{"id":8583,"date":"2016-09-27T08:07:25","date_gmt":"2016-09-27T12:07:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=8583"},"modified":"2016-09-27T08:09:47","modified_gmt":"2016-09-27T12:09:47","slug":"10-lessons-on-life-shared-by-billionaires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bygeorgejournal.ca\/?p=8583","title":{"rendered":"10 Lessons on Life shared by Billionaires"},"content":{"rendered":"

Forbes Magazine<\/em> catalogues priceless words of wisdom and Forbes staff Keren Blankfeld has done a very great job in compiling a must-read list of life observations in her piece: Billionaires To Graduates: All-Time Best Advice From Their Commencement Speeches<\/a><\/p>\n

The following list is the top 10 lessons successful business people have shared in commencement speeches to graduating classes:<\/p>\n

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  1. Life is short.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    \u201cAs you graduate, can you ask yourselves to live as if you had eleven days left? I don\u2019t mean blow everything off and party all the time\u2014 although tonight is an exception. I mean live with the understanding of how precious every single day would be. How precious every day actually is.\u201d \u2013 Sheryl Sandberg, UC Berkeley 2016<\/p>\n

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    \u201cYour time is limited, so don\u2019t waste it living someone else\u2019s life. Don\u2019t be trapped by dogma \u2014 which is living with the results of other people\u2019s thinking. Don\u2019t let the noise of others\u2019 opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.\u201d \u2013 Steve Jobs, Stanford 2005<\/p>\n

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    \u201cAlways remember that the moments we have with friends and family, the chances we have to do things that might make a big difference in the world, or even to make a small difference to someone you love \u2014 all those wonderful chances that life gives us, life also takes away. It can happen fast, and a whole lot sooner than you think.\u201d \u2013 Larry Page, University of Michigan 2009<\/p>\n

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    1. Be present.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      \u201cBeing present is smarter, funnier and undeniably more attractive. When you\u2019re right here, right now, you notice things. You notice the nuance and expressions of the people around you. You notice the things that might make you a new friend or get you hired or even give you a chance of hooking up. You notice today and how wonderful it is. You noticed the people around you might not be as lucky as you are and the people who work their asses off to make sure you succeed.\u201d \u2013 Chris Sacca, University of Minnesota, Carlson School of Management 2011<\/p>\n

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      1. Be bold and take risks.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        \u201cI will hazard a prediction. When you are 80 years old, and in a quiet moment of reflection narrating for only yourself the most personal version of your life story, the telling that will be most compact and meaningful will be the series of choices you have made. In the end, we are our choices. Build yourself a great story.\u201d \u2013 Jeff Bezos, Princeton University 2010<\/p>\n

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        1. Embrace failure and learn from it.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          \u201cIt doesn\u2019t matter how far you might rise\u2026. If you\u2019re constantly pushing yourself higher, higher the law of averages not to mention the Myth of Icarus predicts that you will at some point fall. And when you do I want you to know this, remember this: there is no such thing as failure. Failure is just life trying to move us in another direction.\u201d \u2013 Oprah Winfrey, Harvard University 2013<\/p>\n

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          \u201cI have always believed and I have taught my children and grandchildren that great success is not built on success. It is built on failure, frustration and sometimes even calamity.\u201d \u2013 Sumner Redstone, Northwestern University 2002<\/p>\n

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          1. Be of service: make the world better.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            \u201cIn the course of your lives, without any plan on your part, you\u2019ll come to see suffering that will break your heart. When it happens, and it will, don\u2019t turn away from it; turn toward it. That is the moment when change is born.\u201d \u2013 Melinda Gates, Stanford 2014<\/p>\n

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            1. Use your imagination.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

              \u201cImagination is not only the uniquely human capacity to envision that which is not, and therefore the fount of all invention and innovation. In its arguably most transformative and revelatory capacity, it is the power that enables us to empathize with humans whose experiences we have never shared.\u201d \u2013 J.K. Rowling, Harvard University 2008 (former billionaire)<\/p>\n

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              1. When a great dream shows up, follow it.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                \u201cI dreamed of doing it and finally I achieved it and that is when I came to realize that fantasizing, projecting yourself into a successful situation is the most powerful means there is of achieving personal goals.\u201d \u2013 Leonard Lauder, Connecticut College 1989<\/p>\n

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                \u201cOverall, I know it seems like the world is crumbling out there, but it is actually a great time in your life to get a little crazy, follow your curiosity, and be ambitious about it. Don\u2019t give up on your dreams. The world needs you all!\u201d \u2013 Larry Page, University of Michigan 2009<\/p>\n

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                1. Be flexible.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                  \u201cYou don\u2019t need a grand plan. Whatever plan you do have is probably going to change 100 times before you\u2019re 30. And you don\u2019t need to be an expert in something to try it.\u201d \u2013 Michael Bloomberg, University of North Carolina 2012<\/p>\n

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                  1. Work hard and be irrepressible.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                    \u201cIrrepressible is kind of tenacious, but with optimism. You just have it in you. You keep going and going. You could say, isn\u2019t that the same as passion. It\u2019s not. Passion is the ability to get excited about something. Irrepressibility and tenacity is about the ability to stay with it.\u201d \u2013 Steve Ballmer,\u00a0University of Southern California 2011<\/p>\n

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                    \u201cIt is the hard days \u2014 the times that challenge you to your very core \u2014 that will determine who you are.You will be defined not just by what you achieve, but by how you survive.\u201d \u2013 Sheryl Sandberg, UC Berkeley 2016<\/p>\n

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                    1. Don\u2019t let money drive you.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                      \u201cThe truth is, I\u2019ve never cared for money. I realize that sounds strange coming from a billionaire, and I recognize that many people do work for money, but I would wager that those who become extremely successful are more strongly motivated by the desire to achieve, by a commitment to excellence and by an obsessive drive to win.\u201d \u2013 Sumner Redstone,\u00a0Northwestern University 2002<\/p>\n

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                      Read the full Forbes<\/em> article here:\u00a0 Billionaires To Graduates: All-Time Best Advice From Their Commencement Speeches<\/a><\/p>\n

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