Showing posts with label Business. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Business. Show all posts

Saturday, August 11, 2012

Bill Gates & Paul Allen - Secrets of Legendary Business Partnerships Through the Eyes of Numerology


Bill Gates and Paul Allen have a lot more in common than Microsoft according to this character trait analysis based on Numerology. If you like the Discovery Channel and A&E, you will be delighted to learn what Numerology, an ancient science based on mathematics, reveals about the "story BEHIND the story".

Using Numerology to analyze the birth dates of these two childhood friends and now world-famous philanthropists, we find that Bill Gates and Paul Allen ironically share the same Life Path number of 4. And oh by the way, Oprah is also a 4.

Why is this important? The Life Path number comes from our birth dates and is the single most important number in our Numerology charts because it shines a light on the path that leads to discovering our life purpose and experiencing true fulfillment. And despite their differences, Bill and Paul were born to walk the same path.

THE 'UPSIDE' OF BUSINESS PARTNERS SHARING A FOUR LIFE PATH:

As evidenced by Bill and Paul's common Life Path number of 4, from the start they had inborn tendencies to be practical and down-to-earth individuals with strong ideas about right and wrong. Orderly and organized, systematic and controlled, they are decisive and methodical, employing a step-by-step rational approach to problem solving.

Once committed, neither of them gives up easily!

And naturally disinterested in 'get rich quick' schemes, they have a higher level of trust in hard work and long hours to establish a solid business foundation. Precise, tenacious and persevering, Bill and Paul were both born with great potential for success, but only the kind of success that comes after putting out massive effort and overcoming the limitations so often encountered on the 4 Life Path.

Thankfully, justice and honesty are sacred to both, so they share a tendency to be naturally reliable and dependable -- virtual cornerstones in their communities.

They are not idealists, but both are willing to work for a better world in a realistic way. Although sometimes a bit rigid in their ideas and too quick in judging others, they are loyal to those they love and tend to work well with others. While being part of a team, however, it is important for them to have their own responsibilities and well-defined tasks since they perform better when their responsibilities do not overlap with those of others.

Both Bill and Paul possess rare discipline and perseverance and not everyone can keep up with them, so they undoubtedly need to exercise caution to avoid being bossy and rude. As travel companions on the 4 Life Path, they have a natural ability to handle money carefully and like the security of nest egg, so it's no coincidence that their mutual love of work led them into a career early in life.

However, due to their shared methodical nature, they can both easily become rigid and stuck in convention. They can also be overly cautious when changes are necessary and this can cause them to miss opportunities that present themselves.

Most 4 Life Paths could use a tad bit more flexibility, but they do tend to be well-suited for marriage and often become responsible, loving parents. However, anything that violates their profound sense of order, such as separation or divorce, can be a shattering experience for them and they can easily become obsessed or even vengeful, seeking their own definition of justice.

In the end, both Bill Gates and Paul Allen are courageous and true survivors. They share the life path of "The Builder". They naturally tend to be the foundation of any enterprise, and their hard work and practical, traditional values pay off to provide them with the rewards they seek and deserve.

THE 'DOWNSIDE' OF THIS COMBINATION:

There are also some very real challenges in a business relationship where both partners share a four in this part of their charts. The bottom line is this particular combination often produces a relationship that is either excellent or extremely stressful. There is not much middle ground.

The lifestyle requirements of two partners on a 4 Life Path are usually very similar and they both like a certain amount of organization, predictability and routine in their lives. They don't mind being surprised once in a while, but they do like their daily routines to be firmly established, and preferably not interrupted.

Even aside from their natural compatibility, it would be impossible for partners who share the 4 Life Path to sustain this relationship without making some adjustments. The details are important because both of them tend to get quickly irritated when their carefully established daily routines are disturbed.

It is important that they respect each other's lifestyle and habits and not attempt to sacrifice their own desires to accommodate each other. Instead, they need to arrange a more separate routine, and live part of their daily life without much interaction. It is better than trying to adjust to each other, thereby creating small irritations and minor annoyances that over time turn into growing sources of anger.

Bill and Paul are both reliable, dependable people. They honor their promises. This is a powerful ally in their relationship, since it is important for Paul to be able to rely on Bill, and vice versa. However, if taken too far, their grounded, practical natures can also create a somewhat rigid lifestyle that will most likely lead to frustration and gradual alienation from friends and family members.

THE BOTTOM LINE:

Lacking tolerance and open-minded acceptance of other people's lifestyles can put a stranglehold on both Bill and Paul's social lives, and indirectly a strain on their own relationship.

Therefore, while other core numbers in their Numerology charts are important to consider as well, the keywords to maintaining a successful relationship between two business partners sharing a 4 Life Path are tolerance and flexibility.

(P.S. Special acknowledgment goes to Hans Decoz for his invaluable contribution to this discussion.)




Nancy Laine is an expert Numerologist specializing in character profiling and business relationship analysis in support of team building. Her clientele includes CEOs of major corporations, film stars, artists, authors, producers, recording artists, spiritual teachers, and professionals from all walks of life.

To schedule a Private Numerology Consultation or order a written Personalized Numerology Report, email Nancy Laine at nancylaine@gmail.com or call (727) 415-3878. For more information, visit her website at http://www.TokenRock.com/Numerology





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Thursday, July 5, 2012

Success Strategy of Bill Gates As Small Business Entrepreneur For Your Own Home Business


Introduction

Strategies are strategies. Dismiss for a moment from your mind what some people are saying about Bill Gates's offensive practices he used to transform himself from a small business entrepreneur to a titan in the business world. There are yet honest-to-goodness strategies we can glean from his sleeves. We can study, learn from them and possibly apply them in our own home based business. Upon this premise that this article was written.

Strategy of Bill Gates - Have a Vision

At the outset, I will lay down the results of my research on one secret strategy of Bill Gates. He used the same strategy to jump-start his small business to today's business behemoth. Based on my research, the strategy of Bill Gates is grounded upon the following:

"Have a VISION of what you want to achieve
and hold on to that vision come wrath or
high water."

His vision was:

"A Personal Computer on every desk."

By the way, I didn't want to use the grammatically correct expression "come hell or high water" - for personal reason - so excuse my grammatical preference. Anyway, let's go back to our subject. When you have a vision, you can make the impossible possible.

Almost everybody is familiar about how once upon a time the small business entrepreneur Bill Gates secured mighty IBM's contract to supply the latter's operating system. When he was negotiating with the IBM people, he had no operating system as yet. He was able to buy a Disk Operating System or DOS for $50 thousand. In the end, he got the contract. Why?

Bill Gates was guided by his vision - that every desk all over the world should have a computer on it. This vision enabled him to provide IBM with a DOS operating system and have control over it including to whom he wanted it sold to.

Beginning Entrepreneur

Before he became an entrepreneur, Bill Gates had nurtured the vision that software will one day rule the world. During high school he spent many late nights with friend Paul Allen tinkering with the school's computer system.

He dropped out of college after completing his junior year at Harvard. Instead, he and his bosom friend Paul Allen set up a small business - a software company - in far away New Mexico. This move was in accordance with his vision.

His vision became clearer as he moved from a total newbie to one with a small business to keep. His vision was clothed in clearer terms, as he negotiated the DOS deal with IBM.

Better late than never

Bill Gates's company ultimately became the leader in the software arena. During the first half of the 1990's - 1993 to be exact - he was among the last of the software titans to acknowledge the future significance of the Internet.

But once he did realize that indeed Internet was the wave of the future, he had the tenacity to reshape his vision. His vision retained its old flavor - that is, software dominance in commerce, industry and in every field. It was rehashed in his own words as follows:

"In the years ahead, the Internet will have
an even more profound effect on the way
we work, live and learn ... this technology
will be one of the key cultural and economic
forces of the early 21st century."

At this moment in time, Bill Gates is guided by the vision that the Internet is the wave of the present and the foreseeable future.

Lessons Learned

You can learn from Bill Gates by having your own vision for your small business. Lay down this vision in your mind. Then put it into writing. Read your vision everyday while at work in your small corner of the house. Your vision could be as short-term as the following:

"To make my web site land within the top five of
Google when people search for the keywords
'home based business,'" or

"$200,000 earning this year from Google

Adsense,"or

"To enrich the content of my web site using
the theme 'scrap book making.'"

Do not limit yourself to short-term vision. Aim for the long-term. A five to ten years period would suffice. Technology may change but your vision will essentially be the same. You may refine it if deemed necessary, like incorporating the effect of technological changes - as Bill Gates did.

Your Share of the Pie

Everybody - from Bill Gates down to your netpreneur friend - has recognized the tremendous role of the Internet in business developments. Some of the more immediate pressing concerns you should consider at this stage concerning your home based business are the following:

- General preference for digital transactions by clients. For example, as a beginning Internet entrepreneur you should meet your clients' demands who favor the use of online payment system.

At this juncture, I would like to refer you to my web site at http://www.InternetMarketingLearningCenter.com which offers free learning stuff on Internet marketing and home based business. One category being tackled in the web site is the online payment system. You may read online news and keep yourself abreast of the best software companion for your small business.

- Choose products that are preferred by people at this time when the Internet is dominating people's lives. It has been determined that information products and web shopping are favored by most consumers. Information products include your very own ebooks and "how-to" manuals.

- Make it your aim that your products are cheap, very useful, and the best among the rest of competing products. This applies most especially to shopping products. For your own digital products, you have the advantage of pricing them according to your own estimation.

You as the author of your own digital product determines the price level. It is no wonder why gurus like Jay Abraham, Jim Daniels and the late Corey Rudl have become so wealthy from selling their own digital pieces.

As for these three gurus, they will be among the titans that we will tackle in future issues of this series.

(c) 2005 Rick Tanzo. Reprint rights granted so long as article, by-line and active links are reproduced intact.




Rick Tanzo is the webmaster of the InternetMarketingLearningCenter.com [http://www.internetmarketinglearningcenter.com]. The site offers simple, fast and easy way to learn Internet marketing and some of the best home based business opportunities. Free reprintable articles are available on-site. Visit [http://www.internetmarketinglearningcenter.com].





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