HowsuccessfulleadersspenttheirteenageyearsIdon’tthinkIhaveeverbeforebeencomparedwithBillGatesSteveJobsetc.16ButforwhatitisworthI’llgiveyousometraitsthatIthinkarecommonamongmostofthesepeople.

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.