How Bill Gates thinks
"My daughter will never marry a poor man!"
Bill Gates explains why he does not allow his daughter to marry a poor man,
"A few years ago, I attended a conference in the United States about investment and finance. One of the speakers was Bill Gates, and during the Q&A session, I asked a question that made everyone laugh.
If he, the richest man in the world, can accept that his daughter marries a poor or humble man. His answer turned my life upside down;
Bill's answer was as follows:
First, you must understand that wealth does not mean having a large bank account!
Wealth is primarily the ability to create wealth.
Example: Someone wins the lottery or lotto. Although he won $100 million, he is not a wealthy man: he is a poor man with a lot of money, which is why 90% of millionaires who win the lottery end up becoming poor again after 5 years.
You also have rich people who do not have money. For example, most entrepreneurs.
They are indeed on the path to wealth, even if they do not have money, because they are developing their financial intelligence, and that is wealth.
How do the rich and the poor differ?
It simply works like this: the rich can die to become wealthy, while the poor can kill for wealth.
If you see a young man who decided to graduate, learns new things, and constantly tries to improve himself, know that he is a wealthy man.
If you see a young man who thinks that the problem lies with the state, believes that all the rich are thieves, and constantly criticizes them, know that he is a poor man because he is poor-minded!
The rich are convinced that they only need information and training to get started, while the poor think that others should give them money to get started.
In conclusion, when I say that my daughter will not marry a poor man, I am not talking about money. I am talking about this man's ability to create wealth.
I'm sorry for what I'm about to say, but most criminals are poor. When they are faced with a large amount of money, they lose their minds, and that’s why they steal and rob, etc.
For them, this is a blessing, because they do not know how they can earn money themselves.
One day, a bank guard found a bag full of money and took the bag and handed it to the bank manager.
People considered this man a fool, but in reality, he was just a rich man without money.
After one year, the bank offered him a position as a receptionist, and after 3 years, he was responsible for clients, and after 10 years, he managed the regional branch of this bank, overseeing hundreds of employees, and his annual bonuses exceeded the value of what was in that bag!
Wealth first is a state of mind, my friend.