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Words have powerful energy and can attract what we are talking about. There are words that are dangerous to utter, especially in the evening. Marina Zueva, a participant in the “Battle of Psychics,” shared her knowledge.
Drum, brownie, kikimora and other evil spirits mentioned at night can bring unpleasant changes into your life. And if you can still make friends with the brownie, then other spirits may well begin to create chaos in your home. Avoid mentioning them during the daytime as well. Extra troubles in life will not lead to anything good.
Broom, vacuum cleaner. These harmless words mentioned in the evening can literally bring trouble to you at work in the morning. Do not say, and certainly do not use this equipment in dark time days unless absolutely necessary. To avoid negativity, you can tie a red rope to a broom or vacuum cleaner, and troubles will bypass you.
Damage. Treat this word with caution, and especially do not try to cause damage. Many who decided to engage in rituals that were harmful to people, after some time they themselves became victims of the so-called “boomerang” - the return of negativity to the owner. It makes no sense to attract negativity into life, so you shouldn’t mention such a word before going to bed.
War. This word, like death, carries a colossal charge of destructive energy. In general, it should be mentioned as rarely as possible. When spoken in the evening, this word can accelerate the development of the disease.
Poverty, failure. The word itself and its derivatives very quickly lead to troubles in business and can provoke theft in your home. Avoid mentioning this word before going to bed, and seal off your apartment or house from any uninvited or unwanted guests.
Witch, sorcerer, exorcist. These words will be superfluous in your vocabulary before bed. Do not disturb subtle matters so as not to experience negative feelings the whole next day.
Fear, horror. Do not provoke the Universe into a negative response and do not mention these words. Protect yourself and your loved ones from troubles with home amulets. And if the word is spoken, then use a dream catcher. It will help you avoid unpleasant dreams.
Stupidity. Don't wish for yourself bad memory and do not say this word before going to bed. And if you have important meetings, training, or other mental activities coming up, eliminate it altogether. Otherwise, you run the risk of suddenly becoming “stupid” due to your own misunderstanding.
Remember that words can be used for your benefit. Learn to attract positivity with the power of thought and try to watch what and how you say. Never utter swear words at your opponent in anger, so as not to provoke trouble. We wish you good health, good luck, and don't forget to press the buttons and
In our difficult time many things still remain unexplained, and if we encounter difficulties, we are quite ready to believe in anything that helps. Psychologists consider one of the most incredible relationship- mutual communication between mother and child, and life shows that the power of maternal love is capable of working miracles, challenging one’s happiness even in fatal situations.
Foreign psychologists distinguish psychosomatics in separate species cause-and-effect relationships between the past, thoughts and actions, and then the consequences in the present and the impact on the future. One of the main mechanisms that operate flawlessly on a child’s health is the words with which a mother addresses her child. After all, a growing child is like a sponge, absorbing everything. And evil words can settle in the depths, and pain, taking root, poisons little man the future, and good words loving people can heal and give strength. And mom, as the closest and dear person, inextricably linked with your child, can work wonders.
One mother says:
“When we were just starting to fight for our eldest son, one psychiatrist - apart from everything very strange and not useful - gave us a huge gift. He talked about one experiment that was carried out somewhere in England (I could be wrong, since everything is from his words). Mothers of sick children performed a simple ritual every night.
After the child fell asleep, they waited for the active phase of sleep - this was about fifteen minutes later. And then they told the child simple words:
"I LOVE YOU. I'M PROUD OF YOU. I AM VERY GLAD YOU ARE MY SON. YOU ARE THE BEST SON FOR ME."
The text is something like this – the same for everyone.
And they compared these children with others - with similar diagnoses, but whose mothers did not whisper anything to them in the night. Babies who received their mother’s nightly declarations of love recovered much faster. This is maternal magic.
We started implementing this almost immediately. Much easier - unlike most therapies, it is free. At first I said what was written according to the script. Then I started improvising. Five years have passed, and I still whisper different words to my boys. Each of them and almost every night.
It’s difficult for me to talk about specific results, but Dani no longer has autism. And I am sure that my whispers played a role. But still there is something that it gives to me and the children. This is important to understand - magic works both ways! Both mother and child receive something very important. Everyone has their own “Something Important”.
What does this give?
A feeling of closeness with each of the children.
This is an incomparable feeling. No matter how old they are, at the moment of sleep they look like little angels. During the day it is not so easy to hug or hold them in your arms - they already have so much to do! And at night I hug each of them, talking about what is important to both of us. And I feel how our closeness grows and strengthens.
Individual time for everyone.
In the flow of days I can’t always devote time to everyone personal time. Most often we are all together, as one team. We play, communicate, eat - all together. But at this moment, each of them is special. Because I say different words to everyone. Based on what you now want and need to say to this particular baby.
I can say something important that may not be heard during the day.
The days are different. Sometimes children may not behave very well due to the abundance of information or sweets, and this complicates our communication. But when I whisper in their ears at night about how much I love them, all this remains in the past. Quarrels, misunderstandings, resentments...
The child feels love.
I once read that a child should often say a phrase like this: “Do you know that if we could choose, then out of all the children in the world we would choose you.” When I first told this to Matvey, he was delighted and surprised at the same time. He walked and repeated: “What, really me???” So I realized that it is very important for children to feel that they are special, that they are important and needed, exactly as they are. Now this phrase, along with “Did I tell you today that I love you?” firmly established in our lives. Moreover, Matvey - since he is the most talkative so far - always says in response that he would choose us as parents and would definitely choose his brothers.
I constantly say important phrases.
In constellation therapy, there is such a thing as “resolving phrases” - phrases that we say during constellation, and they change people’s perception of the world and heal their souls. The words are usually simple - about love, acceptance, regret. So I discovered that if important phrases Tell your children at night, then many problems can be solved on their own. For example, with hierarchy in the family. What phrases exist and what do I usually say:
“I am your mother and you are my son.”
This phrase helps if you do not feel a connection with your child, namely a spiritual connection. And also if your hierarchy is broken - and it is not clear who is whose mother.
"I'm big and you're small."
This phrase is again about hierarchy. And besides, it helps to grow up in relationships with children. Children relax a lot when mom finally becomes an adult.
"You are the best son for me."
Here you can add another child's order. After all, for example, I have not one son - but three. And each of them is good in its place.
“You are exactly the son we need.”
This helps the child feel his worth, his “goodness.” I especially recommend this phrase to those who constantly compare their child with others - not in his favor.
“You don’t have to do anything for me, I love you for who you are.”
Many will be outraged. But the phrase is not about not washing the dishes. But rather that for my sake you should not carry the family dynamics.
"I'm very glad you exist."
It especially helps those for whom the child was not very desirable.
"I'm glad you're a boy."
If, for example, you wanted a girl and for a long time could not accept the gender of your child.
“Dad and I love you very much, you are our son”
The key word here is “our”. Helps if you have a tendency for children to tug, pull and share.
“You are just like your dad”, “Your dad is the best dad for you”
If you have a conflict with the child’s father, if he does not raise the baby or you are in a quarrel. But even for those parents who are together, the phrase can be useful. If the mother does not accept the father and does not allow him to actively engage with the child.
"I'm really sorry".
The phrase is suitable if during the day you had a fight, there was no understanding, you were punished, you lost your temper. You should not beg for forgiveness - this violates the hierarchy. But it’s worth apologizing and saying that you’re very sorry.
"I'm proud of you".
It especially helps when you are trying to make a child into someone he is not - and who he may never be. It also helps for those children who are very different from others - special ones, for example.
"I love you".
Three magic words from everything. If this feeling is invested in them. That is, if you do not pronounce some syllables and letters mechanically, but with all your heart exhale a declaration of love.
How to choose phrases?
You can and should try different ones. And you will understand which ones are important and necessary for you and your child now. For example, I notice on my own that after that phrase, which is very important for me today, a deep exhalation occurs – on its own. Something relaxes inside.
It's the same with a child. When it is important for him to hear something now, for example, that you are proud of him, he exhales and relaxes. Just watch. Sometimes such signs are not immediately noticeable, sometimes they are not so bright. But the criterion is usually the same - some kind of relaxation.
To pronounce magic phrases need to tune in. You cannot, as I already said, do this mechanically. It is important to approach the process with soul, and not on the run. Like, now I’ll repeat the paper for three minutes, and everything will be fine. The most hard work happens inside. For words to be magical, they need to be charged with this magic. And the charge our children need is in our hearts.
Sometimes in order to say such simple words, you first need to say something similar to your parents (in your heart). I know girls who cried over their sleeping baby during their first sessions. From my own childhood pain. But magic is magic because it heals. And including our mother’s hearts.
The session should not be long. It's only three to five minutes. But a very emotionally intense five minutes. It is important to do this regularly and a little at a time. Small steps. And not try to whisper three hours of love once a week. We eat several times every day, and we don’t do it only on Sunday, right?
Today I want to tell you the stories of some of the richest people our planet, who were able to earn more than a billion dollars thanks to their brilliant ideas, hard work and the desire to get rich. What's most interesting is that all these people did not receive huge fortune inherited and did not win the lottery, they all started their business practically from scratch. Very interesting, read on.
Li Ka-shing – $26.5 billion
Li Ka-shing was born and lived in China until he left the country in 1940 and moved to Hong Kong. Due to the death of his father, he had to leave school at the age of 14 and go to earn money. His first job was in a company selling plastic products and he had to spend 16 hours there.
The first ten years, plus frugality, led to the opportunity to open my own business, Cheung Kong Industries. Like Ka-shing's previous place of work, it was engaged in plastics, but over time, it turned into the largest investment corporation in Hong Kong. Li Ka-shing himself is considered one of the richest Chinese.
Sheldon Adelson – $26 billion
Sheldon Adelson, the son of a taxi driver from Boston, began his entrepreneurial journey at age 12 by selling newspapers. After that, he was a court reporter, mortgage broker, investment advisor and financial consultant. There was a period when he tried to sell toiletries and charter tours.
But the organization of the computer exhibition COMDEX in 1979 was a serious success. In the next 2 decades, it was the leading exhibition in the computer field in the USA.
And in 1988, he and his partners acquired a casino and hotel in Las Vegas (Sands Hotel & Casino), after which he quickly began to get rich.
Sergey Brin – $24.9 billion
It's already new wave billionaires who began to earn money in the age of computerization and the Internet. Sergey Brin 40 years old Google owner and a former Russian, born in Moscow, and then moved to the USA with a family of mathematicians. He started working on search engines (that's the correct name for Google.com itself) at Stanford together with his classmate Larry Page. The system was tested at the university, and then they began to look for investors. The name Google is a mispronunciation of gugol, a word said during one of the project's presentations.
Brin and Page entered the list of billionaires in 2004, when they were 30 years old. Today, Brin is mainly involved in the development of new projects and areas, such as augmented reality glasses and an unmanned vehicle.
Larry Page – $24.9 billion
The co-founder and co-owner of Google has been leading the company itself since 2011 and is actually responsible for it. strategic development. In addition to Google, he is actively involved in the development of the clean energy sector, in particular, together with Brin, he invested in Tesla company Motors, which produces electric cars high level(this is a normal machine that is powered by batteries).
Roman Abramovich – $23.5 billion
A widely known personality in narrow circles, Roman Abramovich, a billionaire, is an orphan who was raised by his grandparents. I went into business while still a student, creating a cooperative for the production of toys and various polymers. After this there were many other companies and cooperatives, both in production and trade.
But as some say sharp tongues, Abramovich's main talent is that he knows how to find himself in right time V in the right place- thus, he was able to gain control of Sibneft, which allowed him to become a billionaire.
Amancio Ortega – $20.2 billion
Until I read who it was, the name meant absolutely nothing to me - Amancio Ortega. If we say that this is the founder and owner of Zara, then a lot will fall into place.
He started sewing his first suits in his living room with the help of 25 dollars and his wife. He opened his first clothing store in 1975, and after a while became the owner of the popular clothing chain Zara. In addition to the Zara chain, he has chains of clothing stores for children, for young girls, lingerie stores, etc. In total, Ortega has more than 3 thousand stores in 64 countries.
Mark Zuckerberg – $19 billion
29-year-old Mark Zuckerberg is an icon modern world. Young, lazy, creative and rich. The creator of the largest social network Facebook, which created a system for its university - Harvard - but in the end could not finish it, because... there was no time left. Helped in the creation of Chris Hughes, Dustin Moskowitz, plus Eduardo Saverin. The first major investment came from Peter Thiel, the founder of PayPal.
Now Facebook is a public company, which at first lost a lot in value, and then (in 2013) began to rise in price. Zuckerberg now has a 17% stake, making him the youngest billionaire in history.
Kirk Kerkorian – $16 billion
Now an elderly man aged 96 years old, he dropped out of school in the 8th grade for the sake of boxing. At that time he reached great success and even became the welterweight champion in the Pacific Non-Professional Boxing Championship. After the Second World War, he retired from the ring to the airfield and began flying airplanes, but in 1944 he ended up in Las Vegas, where he was stuck for 3 years. Having squandered a lot of money, he still said goodbye to gambling and bought the air transportation company Trans International Airlines for 60 thousand dollars. After some time, he was able to sell it for $104 million to Transamerica.
And since 1968, he went into Hollywood - he made money at MGM, United Artists, Columbia Pictures and 20th Century Fox.
Elon Musk – $6.7 billion
Elon Musk is one of those new rich people who are capturing the market with their brains, hands and business acumen. My first big deal was at the age of 12 - I wrote a program that I sold for $500 (at that age I only spent my pocket money on ice cream and buns). At the age of 25, together with his brother, he created a software company for news companies, and 4 years later he was able to sell it at a price of 307 million. He invested this money in the creation of PayPal, which, in turn, sold to eBay for $1.5 billion.
Today he is involved in the Space X space program and has contracts from NASA. The aforementioned Tesla Motors is also involved.
Dustin Moskowitz – $5.2 billion
About this young man You could also say that he was in the right place at the right time. Dustin Moskowitz is Mark Zuckerberg's roommate and helped him create Facebook. On this moment he owns 5% of the shares and this is the basis of his fortune. Facebook is not his main project now - he is currently working on the Asana project. This is a web application for effective collaboration on projects. Among the interesting things - he rides a bicycle to work and participates in the Giving Pledge project (a philanthropic project from Bill Gates and Warren Buffett). The essence of the project is that half of the members’ wealth goes to charity.
Ken Griffin – $4.4 billion
It's not just computers that make billions. Ken Griffin is the owner of Citadel hedge funds. He had his first positive experience of playing on the stock exchange at the age of 18 and has not stopped working since then. He became one of the most famous specialists in his field. After 2008, the funds lost half their value, but are now gradually recovering.
John Arnold – $2.8 billion
Another successful stock market player, John Arnold, got his start at the now-deceased Enron. At age 27, he earned $1 billion for the company and received his $8 million bonus. It was this money that I used to invest for myself and leave the boring company.
In 2012, he surprised the whole world by announcing that he was retiring from trading after 17 years. successful experience. Now he and his wife charitable foundation with a budget of $1.4 billion, and is also part of the Giving Pledge project, which we mentioned above.
Oprah Winfrey – $2.5 billion
Oprah Winfrey is a whole layer of American culture. This is the Cinderella of our days, who did not drop her shoe on the stairs, but plowed like a horse and used every opportunity. The beginning of life is harsh, you can’t say anything: a strict mother, she was first abused at the age of 9, at 14 she gave birth to a child who died in infancy. But when I was in school, I first got to work at a radio station. At the age of 19, she already hosted local news, then daytime talk shows. The next serious achievement is to promote a completely unpopular show so as to become a celebrity, and then, with experience and a name, create your own production company.
At 32, Oprah became a millionaire, and her show is a national treasure. Since 1994, it has become so popular that the check for the year exceeded 9-figure amounts. Oprah Winfrey became the first African-American woman to be included in Forbes list.
Today, if you get on air with Oprah, you can become a celebrity in 1 day. For example, they did this to Robert Kiyosaki in 1997 (of course, we will not belittle the achievements of Robert himself).
Mikey Jagtiani – $2.5 billion
Mikey Jagtiani, a representative of the Middle East on our list of billionaires, was going to become an accountant, but his studies didn’t work out because... living in London turned out to be too expensive, plus exams were also not going smoothly. To survive, I had to work as a taxi driver and cleaner.
At the age of 21, Mikey Jagtiane ends up in Bahrain alone with 6 thousand dollars (that’s all the family had) and opens a children’s goods store with this money. And today it is a retail chain on the list of the most profitable in the Middle East.
A corporation called Landmark includes 280 stores throughout the Middle East and brings Mike Jagtiani up to 650 million in profit per year.
Michael Rubin – $2.3 billion
Another representative of modern billionaires, Michael Rubin, CEO Kynetic. He began his journey as an entrepreneur as a child and sold seeds to neighbors. At the age of 10, he already hired 5 guys to remove snow from neighbors’ lawns for money. At the age of 14, this future billionaire had already opened his first store, persuading his father to sign a lease agreement. At 23, he was already a director in a company with sales of $50 million.
But he saw his destiny in e-commerce, which was just beginning to develop. He invested about 80 million in his online store, but, despite increasing sales, he could not make this business sustainable. However, eBay came to the rescue and bought the company from Rubin for 2.4 billion. The price is much higher than the actual cost of this project, but eBay was behind in the race with Amazon, so they shelled out the money.
Today Rubin is involved in Fanatics clothing stores and websites of various types, in which he has already invested 500 million.
Eduardo Saverin – $2.2 billion
Another person who made a fortune on Facebook. Saverin was Zuckenberg's first investor and was commercial director. young project. But while Saverin was in New York practicing, Zuckerberg attracted new investors and artificially lowered his stake from 34% to 0.03%. Eduardo sued and regained his share to 5%.
This 5% allowed him to get on the list of billionaires. In addition, the man turned out to be reasonable and, before Facebook filed for an IPO, renounced his US citizenship and became a citizen of Brazil, which allowed him not to pay American taxes. And although his passport is Brazilian, he lives in Singapore and invests in online projects: an application that scans the barcode of a product and offers it at the lowest price on the Internet or online payments with a credit card using a webcam.
Sean Parker – $2 billion
Another co-owner of Facebook, Sean Parker, started out as a talented programmer and hacker. Already at the age of 16, he was arrested for hacking the websites of companies that were on the Forbes list. He also had a hand in creating the Internet resource Napster, through which one could exchange music. It was a breakthrough of sorts, although closed due to “some” friction with the law. At 24, he meets Zuckerberg and is president Facebook company. True, then he is removed, which, however, does not prevent him from retaining 3% of the shares and becoming a billionaire.
Today he is engaged in his own startups.
Richard Desmond – $2 billion
Richard Desmond's life was also not pampering at first: his parents divorced, they lived together in a small apartment, he left school at the age of 14 to play the drums and help his mother earn money.
First real work he had a job at the Thomson Newspaper, but by the age of 21 he was the owner of two record stores. But the media experience also continued - in 1974, Desmond became the publisher of the International Musician and Recording World magazine.
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It is difficult to find a person who would not like to live in abundance. And if some have to work hard every day to earn a penny, then for others fate has given huge fortunes in the form of an inheritance.
1. Wealth without happiness is an empty ringing of coins
Unfortunately, most of us are not the darlings of fate, and there is no end in sight to our everyday troubles. But many rich people created their first capital thanks to resourcefulness and the correct use of their talents, on which their entire biography was based. And thoughts, as time shows, are united in one thing - to work as hard as possible more wisely and don't be lazy.
Famous French writer and the philosopher Stendhal believed that man lives on earth not in order to become rich, but in order to become happy. Achieving high well-being does not mean finding peace and joy in life. Direct proof of this is the biographies of the world's richest people. Many billionaires, drowning in luxury, still remained lonely and unhappy.
2. Biography and thoughts of the richest people in the world, and also kind ones
The successful people of this world are known to everyone. Bill Gates, for example, has been one of the And where did he start for a number of years? I just loved technology, was interested in computers and created the Microsoft program. He simply took a risk, but he took a calculated risk, realizing that the product was necessary for personal computer users. His main motto is not to stop there. It was he who suggested that intellectual property has a shelf life for bananas.
Let's look at another successful lady. Oprah Winfrey, a black American woman, lived in a poor family and studied in a simple school. Only self-improvement, curiosity and a diligent attitude towards everything she does brought her to the bench of the history department. Perhaps it was the biography and thoughts of the richest people in the world, about whom she learned from history books, that taught her a lot. “Don't give up on your dreams. Don't be disappointed in yourself. Your persistence will still pay off!” - these are her words. They are a direct confirmation of her determination. A sharp mind, a desire to delve deeper into the destinies of people, and purity of speech made her OWN program the most popular and in demand among viewers. So not all biographies of the richest people in the world are full of gifts of fate.
3. Acquired or appropriated?
I don’t really want to find out how they got rich Russian tycoons, the whole point is that here, in addition to intelligence and resourcefulness, the “freebie” effect worked. Many Russian rich people became owners of what remained of Soviet period property: factories, factories, combines, etc. The biography and thoughts of the richest people in the world regarding Russian billionaires are losing their instructiveness and meaning. Everything was earned fraudulently in the dashing 90s through the appropriation of someone else's or state capital.
Another thing American billionaire Donald Trump. He was brought up in an ordinary family with four children. Donald was difficult child, and in order to at least slightly curb the boy’s difficult temperament, at the age of 13 he was placed in Military Academy. And there he learned discipline and toughness. He perfectly described his character with the words: “In business it is better to be impudent, even impudent, than tough and intractable.” Studying was a morale booster, and Donald decided to be more aggressive to get the results he wanted. The owner of numerous casinos and hotels scattered around the world began by reconstructing the Commodore Hotel with the support of the state, together with his father. The biography of the richest people in the world - Donald and Fred Trump - tells that there are no easy paths to wealth. Life rewards those who are not afraid of difficulties.
The biography of the richest people in the world often begins precisely with the impulses of moral and psychological nature. The main thing is to be able to do so and not deviate from the intended goal.
The TOP 10 richest people in the world in 2016 were determined by Forbes magazine.
TOP 10 richest people on the planet in 2017
On March 1, Forbes published its ranking of dollar billionaires. In total, there were 1810 people on the list of names; the size of their capital was estimated by the volume of assets as of January 2017.
- Bill Gates, net worth: $75 billion.
- Amanisio Ortega, his assets are $67 billion.
- Warren Buffett, owner of $60.8 billion.
- Carlos Slim Helu, with $50 billion in personal property.
- Jeff Bezos, owner of $45.2 billion.
- Mark Zuckerberg with a capital of $44.6 billion.
- Larry Ellison, worth $43.6 billion.
- Michael Bloomberg, owner of $40 billion.
- Charles Koch with $39.6 billion.
- David Koch brother Charles Koch, with a similar capital of $39.6 billion.
What do people who handle billions and invest tens of millions in the development of new projects do?
Rating leader - Bill Gates
Bill Gates tops the TOP 10 richest people in the world this year. His income increases not only thanks to the activities he founded Microsoft, which once made a revolutionary breakthrough in the market software, but also through investing in developing projects, such as:
- mechanical engineering;
- railway companies;
- development and disposal of industrial waste.
The biography of Bill Gates is one of the stories of rich people who started from scratch. While still a student, he devoted a lot of time to studying and developing programming languages and writing programs for various tasks.
A breakthrough in his career and in the fate of the Microsoft company he founded was the development operating system MS-DOS and a contract with IBM. Further expansion led to the development of the Windows OS, which allows the company to still dominate the software market.
Successful businessmen are always strong personalities, and the famous rules formulated by Gates confirm this. Here are the most valuable and meaningful of them:
- "Life is unfair - get used to it."
- “Change the way you think about failure and learn from your mistakes.”
- “Before you criticize your parents, start with yourself.”
- "You won't become vice president with personal driver until you deserve one and the other.”
This year it turned out that among the TOP 10 richest people in the world there were several people who earned multi-billion dollar capital thanks to computer and network technologies.
In 5th place among the ten richest people on the planet was Jeff Bezos, head of the Amazon online store. He also owns the aerospace company Blue Origin and publishing house The Washington Post.
Bezos, like many influential businessmen, actively invests funds without stopping at the achieved figures. He invests in projects such as Twitter, UBER, AirBNB, Rethink Robotics and promising startups.
Interesting facts about Amazon and Jeff Bezos himself (pictured):
- The company prohibits the use of color printers and all information is printed in black and white to save money.
- The size of the teams working on a project is determined using the “2-pizza rule.” If a group at lunchtime does not have enough 2 pizzas to eat lunch, then the group size is too large.
- Special robots are used to sort goods in Amazon warehouses.
- Bezos personally designed the boxes in which orders are packaged so that they can then be used in everyday life rather than thrown away.
- In 2015, the company was allowed to deliver goods by drone in some states.
Mark Zuckerberg has raised many eyebrows with his presence in 6th place among the 10 richest people in the world. Founder of social Facebook networks hit the TOP rating for the first time. His interest in programming began with computer graphics and creating simple computer games. School friends brought him primitive pictures from which he copied future game characters.
At the moment, Zuckerberg is the youngest billionaire in the world (his age is 31 years old), and he can rightfully be called a businessman who is rapidly increasing his capital. While Bill Gates is for last year lost $4 billion, and Warren Buffett, who is in third place in the ranking - almost $12 billion, Zuckerberg increased his capital by $11 billion in 2015.
Brief biographies of the richest people in history
The most successful entrepreneurs in human history laid the foundations for doing business in modern civilization. Some of the names have become household names, and aspiring businessmen take their cues from the rich themselves. How did those whose biographies later become models of entrepreneurial thinking get rich? The capitals of outstanding businessmen throughout history have been adjusted to modern levels taking into account inflation.
- The most successful entrepreneurs in history are the Rothschild family, whose fortune is now estimated at $350 billion. Mining enterprises, winemaking, investing money in banks, agricultural land and private assets helped them accumulate such capital.
- John Rockefeller, who earned $340 billion (in today's dollars) during his lifetime. The areas of his business involved oil refining - he founded the company Standard Oil, also invested in railroads, steel mills, shipping companies, and real estate firms.
- Andrew Carnegie - industrialist with American and Irish roots, owner of a steel company Carnegie Steel, whose assets would now be $310 billion.
- Henry Ford, the American automaker, left his mark on history as successful businessman And a wise man of its time. The company he founded, Ford Motor, which has many branches in various countries peace. His capital would be $199 billion by today's standards.
- Cornelius Vanderbilt, who also founded a dynasty of entrepreneurs, actually changed the course of American history. His main profitable business was investing in railway, which was actively developing at that time. In total, during his life he earned 185 billion dollars in terms of the level of our days.
How did rich people become rich? This question haunts many people and it is almost impossible to give a definite answer to it. A promising businessman who feels the so-called “vein” in himself acts simultaneously with cold calculation and relying on intuition in making important decisions.
One of the main features noticeable in many biographies of rich people is the ability and desire to take risks. The Rockefeller quote, “Whoever works all day has no time to make money,” reflects the state of mind of a successful entrepreneur - in certain moment you need to be able to quit one activity and switch to another in order to achieve success in it.
Successful people and charity
Many of the success stories of wealthy people include lines about charitable donations and sponsorship of organizations that do not generate significant profits. Charity as an activity for successful people deserves special attention. What makes rich people donate their capital and for what purposes?
- educational programs;
- vaccine development and vaccination in developing countries;
- AIDS research;
- assistance to refugees;
- fight against polio.
Michael Bloomberg, who is in 8th place in the Forbes top ten, has currently donated about $4 billion to charity. The main areas of his assistance are contributions to the development of art, educational goals and medical research, in particular, cancer therapy and diagnosis.
The Koch brothers, co-owners of the Koch Industries holding, actively donate funds to the development of education in the United States, and in 2014, one of the areas of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York was named after David Koch in gratitude for the funds allocated for its reconstruction.