Self-Made Billionaire Paths From Zero to Billionaire
10:31 PM Posted by Unknown
Today I came across this blog post with infographics.
How many of the world’s top 73 self-made billionaires were in a worse situation than you when they started? Let me go straight to the point, is it possible for most of us to go from zero to billionaire? Yes. This is how.
If you were to guess whether world’s top 100 richest people got their money from someone else or made money themselves – you would be right to guess that most of them made their own money. But you might think that even the self-made had advantages you don’t have.
From Zero to Billionaires, Almost?
After all, Mark Zuckerberg’s father is a dentist. Maybe it did not help him become a billionaire. After all a dentist couldn’t be much help with hacking. But you also might think that having a dentist dad makes it easier to not worry about what you are going to eat tomorrow.
There is no denying that Sergey Brin is a self-made man, but you might think that his father and grandfather, both mathematicians, had something to do with him studying math in the first place.
So if your father is a cab driver or if you have no father at all, is it still possible to become a billionaire? Apparently, it is. Researching the top 100 richest people in the world, all of whom are billionaires of course, we found 8 that were from absolute humble backgrounds. In fact even worse than the average. On top of that, they never got a college degree.
(Roman Abramovich, Russian billionaire and owner of football club Chelsea would be number 9 on the list, but he got a correspondence degree in law later in life. So technically he does have a degree. But otherwise he was poor, an orphan and qualified.)
Source: Funders & Founders
The First 20 Hours - How to Learn Anything: Josh Kaufman
4:01 PM Posted by Unknown
Forget the "10,000 hour rule"
what if it’s possible to learn any new skill in 20 hours or less?
In The First 20 Hours video, Josh Kaufman offers a systematic approach to rapid skill acquisition: how to learn any new skill as quickly as possible. His method shows you how to deconstruct complex skills, maximize productive practice, and remove common learning barriers. By completing just 20 hours of focused, deliberate practice you'll go from knowing absolutely nothing to performing noticeably well.1. What do you want to learn?
Just to reinforce the purpose of this post, that you can acquire and master skill quickly, I'll add what Tim Ferriss has said too below.
2. What do you want to start to learn today?
A Start-up Founder Cheat-sheet.
8:18 AM Posted by Unknown
Smart failure for a fast changing world - Why you will fail to have a great career
8:11 PM Posted by Unknown
Larry Smith - Why you will fail to have a great career
Eddie Obeng: Smart failure for a fast-changing world
What If Money Was No Object...?
9:37 PM Posted by Unknown
So I always ask the question:
"What would you like to do if money were no object?"
"How would you really enjoy spending your life?"
Well it's so amazing as the result of our kind of educational system, crowds of students say "Well, we'd like to be painters, we'd like to be poets, we'd like to be writers... but as everybody knows you can't earn any money that way."
Another person says "Well I'd like to live an out-of-door's life and ride horses." I said "You wanna teach in a riding school?"
Let's go through with it. What do YOU want to do?
When we finally got down to something which the individual says he really wants to do I will say to him...
"You do that! And forget the money!"
Because if you say that getting the money is the most important thing you will spend your life completely wasting your time. You'll be doing things you don't like doing in order to go on living - that is to go on doing things you don't like doing! Which is stupid!
Better to have a short life that is full of what you like doing, than a long life spent in a miserable way.
And after all, if you do really like what you are doing - it doesn't really matter what it is - you can eventually become a master of it.
The only way of becoming the master of something, to be really with it. And then you will be able to get a good fee for whatever it is.
So don't worry too much, somebody is interested in everything. Anything you can be interested in, you'll find others who are.
But it's absolutely stupid to spend your time doing things you don't like in order to go on spending things you don't like, doing things you don't like and to teach your children to follow in the same track.
See, what we are doing is we are bringing up children and educating them to live the same sort of lives we are living. In order that they may justify themselves and find satisfaction in life by bringing up their children to bring up their children to do the same thing.
So it's all 'retch and no vomit' - it never gets there!
And so therefore it's so important to consider this question:
"What do I desire?"
- Alan Watts
Another person says "Well I'd like to live an out-of-door's life and ride horses." I said "You wanna teach in a riding school?"
Let's go through with it. What do YOU want to do?
When we finally got down to something which the individual says he really wants to do I will say to him...
"You do that! And forget the money!"
Because if you say that getting the money is the most important thing you will spend your life completely wasting your time. You'll be doing things you don't like doing in order to go on living - that is to go on doing things you don't like doing! Which is stupid!
Better to have a short life that is full of what you like doing, than a long life spent in a miserable way.
And after all, if you do really like what you are doing - it doesn't really matter what it is - you can eventually become a master of it.
The only way of becoming the master of something, to be really with it. And then you will be able to get a good fee for whatever it is.
So don't worry too much, somebody is interested in everything. Anything you can be interested in, you'll find others who are.
But it's absolutely stupid to spend your time doing things you don't like in order to go on spending things you don't like, doing things you don't like and to teach your children to follow in the same track.
See, what we are doing is we are bringing up children and educating them to live the same sort of lives we are living. In order that they may justify themselves and find satisfaction in life by bringing up their children to bring up their children to do the same thing.
So it's all 'retch and no vomit' - it never gets there!
And so therefore it's so important to consider this question:
"What do I desire?"
- Alan Watts
To-Do and Not-To-Do List [Video]
9:57 PM Posted by Unknown
Make a mess. And if it doesn’t work, start over. -5-
Make a mess. And if it doesn’t work, start over. -4-
Make a mess. And if it doesn’t work, start over.-3-
Make a mess. And if it doesn’t work, start over. -2-
Make a mess. And if it doesn’t work, start over.-1-
Make a mess. And if it doesn’t work, start over.-0-
Make a mess. And if it doesn’t work, start over. -Again!-
Advice For Angle Investing Dream
3:53 AM Posted by Unknown
Different Advice:Perhaps the best angel investment you could make is choosing the right company to work for. The value of the options associated with a successful company will swamp the return on any angel investment you’re likely to make, even if you do happen to have a success. ~ ANDY RACHLEFF
(excerpt from his TechCrunch article http://tcrn.ch/QF9UDS)
Confession: For the past few years I've been aspiring to be an angle because i ♥ startups. Though i never had the enough dough to allocate 5-10% . But soon... soon... #fingersCrossed
Understand your purpose to live with greater efficiency and impact.
5:29 AM Posted by Unknown
Not only this, but Storyline is an effective tool for building teams. In a short period of time, each team member can share their Storyline so others know their back story, their aspirations and dreams. A Storyline allows a person to put their life on a map so their friends, family and coworkers know where they’re headed.
If you desire clarity in life and want a better connection with those around you, Storyline is for you.
Keep These Five Laws In Mind
11:15 PM Posted by Unknown
2. The Law of Compensation: Your income is determined by how many people you serve, and how well you serve them.
3. The Law of Influence: Your influence is determined by how abundantly you place other peoples’ interests first.
4. The Law of Authenticity: The most valuable gift you have to offer is yourself.
5. The Law of Reciprocity: The key to effective giving is to stay open to receiving.
From: Go Giver
The Inches We Need Are Everywhere Around Us.
9:01 PM Posted by Unknown
But the inches we need are everywhere around us. In every minute of our lives. We have to go for every inch. Because we know that when we add up those inches, that will make the difference between winning and losing. And I know that if I'm gonna have any life anymore, it's because I'm still willing to go for that inch. And that's what living is. The six inches in front of your face. Now what are you gonna do?"
The Risk I Took Was Calculated But Man Am Bad At Math
1:11 PM Posted by Unknown
Seth Godin posted two articles recently which reminds me of a quote Only those who risk going to far, find out how far they can go. By Walter Bishop
Excitement about goals is often diminished by our fear of failure
or the drudgery of work.
If you’re short on passion, it might be because your goals are too small or the fear is too big.
If you’re short on passion, it might be because your goals are too small or the fear is too big.
Do
a job for a long time and achieve what you set out to achieve, and suddenly,
the dream job becomes a trudge instead. The job hasn't changed--your dreams
have.
Mostly,
though, it's about our fear. Fear is the dream killer, the silent voice that
pushes us to lose our passion in a vain attempt to seek safety.
While
you can work hard to dream smaller dreams, I think it's better to embrace the
fear and find bigger goals instead.
Good luck with that, there aren't any.
If
you hesitate when leaping from rope to another, you're not going to last very
long.
And
this is at the heart of what makes innovation work in organizations, why
industries die, and how painful it is to try to maintain the status quo while
also participating in a revolution.
Gather
up as much speed as you can, find a path and let go. You can't get to the next
rope if you're still holding on to this one.
Creativity Takes Courage. If you never take a risk, you'll never see the rewards.
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