What is the secret to becoming one of the richest people in the world?
Find out what the secrets are to becoming one of the richest people in the world. What steps did they take in their lives and their careers to get to that point? You may ask "How did they get that rich?" This lens will show you
where the richest people started, how they got to be ultra rich, and how you can learn to become rich too!
Take these steps that the richest people took to become wealthy.
Most people live paycheck to paycheck and can barely pay for gas that goes in thier car, while they work a 9-5 job that is slowly driving them crazy.Everyone want's to find a way out of this craziness, they have tried different get rich quick scams and have found out quickly that it just doesn't work that way.
The problem is that people think that the way to get rich is by doing it quickly and think that if they put a few hours in it that they will become rich overnight. It just doesn't work that way.
You may be one of these people that have tried various internet programs, MLM, direct mail programs, data entry, and still unable to achieve real wealth and financial security.
Another problem is that we are using what we have been taught about life and how it should work, INSTEAD of doing what does work!
If you follow what does work you will become successful in your pursuit to also become one of the richest people!
Dare to thinking big, that's the secret to prepare you to achieve your millionaire dream!
Here are the steps that the ultra rich use.
- They have desire!
- An exceptional ability to manage money. They all have drive!
- They set goals.
- They have a business plan.
- They have a vision in their mind and they think big!
- They never let fear stop them from getting what they want. They are risk takers.
- And last, but not least patience!
Books about the ultra rich
The Wealthy 100: From Benjamin Franklin to Bill Gates-A Ranking of the Richest Americans, Past and Present
Amazon Price: (as of 12/07/2009) 
Wealth-Building Secrets As Practiced By The World's Richest People: What The Kuwaitis Can Teach You About Getting Rich -- And Staying Rich
Amazon Price: $18.00 (as of 12/07/2009)
The Secret to Getting Rich Trilogy: The Ultimate Law of Attraction Classics: Think and Grow Rich, Master Key System, Science of Getting Rich
Amazon Price: $11.21 (as of 12/07/2009)
The Science of Getting Rich: The Original Guide to Manifesting Wealth Through the Secret Law of Attraction
Amazon Price: $5.94 (as of 12/07/2009)
Affiliate Millions: Make a Fortune using Search Marketing on Google and Beyond
Amazon Price: $16.47 (as of 12/07/2009)
Do what the richest people in the world do!
99% of all rich and successful people started off nearly broke. The average self-made millionaire has been bankrupt or close to bankrupt more than 3 times. Most of them failed several times before they finally found the right opportunity that they were able to leverage into financial success.Always remember this: Nobody is better than you and nobody is smarter than you. Get those thoughts out of your mind. You are in control of your own success.
Most self-made millionaires are average people just like you and me with average educations, they have worked at average jobs. But they have found out what other financially successful people do, and they have patterned what they have done. They find a person or persons that have had success and they learn from them what steps they took to get to achieve success. And when you pattern yourself after what they do. You will find success too! It is all up to you.
There is no one real answer to what it is that the richest people in the world do to become successful. Some of them inherit their money, some of them have struggled to get to the top and some have not had to struggle so hard. It really depends on what you have in you to achieve success.
The Top 5 Richest Americans
Here is a list of the richest Americans!
- Bill Gates - $59 Billion! ~ Holy cow!
Self made Billionaire! As everyone knows or maybe you don't (I can't believe you wouldn't know) but, Bill is the co founder of Microsoft! I don't think we need to say anymore. - Warren Buffett(no relation to Jimmy) - $52 Billion! ~ Wow!
Warren is a self made Billionaire who is an investor. He holds shares in some of the worlds biggest company's like Anheuser Bush, Coca Cola!, Wells Fargo, and many other huge companies! - Sheldon Adelson - $28 Billion ~ That is a lot of cash!
Sheldon is a self made Billionaire also. He is a rags to riches story. His story is a long one, but he buys and sells Casinos in Vegas Baby! - Lawrence Ellison - $26 Billion ~ Whoa! It's incredible!
Also self made. Are you feeling like there is a pattern here? Hummm... anyway, Lawrence is the founder and creator of the software company Oricle. A business intelligence software that was originally created for the CIA (Cool!),and was in direct competition with Microsoft! - Sergey Brin - $18.5 Billion ~ This is insane!
Ok. This is getting silly. Another self made Billionaire. Sergey is the co founder of Google! He went to Stanford and dropped out to start Google in 1998 in a friends garage!!
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DVD's about the ultra rich
The Millionaire Inside - Special Two Disc Set
Amazon Price: (as of 12/07/2009)
Biography - Nelson Rockefeller: Passionate Millionaire
Amazon Price: $22.49 (as of 12/07/2009)
The Billionaire Inside / Donald Trump
Amazon Price: (as of 12/07/2009)
Biography - Sam Walton: Bargain Billionaire (A&E DVD Archives)
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Mark Zuckerberg
About Mark Zuckerberg
Mark is America's youngest self made billionaire
Age 25
$1.5 billion, self-made
Tech's newest golden boy founded addictive social-networking site Facebook in February 2004 from his Harvard dorm room. He left school for Silicon Valley that year. Microsoft paid $240 million last October for a 1.6% stake, giving the company an implied valuation of $15 billion. Some analysts and a few Facebook investors think that's high. We think Zuckerberg's stake is worth $1.5 billion. Regardless, Zuckerberg is the youngest billionaire on earth and possibly the youngest self-made billionaire ever.
$1.5 billion, self-made
Tech's newest golden boy founded addictive social-networking site Facebook in February 2004 from his Harvard dorm room. He left school for Silicon Valley that year. Microsoft paid $240 million last October for a 1.6% stake, giving the company an implied valuation of $15 billion. Some analysts and a few Facebook investors think that's high. We think Zuckerberg's stake is worth $1.5 billion. Regardless, Zuckerberg is the youngest billionaire on earth and possibly the youngest self-made billionaire ever.
Just a few more Billionaires by request!
Larry Page and Sergey Brin- Founders of Google
How could I forget the founders of Google? Well, here's the goods for ya, Google was founded by two men Larry Page and Sergey Brin. Mr Page and Mr Brin are geniuses with computers and,the founders of the world's most popular internet search engine! 200 million searches a day! Wow!!!They started Google from a friends garage in 1998! Raising $1m from family, friends and other investors. Both Mr Page and Mr Brin come from an academic and computer science or mathematical background.
They are worth about $7 billion on paper, but apparently only accept $1 annually salary which is hard to believe!
Their headquarters are in Mountain View California- The staff playes roller hockey on a regular basis in the parking lot of the headquarters, can bring their pets to work, and the staff is allowed to do their own project one day a week.
Steven Chen and Chad Hurley- Founders of You Tube
And, let's not forget You Tube! Chad Hurley and Steve Chen are the founders of You Tube and there is also another co-founder named Jawed Karim.These men all worked for paypal early on and Mr. Chen and Mr. Karim studied computer science at the University of Illinois and Mr. Hurley studied design at Indiana University.
You Tube was launched in 2005 and has grown to become one of the biggest video sites on the internet today! Hosting over 6 million videos and has over 500,000 user accounts. In 2007, YouTube alone used as much bandwidth as the entire Internet in 2000, and that over 13 hours of video are uploaded everyday!! That is crazy!
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- jgelien jgelien Oct 26, 2009 @ 6:48 pm
- Well crafted lens on an fascinating topic. 5 stars.
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- fegadets fegadets Sep 2, 2009 @ 12:52 am
- Hey Its Great,
Everyday i goes through the list of worlds richest man..n if i m not there, i go to work........
Thats d way to flash on forbes...
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- Cop-Speak Cop-Speak May 16, 2009 @ 1:41 am
- Great lens... I love your story About Mark Zuckerberg ! Thanks for the awesome information.
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- LiStra LiStra Mar 8, 2009 @ 5:32 pm
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