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Old 01-08-2007, 12:28 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Tohami View Post
In your opinion, why is Bill Gates the richest person in the world?
Simple: He had the ability to fail.

He was a multi-milionaire the day he was born. This allowed him to take major risks, and not really care if he succeeded or not. If he failed, he still had millions to fall back on. Most of us don't have those options, and are forced to be much more conservative.
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