Why you shouldn't imitate Bill Gates if you want to be rich

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    http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20170921-why-you-shouldnt-imitate-bill-gates-if-you-want-to-be-rich
     
    Paul Bellow, Sep 21, 2017
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    Malcolm Gladwell’s book, Outliers, is about this very topic. Pretty much the entire book is about how circumstance and luck play a big role in the ultra successful. This is also the book that originated the oft cited 10,000 hour rule.
     
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    I don't think Gates was really all that lucky. IBM made a stupid mistake and he capitalized on it.

    Luck is a fortune you inherit. Hard work is a fortune you build yourself.
     
    CheshirePhoenix, Sep 22, 2017
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