOND HIS SUCCESS WHILE EXECUTING BUSINESS DECISIONS. GATES IS A LEADER THAT LACKS OVERCONFIDENCE AND RECOGNIZES THAT HIS SUCCESS SHOULD NOT BIAS BUSINESS ETHICS. IN ONE OF HIS STATEMENTS, HE SAID “SUCCESS IS A LOUSY TEACHER. IT SEDUCES SMART PEOPLE INTO THINKING THEY CAN’T LOSE”. THIS MEANS THAT GATES DOES NOT BELIEVE IN PUTTING DOWN HIS INITIAL PATH TO SUCCESS, RATHER HE PREPARES MORE TO AVERT PSYCHOLOGICAL CHALLENGES BEING SUCCESSFUL CAN BRING.�

��VISION-ORIENTED��DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA, A DREAM OR A VISION? THEN YOU SHOULDN’T WASTE TIME ABOUT IT. START AS EARLY AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE.�� BILL GATES SAID:��“IF YOU DON’T BUILD YOUR DREAMS, SOMEONE ELSE WILL HIRE YOU TO BUILD THEIRS.” �� ��GATES WAS ONLY 13 WHEN HE STARTED EXPERIMENTING WITH COMPUTERS. WHEN YOU START SOMETHING EARLY ENOUGH, YOU IMMEDIATELY START DEVELOPING YOUR MASTERY ON THAT SUBJECT. DON’T WAIT FOR THE RIGHT TIME AS THAT USUALLY ALMOST NEVER COMES. THE RIGHT TIME IS NOW! TAKE THAT LEAP. LEARN AND GROW.� �THE WIDE ACHIEVEMENTS RECORDED BY BILL GATES ARE ENOUGH NOT TO DOUBT THAT HE IS VISION-ORIENTED. NOT JUST IN MICROSOFT WHERE HE ENVISIONED THE CREATION OF A GRAPHICAL INTERFACE, BUT IN HIS PHILANTHROPIC LIFE. MICROSOFT WAS ABLE TO BEAT ITS COMPETITORS BECAUSE GATES WAS ALWAYS VISIONING SOMETHING BIGGER AND AT EVERY POINT, HE WAS AHEAD OF OTHER COMPETITORS BECAUSE LACKED NO DREAM. GATES IS ABLE TO INCORPORATE HIS CAREER WITH HIS CONTRIBUTION IN OTHER FIELDS, MAKING HIM MORE INVOLVED IN OUR SOCIETY THAN SOFTWARE SUPPLY. HIS FOUNDATION IS IN COLLABORATION WITH ROTARY INTERNATIONAL TO KICK POLIO OUT OF THE GLOBE. GATES IS ALSO WORKING ON MALARIA PROJECT. THESE PROJECTS ARE ALL OUTLINED WITH GATES'S STRATEGIC STEPS FROM A TO B. WITH THESE DEVELOPED PLANS, IT'S EASIER TO FOLLOW HIM AS A LEADER.