Celebrities06/03/2014
Achieving success in life is not easy - if you ask an accomplished person what helped him climb to the top rungs of the career ladder, you will most likely hear something like “dedication, patience, dedication to your favorite work and hard work” in response, and some will also mention, that at the beginning of the journey, everyone needs to face difficulties and make mistakes. Failures go hand in hand with successes, so don’t be upset or disappointed in your goal if things don’t go exactly as planned. Without exception, all great entrepreneurs, inventors and writers have overcome various obstacles more than once in their lives, after all, as Winston Churchill said: “Success is moving from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.”
Bill Gates
The man is a legend, the founder of Microsoft, a business leader who for more than a decade held the status of the richest person on the planet.
This year, Forbes estimates Gates' fortune at $96.5 billion.
At the age of 12, the genius first became acquainted with a computer at school, where he and his friend Paul Allen, the future co-founder of Microsoft, sat in front of the monitor all weekend.
At 13, he created the first tic-tac-toe program.
Milton Hershey
Milton Hershey
The creator of the chocolate empire "Hershey Chocolate", before he became a successful entrepreneur, had to master other specialties - for example, Milton worked for some time as a typesetter in a printing house, and later got a job at a confectionery factory, where he became acquainted with the technology of producing candies and chocolate. Inspired by the idea of creating sweets, Hershey decided to organize his own company a few years later, but his first experience in this area was unsuccessful.
Failure did not stop the aspiring industrialist - Milton went to Denver (Colorado) to learn the secrets of caramel making technology. Having acquired all the necessary skills, the entrepreneur tried to set up production in New York, but again failed - the business stubbornly refused to make a profit. Two blows of fate did not weaken Hershey's determination to become a confectioner, he returned to his family's farm and began experimenting with various ingredients in the hope of creating his own unique candy recipe. Finally, it was found - Hershey Milton milk chocolate instantly became a bestseller on the confectionery market. Having earned money from selling chocolate, the businessman opened his own factory, which brought him fabulous money and fame.
Warren Buffett
Financial genius Warren Buffett is one of the most influential investors in the world. According to Forbes, he has a fortune of 84.6 billion.
As a child, he began to read early and learned to multiply multi-digit numbers in his head. At the encouragement of his father, a businessman, he became involved in financial education.
At the age of 11 I bought my first shares. At the age of 13, he worked as a mail carrier and, thanks to an unconventional approach, was able to significantly increase his salary, and with his savings he purchased land, which he rented out.
Young Buffett also bought broken slot machines, took them in for repairs, and then installed them in hair salons. Well, who doesn't need resourcefulness!
“I enjoy the process much more than the income. Although I’ve learned to put up with them too.”
In 1956, he organized the investment partnership Buffett Associates and turned the firm's initial capital - 105 thousand dollars - into 7 million.
Think right
How to become a billionaire from scratch and what are the chances of getting on the list of the richest people in the world?
Forbes magazine notes that in March 2021, there were 2,095 billionaires in the world. This is 660 people more than a year ago. Jack Ma, John Paul DeJoria and many others on this list did not have large start-up capital to build a business. Where did millionaires start and what was the starting point for a successful business? Writer Napoleon Hill in his book “Think and Grow Rich” says that success comes to those people who think in terms of success.
Doctor of Science, speaker, writer in the field of success Bill Newman in the bestseller “10 Fantastic Ways to Achieve Success” gives the following recommendations:
- Control your thoughts.
- Strain your mind until it hurts.
- Give yourself time to think.
- Make your own decisions.
- Remember that today is the tomorrow you were worried about yesterday.
- Get rid of the toxic thoughts of the environment.
- Think about who you are, because a person corresponds to the idea of \u200b\u200bself.
Author of self-development books and public motivational speaker Brian Tracy says that to succeed in business, you first need to choose the path to prosperity.
Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs is an innovative businessman who gave the word “Apple” another, much more popular definition. He was raised by a foster family, who discovered the boy’s exceptional talents in time and contributed in every possible way to their development.
Jobs dropped out of a prestigious college without graduating.
In 1976, together with Wayne and Wozniak, he created Apple. In the late 70s, their series of personal computers sold around the world in quantities of more than 5 million.
By the age of 29, Jobs is already included in the ranking of the richest people. And in December 1980, Steve’s fortune increased overnight to $217 million when Yabloko shares were floated on the stock exchange.
But Steve’s main goal in life was not money:
“Being the richest person in the cemetery is not important to me. Going to bed and knowing that you did something wonderful is what’s valuable.”
Stephen King
Stephen King
When it comes to literature in the horror genre, someone will certainly think of Stephen King - the writer’s name has long become synonymous with the fear that the brilliant American managed to evoke in readers simply by arranging words and sentences in a certain sequence. His works, such as “Misery”, “The Shining” and “The Stand” are recognized as masterpieces, and King himself is respectfully referred to by the public and critics as the “King of Horror”, while the “King’s” road to the “throne” was quite thorny.
Fans of the writer will probably remember that King's first book cleared for publication was Carrie, the story of a teenage girl with telekinetic powers. A lesser-known fact is that the publishers “wrapped” “Carrie” not once, not twice, and not even 27 times, as in the case of Dr. Seuss, but as many as 30! After the thirtieth refusal, King became disillusioned with the work and threw the manuscript into the trash, but the writer’s wife found it there, who consoled her brilliant but unrecognized husband and encouraged him not to give up. Stephen heeded his wife’s requests and again sent “Carrie” to one of the publishing houses. As it turned out, the wife’s words became prophetic - the editors liked the book and decided to publish it, after which it was no longer possible to stop the triumphant march of King’s horror across the planet.
Henry Ford
Henry Ford is the largest businessman of the 20th century, the “father” of the automobile industry. He was born into a family of farmers, where, according to him, there was too much manual labor, incommensurate with the results.
At the age of 12, he saw a locomobile for the first time and since then, attempts have been made to construct a moving mechanism.
In 1983 he created his first car, dreaming of turning it from a luxury item into a means of transportation accessible to the people.
Having suffered many failures and rejection from society, Henry Ford does not give up trying to implement his ideas, arguing that “far more often people give up than fail.”
Sales of the released Ford T bring huge profits. Today, his company, Ford Motor Company, is the fourth largest automobile manufacturer in the world.
Marilyn Monroe
The success story of Marilyn Monroe (Norma Jeane Mortenson in life) began with the wanderings of a little girl in orphanages, shelters, boarding schools and foster families. Her own mother could not provide her daughter with care and love. A difficult childhood led to Marilyn hastily getting married at the age of sixteen. She decided to take this step in order to avoid another boarding school.
When the girl was twenty years old, she was lucky enough to be offered a role as an extra in a film by the world famous film studio 20th Century Fox. This can be considered the beginning of a success story. During this period, Norma became Marilyn Monroe. The first role was not the most successful, but soon the aspiring actress signed a contract with Columbia Pictures, cooperation with which did not last long, since its employees considered Monroe a mediocre and mediocre girl.
The desire to become a famous actress and get the main role helped Marilyn not to give up everything halfway to recognition, and with diligence and zeal she played minor supporting roles many times until she was finally noticed and her dream came true. Monroe became a true legend, and even after her death people still talk about her. Her image became the standard of femininity and the personification of sex appeal, but few know that she had the deepest intelligence and insight, which is perfectly confirmed by the sensational book “Marilyn Monroe. Passion, told by herself" This book overturns all previous ideas about the "main blonde of Hollywood."
Ray Kroc
Ray Kroc is an American entrepreneur and founder of the McDonald's chain. The man who personally scraped gum in his first restaurant has amassed a $500 million fortune.
Kroc began creating a fast food empire at the age of 52, with experience as a radio musician, real estate sales manager, and music store owner, as well as poor health.
In 1955, Kroc's first McDonald's opened in Illinois. 13 years later, the thousandth restaurant opens there.
In Russia, over 600 fast food restaurants of this popular brand receive more than 1 million visitors every day.
You can also learn about his journey by watching the film “The Founder.”
How to become rich: believe in your business
Any successful person will agree that it is impossible to achieve financial prosperity without exceptional faith in your business. Coach, author of books in the field of personal growth John Kehoe in his book “Money, Success and You” gives an example of people who, even in failure, did not lose faith in themselves:
Famous Chinese entrepreneur Jack Ma says that when you encounter many obstacles, refusals, failures and closed doors along the way, you need to stubbornly pursue your goal, believe in success and not give up.
George Soros
George Soros is an influential investor, master market speculator, financial guru and founder of charitable foundations in 25 countries. He ranks 7th on the list of American billionaires with a fortune of over $20 billion.
Having miraculously escaped genocide in the Holocaust as a child, he later faced ethnic discrimination in employment. But a person who persistently sets a goal for himself always achieves it.
He learned the intricacies of buying and selling securities at a brokerage firm on Wall Street.
In 1970, George Soros founded the famous hedge fund Quantum, which for decades provided more than 30% return on stocks, and brought a total of $32 billion to its investors.
In 1992, Soros was one of the culprits behind the devaluation of the pound, which brought him billions in profit.
Steven Spielberg
Steven Spielberg
Almost everyone knows who Steven Spielberg is. The name of one of the greatest directors of our time, who gave humanity masterpieces like “Jurassic Park”, “Schindler’s List” and action adventure films with Indiana Jones, has long become synonymous with success and demand: if Spielberg is listed as the director on the poster, rest assured that the cinema halls will be crowded. However, before becoming famous, Stephen had to go through a streak of failures that almost put an end to his career.
When the future film genius entered the School of Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California, he did not pass the selection due to a low average score. The stubborn young man again tried to pass the exams and again he was rejected. Without losing hope, Stephen sent documents to another department and again to no avail.
Anyone else in his place would have been disappointed in cinema forever, but the young man was determined and, having entered a technical college, in his free time from studying he made a short film, which was noticed at the Universal Pictures studio... Watch the rest of the story on cinema screens.
Robert Kiyosaki
Robert Kiyosaki is an investor, entrepreneur, sought-after international financial advisor and best-selling author on financial literacy. His fortune currently exceeds $2 billion, and his books have been sold in more than 26 million copies.
He is also the creator of the popular investment game Cash Flow, which I recently talked about.
The smart guy grew up in a family of teachers, had the opportunity to study at a prestigious local school and communicate with the children of high-status parents, including the parents themselves.
One of these was the father of Robert’s friend, who gave the boy lessons in financial education and became the prototype of the “rich dad” in Kiyosaki’s book of the same name, which brought real popularity to the author.
Having earned initial capital, Robert learns how to invest wisely. In 1985, he married Kim, an entrepreneur and experienced investor, and together with her he began to realize his many ideas and goals.
Joanne Rowling
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Before gaining widespread recognition, Jo was a divorced single mother living on welfare and suffering from clinical depression. She told Mugglemarch that she was as poor as it was possible to be in modern Britain without being homeless.
When the first Harry novel was completed, Rowling could not publish it for a year - the manuscript was rejected by 12 publishing houses. However, today Harry Potter is a real phenomenon, and JK Rowling is one of the richest writers on the planet.
Oprah Winfrey
Oprah Winfrey is a TV presenter and the only black woman included in the list of the richest people in America. Her “The Oprah Winfrey Show” broke all known ratings records and brought the star a fortune.
Her credo: “You only need you to succeed” is very clearly illustrated by Winfrey’s life itself. A difficult childhood, sexual abuse, a colony - her father’s education and faith brought her out of the abyss of emotional death.
At the age of 16, she wins a public speaking competition and the right to study at the University of Tennessee, where, thanks to her efforts, she becomes one of the best students.
“The meaning of life is precisely to develop into the person you should be.”
In South Africa, Oprah opened a school for girls from poor families. He is a representative of the charitable organization Angel Network.
Sixth place goes to Lakshmi Nivas Mittal
His fortune is estimated at $31.1 billion. Due to her tenacity in achieving her goals, Lakshmi calls herself the “Bill Gates of India”.
He is the owner of the world's largest metallurgical company, Arcelor Mittal, with branches in all countries. He has one in Ukraine, the purchase of which he agreed with Yulia Tymoshenko.
When communicating with people, Lakshmi focuses more on the individual than on official contacts. Can find compromises and is tolerant of people. The richest people in the world are also people, oddly enough.
Pavel Durov
Pavel Durov is a Russian businessman, developer and co-founder of the social network Vkontakte and the Telegram messenger. At the age of 31, he entered the Forbes ranking of “200 richest businessmen in Russia”, and today he firmly occupies a position in the TOP-100.
In the 4th grade, I became interested in programming and, together with my brother, began creating programs on my first computer, an IBM PC XT. He graduated from the Academic Gymnasium with honors, and has 9 foreign languages in his knowledge base.
Inspired by the creation of Mark Zuckerberg - the social network Facebook - together with a classmate, he created the Russian-language analogue of Vkontakte in 2006.
By 2008, the network’s audience already amounted to more than 20 million registered users.
In 2013, Durov launched Telegram, an application for smartphones and other mobile devices with an emphasis on speed and security, which 3 years later gained more than a hundred million active users.
Be future-oriented
Rich people set long-term goals rather than expecting massive immediate gains. Brian Tracy in his book “100 Absolute Laws of Business Success” notes that in order to achieve great achievements, you must clearly decide what heights you want to achieve. The more clearly you understand your true motives, the faster you will achieve your goal.
Jeff Bezos, who today ranks first among the richest people in the world, says that an entrepreneur must think 2-3 years ahead and make quality decisions that would contribute to the systematic development of each project and the company as a whole. Bezos notes that his current success was planned and thought out three years ago.
Coco Chanel
Coco Chanel is the founder of a fashion house and a famous female fashion designer. Chanel No. 5 perfume is still a top seller to this day, and Time magazine puts Mademoiselle in the TOP 100 most influential people in the fashion industry.
Having grown up in the strict discipline of a monastery, the girl was accustomed to breaking stereotypes. Her design imagination was nurtured in a small clothing repair shop.
Later, this skill will be useful to the fashion designer: her customized hats, women's trousers, little black dresses, and suits made from "men's" jersey, which were previously considered unacceptable, become standards of style and fashion.
This woman made herself. She literally became a fashion reformer and the founder of a brand associated with quality and respectability.
Jeff Green
When Green's father's company went bankrupt, the family had financial problems. His mother, however, taught Jeff to save money and buy cheap. He graduated from the prestigious Johns Hopkins University with scholarships and student loans. He worked part-time giving Hebrew lessons. Jeff also worked at a hotel, selling circus tickets over the phone. Greene began investing in real estate while in business school and built a successful real estate business as a driver at the Breakers Hotel in Palm Beach. In mid-2006, Greene, concerned about the possible collapse of the real estate market, spoke with John Paulson, a fellow investor, who discussed Greene's investment strategy. They agreed that the real estate market is unstable and there could be a bubble in the housing sector. After the meeting, Greene used an investment strategy similar to Paulson's, which involved a series of unconventional investments trading credit default swaps. Green's return on investment ultimately saved his business and placed him on the Forbes 400. Today, he has assets of $3.3 billion.
Walt Disney
Walt Disney is a legendary artist, director and producer. Creator of the first full-length musical cartoons in the history of cinema.
He is the winner of 29 Oscars and 4 Emmys, and his “The Walt Disney Company” ranks 13th on the list of the most influential brands.
Disney had a difficult childhood. The family lived in poverty, the father beat the child and forced him to deliver leaflets in any weather.
There was no money even for pencils and paper: the boy who loved to draw had to embody ideas with sticks and resin, using walls and fences as a canvas.
As a young man, he was fired from his job as a newspaper cartoonist due to his "prominent inability to draw." Employers would be surprised to learn that years later Walt would become an outstanding cartoon creator!
Wise advice from successful people
Having overcome all the obstacles that stood in their way, fighting against obstacles and competitors, each time they made new stories of success, fame, and recognition. And only from their mistakes were they able to learn to achieve goals and achieve what they wanted.
Advice from great people on how to become successful in life:
- Live here and now. Many losers cannot break the vicious circle and escape from the clutches of poverty and misery, because they live in the past, worry, and regret something. There is no point in regretting what happened in the past. What we have today determines what tomorrow will be like.
- Don't get hung up on all the little things. Any problem over time seems like a mere trifle. You shouldn’t waste precious time, energy and your own nerves on some trifle if you can do something more useful and significant.
- Don't look for someone to blame for your failure. It depends only on the person how his life will turn out, on the direction of his thoughts and specific actions, on the decisions made. If a person still lives in poverty and dreams of wealth, then this was his decision - to remain inactive and wait for success to fall right on his head. It doesn't happen that way.
- Never complain about your own failures. By pouring out his indignation at fate, a person angers it even more, thereby attracting even more negativity and problems. Only positive-minded people have luck and success. Be optimistic.
- Don't be afraid to try. You cannot achieve success until a person finds his calling. And you can do this when you try your hand in different directions.
- Don't hide from problems, learn to solve them. The problem will not solve itself if a person hides from it. It will only get worse. It is better to solve problems immediately, without putting them off for later.
- Believe in yourself, in your strengths and abilities, believe in success. Only faith fills a person with strength and inspires him to take decisive and courageous actions.
- Don't be afraid to ask for help and don't be shy to accept it. Successful entrepreneurs know how to rationally use their potential, as well as time and energy. They wouldn't have achieved what they have if they did everything alone.
- Don't wait for the right moment, it will never come. The right moment can only be now, in this moment. Do not hesitate and put off the implementation of your plans and ideas. Time flies, so appreciate every second.
Richard Branson
Richard Branson is the richest man in Great Britain, the founder of the international corporation Virgin, one of the most brilliant businessmen in the world.
His name is included in the Guinness Book of Records, and his fortune is off the charts at $4 billion.
Richard does not accept the word “impossible” in his vocabulary. His autobiographical and motivational book “To hell with everything, get on and do it” perfectly shows his strong nature, iron-clad tenacity and tireless enthusiasm and adventurism.
The boy’s passion for entrepreneurship manifested itself early: he was breeding and selling parrots, growing Christmas trees, and publishing a newspaper at school.
Today, the Virgin Group conglomerate includes dozens of companies in the field of mobile communications, rail and air transportation, television, beverage production, book publishing, radio stations, medical services - and this is only part of the list!
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If the dictionary entry for the word "hero" were illustrated with photographs, it would definitely include a photo of Temar Boggs. When a five-year-old girl disappeared in his area, Temar and his friends volunteered to look for her in parallel with the police search. The day was approaching evening, and the team began to fear that they would not have time to find the girl before dark. Around 6:30 p.m., Temar noticed an unfamiliar car in the area and his intuition began to fly like a bird in a cage. He chased the car for 15 minutes until the car spun and the girl was thrown out of it. Temar is a hero, and his example proves that you should listen to your intuition.
Mark Zuckerberg
Mark Zuckerburg is the creator of the world's largest social network, Facebook, where about 1.5 billion accounts are registered!
A breakthrough is a breakthrough, but Mark is also the youngest billionaire in human history, having become rich by the age of 22. In 2014, the market value of the social network was estimated at $150 billion.
Ever since school, he had fun inventing and developing programs.
The self-learning music player Synapse, which he created, was offered to be bought by Microsoft, but Mark refused and soon made it publicly available.
His credo: “If a person has brains, he simply does not have the moral right to work not for himself.”
“Age is just a number that gives most people the opportunity to be lazy and do nothing.”
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Meet Sam Bryant Jr. Sam is a bodybuilder and is 70 years old. Yes, you read that right, and your eyes are not deceiving you! What's even more amazing is that he started training at age 44. Then Bryant was getting divorced, and he needed a break from the harsh reality - this is what brought him to the gym. 26 years later he looks younger than the year he started!
Elon Musk
Elon Musk is an American inventor, entrepreneur, co-founder of PayPal, who took on the development of global industries: solar energy, rocket science. His fortune is estimated at $20 billion.
He is one of the thirty richest people in the United States and one of the twenty most influential people on the planet. He sees the salvation of humanity in space exploration and the colonization of Mars.
Like Thomas Edison, he was often absent-minded and “withdrawn into himself.” Elon could imagine pictures in great detail.
According to the mother, she used to be worried about the boy’s detached state, but now she knows that her son is again inventing a new rocket.
Sylvester Stallone: success story, achievements, photos
Sylvester Stallone's filmography includes more than 50 films. The first film that brought fame to the actor was “Rocky”. Sylvester Stallone himself wrote the script and wanted to star in the title role, but no one wanted to see an unknown actor of average height in the title role, albeit in good physical shape. However, Stallone did not concede anything and did not want to sell the script. His persistence and determination prevailed, and the director agreed to his conditions. Since the release of the film “Rocky”, Stallone has received long-awaited fame and success.
However, until this moment, Sylvester’s life had not been pampering: he studied at a school for difficult teenagers, then worked as a doorman, a bouncer in a night restaurant, and cleaned animal cages at the zoo. Once he was even forced to sell his dog because he could not feed it. It is worth noting that he later bought his four-legged friend back by paying his fee.
Sylvester Stallone
Ingeborg Mootz
Surely you are interested in stories of financially successful people. If so, then you will like the biography of Ingeborg Mootz, who is already 83 years old. She, like any old woman of her age, lives in a small private house, which is filled with old-fashioned furniture inside. Ingeborg keeps photographs of friends and relatives and leads a normal life. It would seem that there is nothing surprising in this phenomenon. But Ingeborg stands out because she is a successful stock speculator in Germany.
One day, when her husband died, the old woman realized that she simply had nothing to live on. The woman’s starting capital was the shares purchased earlier by her husband. Not missing her chance, Ingeborg began to play on the stock exchange. In a short time, the woman was able to earn 500 thousand euros. Moreover, her relatives trust her with their capital so that she increases it.
Today, the pensioner is not going to stop there, she wants to earn a million and is actively moving towards her goal. Moreover, Ingeborga gives practical advice to everyone, helps poor people and conducts courses for people who want to play on the stock exchange.
As the old lady herself says, her success is due to the fact that she is not fixated on money. For her, trading on the stock exchange is a simple hobby, the knowledge of which she is ready to share with the whole world.
Mukesh Ambani
Mukesh Ambani: Wikimedia
Indian businessman Mukesh Ambani closes the top ten richest people in the world. His fortune as of 2021 was estimated at $84.5 billion.
Mukesh is the founder and chairman of the board of directors of India's largest holding company, Reliance Industries. The company was founded by his late father in 1966 as a small textile factory. The company is currently engaged in:
- energy;
- petrochemicals;
- textile industry;
- telecommunications;
- retail trade.
Mukesh Ambani heads and manages Reliance Industries with revenue of $88 billion. Ambani's share in the company is 48%.
Our planet is inhabited by more than seven billion inhabitants. Only a small number of them, thanks to their mental abilities, entrepreneurial spirit and amazing hard work, manage to achieve incredible success. The ten richest people on the planet inspire with their achievements.
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