Howsuccessfulleadersspenttheirteenageyears
Idon’tthinkIhaveeverbeforebeencomparedwithBillGatesSteveJobsetc. 16ButforwhatitisworthI’llgiveyousometraitsthatIthinkarecommonamongmostofthesepeople.
Reading
Readawidevarietyofbooksandarticlesthatstretchyourimagination.Don’tjustreadeasybooks(likeHarryPotter). 17Thosedifficulttextscanreallystretchyourmind.
Becausemostofthepeoplementionedgrewupinadifferenteratheyspentabigportionoftheirtimejustreadingtheencyclopedia.Manyofthemwouldeventuallyreadeveryencyclopediavolumeletter.Thesepeoplehadastrongneedtolearnnewthings.
Play-acting
Atanearlyagemostofthesepeoplespentmoretimeplay-actingthanothers.Veryfewofthesepeoplespenttheirtimeplayingorganizedsports---theyinsteadwereintheirbedroombackyardornearbyparkplayingbythemselves. 18
Experimenting
Itisamazinghowmanysuccessfulpeoplelitthingsonfireblewthingsupcaughtandstudiedbugsbuiltbirdnestsandmore. 19Andtheyweretheonesinchargeoftheexperiment.
Creatingvs.Consuming
Watchingwonderfulmovieslisteningtomusicetc.areallgreatwaystospendtime. 20
Mostofthesesuccessfulpeoplespentalargepercentageoftheirtimecreating.Theywerebuildingthingsstartingthingsetc.Thisisreallyimportant.
A. Readthingsthatchallengeyourthought.
B. Todayitishardertospendtimecreating.
C. Theywerelettingtheirimaginationrunwild.
D. Theywerebuildingcreatingviewingandobserving.
E. Buttheyarepassive----theseareconsumingfunctions.
F. Mostofthesepeoplehadparentsthataskedthemtoreadless.
G. Iamnowherenearassuccessfulasmostofthepeopleonthislist.