Friday, January 25, 2008

Bill Gates: The business leader

When you think of Bill Gates you think of money. he is probably the richest man on earth. But it did not come easy he had to work for it. He always had a lot but never as much as he has now. His net worth is around 56 billion, making him on the top of the list for billionaires.

He grew up having a lot of money because his dad was a lawyer and his mom served on a board of a bank. He has a younger sister and a older sister, he was also the fourth of his name but he went by Trey. They say that Bill Gates excelled through elementary school in math and English. When he was thirteen he enrolled at a middle school named Lakeside school. It is one of the best schools in Seattle. When he was in eighth grade, some moms did a yard sale to buy a computer for the school, Gates was so interested that he convinced the math teacher to let him go work on the computer instead of him taking math class. He got a 1590 on his SAT's which then lead him to a school named Harvard.

After a short college life he worked with a man named Paul Allen and they invented Microsoft. Microsoft is a very big company and it is continually growing. It started with just Bill Gates and Paul Allen but now it is employing over 30,000 people. Some people discouraged him not to start is own company because it is very difficult to make money but he proved them wrong and now is the richest man in the world.

The other people I was thinking of doing were Donald Trump but even though he is rich he is not even close to him. The next guy I was thinking of doing was Mark Cuban. But the same thing as Donald Trump, they are not even close to wear Bill Gates is, in the money department. Even though both of these people worked very hard for there money they still have not hit the point of where Bill Gates is.

So in this essay I told you who I thought was the Business leader. Bill Gates knew what it took to have a lot of money and he made the Wise descion. Even though he is spending $991,000 on his house payment he still is living the high life. He is a great person to look up to even though some people don't agree with some of his philosophy.

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

All Life is Economics

The saying "All Life is Economics" plays a very big role in everybodys life. It affects you through your schooling and through what you want to be when grow up. Economics is basically decision making. The term "All life is Economics" is completely true no matter what we do in life.

I am going to a city college to get my basic ed. out of the way. I have to be able to pay for this city college so therefor I have to think Economically while doing this. Once it is done I will be transferring to a bigger and better college. This will be more difficult to pay for but I will then look into stuff such as Financial Aid, scholarships and student Loans. All of these things will help me through my college life.

All through life you will have to give something up to get another thing. For example a few years back a guy was selling a Volkswagen bug. We looked at it and we asked him why he was getting rid of it and he said I want a boat and the only way he could get a boat is if he got rid of it. So he chose that he rather have a boat than that bug. People do this through everyday life, they might notice it they might not. The descions that people make will play an important role in there life.

When I am done going through school I plan to marry and have Kids. These two things are probably the biggest Economic decisions in your life. The kids require a lot of money and you might have to give something up that you do not want to be able to give them what they want. As an example you might want to get a new car but your kids need something or your wife does you might want to hold off for that new car to and make your wife and family happy. So you will have to make decisions all through your life, most of them will effect your life maybe in a good way or maybe a bad way.

In this essay I described what Economic is and why we need it in our everyday life. "All life is Economic" is completely true, you make decisions based on economics and that is how you live your life.