Bill Gates just retired - The 4-Hour Work Week and Timothy Ferriss

zhongguohua88 · #1 06-27-2008, 10:50 PM

http://www.forbes.com/billgates/

I thought this was relevant. I guess at some level the extra dollar earned is just not worth it for Mr. Gates. He is now going to spend his time in philanthropic ventures with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. That made me think of the last chapters of the book.

padma · #2 06-27-2008, 11:27 PM

I admire what he is doing. He said he was going to do it, and he did. Just a reminder that life isn't about making money, it is about what you do with it.

dking · #3 07-01-2008, 05:00 PM

Yeah, Bill and I both left on the same day. I guess he just couldn't work there without me any more

It is what you do with it..

EelKat · #4 07-14-2008, 08:58 AM

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Originally Posted by padma

Just a reminder that life isn't about making money, it is about what you do with it.

That is exactly the way I feel about it too! All the money in the world is not worth a thing if you aren't happy and making others around you happy too. Happiness first, money later.

badhank · #5 07-17-2008, 01:21 AM

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Originally Posted by dking

Yeah, Bill and I both left on the same day. I guess he just couldn't work there without me any more

It is what you do with it..

.... are you actually bill gates?

webgal · #6 07-17-2008, 05:50 PM

Yes, he is. It's a tightly held secret that dking is the famous billionaire hanging out with all us little people so he can stay in touch with his inner peasant. And peasant by Bill's definition would be anyone making under 10 million. So you can't be insulted. I'd be happy with just a single million in one year.