The World’s Billionaires – That’s with a “B” – What can we learn from them?
Whether money is the value you seek in life or not, it is a necessity in many of the world’s societies. Some of the lessons from success may be applicable across economic scales and it is in that which this information is presented here. The Forbes 2015 Ranked List of Billionaires is a list of innovators and leaders to learn from. Some have interesting stories that even a hard working innovative nurses can relate to like starting a business in your garage or aligning yourself with successful people and doing what they do. Just for fun and inspiration give a quick look over the list. >>>
Universal Wisdom Learned Form the Success of the World’s Rich
Here are a few experts that may be of interest from the facts and figures in several related articles in Forbes paired with words of wisdom on what may be a more universal meaning to an innovative nurse and many of the rest of us:
Forbes: Despite pockets of economic turmoil, the number of billionaires around the world expanded to record 1,826, including 290 newcomers.
Wisdom: It is better to live in peace than in bitterness and strife. Confucius
Forbes: The total includes 290 newcomers, 71 of whom hail from China.
Wisdom: I challenge you to make your life a masterpiece. I challenge you to join the ranks of those people who live what they teach, who walk their talk.Tony Robbins
Forbes: Youth are on the rise: A record 46 among the ranks are under age 40.
Wisdom: Youth is not enough. And love is not enough. And success is not enough. And, if we could achieve it, enough would not be enough.
Mignon McLaughlin
Forbes: The most famous rookie on the billionaires list? Michael Jordan, arguably the greatest basketball player of all time and indisputably the best-paid athlete of all time.
Wisdom: “All skate, everyone skate.”The announced permission at a skating rink for everyone to get in the rink and participate!
Forbes: One earthward note: The average net worth of list members came in at $3.86 billion, down $60 million from 2014.
Wisdom: Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and grieves which we endure help us in our marching onward. Henry Ford
Forbes:: Bill Gates is once again the richest person on the planet, a title he’s held for 16 of the past 21 years. His fortune grew $3.2 billion since last year to $79.2 billion, despite a gift of $1.5 billion in Microsoft MSFT -2.33% shares to The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in November 2014.
Wisdom: A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle. James Keller, Clergyman
Forbes: Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg moves up 5 spots to number 16, his first time ranked among the world’s 20 richest. Ma and three other Chinese are among the the biggest gainers and appear among the 50 richest on the list.
Wisdom: In all ranks of life the human heart yearns for the beautiful; and the beautiful things that God makes are his gift to all alike. Harriet Beecher Stowe
Forbes: Zuckerberg is also the leader in a youth revolution that has minted 46 billionaires under the age of 40. The youngest billionaire on the planet is Evan Spiegel, 24, co-founder of photo- messaging app Snapchat.
Wisdom: The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively. Bob Marley
Forbes: The year’s biggest loser in dollar terms is Aliko Dangote of Nigeria, whose fortune dropped to $14.7 billion from $25 billion last year, propelled downward by a weaker Nigerian currency and shrinking demand for cement, his largest asset. He still retains the title of Africa’s richest man.
Wisdom: In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of. Confucius
Forbes: Guatemala has a billionaire for the first time, and Iceland returns to the ranks after a five-year absence, the result of a comeback by Thor Bjorgolfsson, who’s now the only billionaire in Iceland’s history.
Wisdom: “All skate, everyone skate.” The announced permission at a skating rink for everyone to get in the rink and participate!
Forbes: There’s no doubt that entrepreneurship is thriving globally. Fully 1,191 members of the list are self-made billionaires, while just 230 inherited their wealth. Another 405 inherited at least a portion but are still working to increase their fortunes
Wisdom: Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success. Henry Ford
Forbes: 20 of the richest women in 2015 are Billionaires
Wisdom: There are so many young women coming up through the ranks. Adele is an amazing singer. Beyonce has great stage presence. She’s just a beautiful woman. I love how everyone has just taken charge of their lives and careers. Pat Benatar
Nurses, these wisdoms support what do and allow for others; and more importantly, how and why you do it:
Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship. Buddha
Wealth is the ability to fully experience life. Henry David Thoreau
It is health that is real wealth and not pieces of gold and silver. Mahatma Gandhi
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