Are you destined to become A billionaire? Find out what it took to create 657 self-made billionaires. On Wednesday, April 1, 2009, Forbes.com revealed some interesting and even startling information about the education, skills, attributes, attitudes and experience that are representative of people who have become billionaires.
o Did they get a Harvard MBA or a Yale doctorate? Probably not.
o Were they born into a wealthy family? Possibly.
o Did they complete their college education? Possibly not.
o Were their parents intelligent? Probably.
o Did they have a high aptitude for English or Math? Math
The Forbes study sample was 657 self-made billionaires. The researchers analyzed such factors as their parents' professions, where they were educated, what happened in their early career efforts, and other life experiences that may have led to their ability to create such wealth.
Not surprising, a significant number of billionaires' parents were good at math and had careers as engineers, accountants and small business owners. An interesting discovery was that more billionaires were born in the fall, majority in September, and very few were born in the most popular birth month, December.
About 20% of the 292 self-made American billionaires listed in the most recent "World's Billionaires" have either never started or not completed their college education. This lack of a college degree is prevalent among such well known technology entrepreneurs as Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Michael Dell, Larry Ellison, and Theodore Waitt. On the other hand, more than 55% of those who became billionaires through business in finance, were more likely to have a graduate degree and if they got their MBA it was probably from Harvard, Columbia or University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business.
Looking back at their early career stages, many of the billionaires had severe setbacks and losses creating a fear of failure. "Failure is a necessary condition for success, though not a sufficient one," is a statement told to Forbes in 1007 by Pharmaceutical billionaire R.J. Kirk.
Are you destined to become a billionaire? Test your potential by answering the following questions:
o Are you able to crunch numbers easily?
o Were your parents good at math?
o Are you a technology expert who dropped out of college?
o Do you have an MBA from Harvard, Columbia or Wharton Business School?
o Have you already failed in one or more business ventures?
The next step is finding the golden opportunity and following it to its fruition - never giving up, taking risks, believing in yourself and your dreams, and perhaps some good old fashioned prayer.
Dr. Erica Goodstone has helped thousands of men, women, couples, and groups to develop greater awareness of the issues in their relationships and their lives, to overcome and alleviate stressors and discords, and to revitalize their relationships and their own mind-body-spirit connection. Dr. Goodstone can be contacted through her web site at http://www.DrEricaWellness.com and you can take the Create Healing and Love Personal Assessment and get your free report at http://budurl.com/createloveheal
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