Bill Gates has some golden advice for students, which is very helpful for the school and college-going children. Challenging traditional norms, Microsoft Co-founder says that students should look beyond their academic performance and that grades don’t sum your personality. Moreover, he requested students to value relationships while prioritising socialising with people in life.
In a post on Instagram by Bill Gates a few years back, Bill Gates shared a powerful yet simple message for students. He shared a golden piece of advice for school-going students, which was to “Surround yourself with people who challenge you, teach you and push you to be your best self. And learn to recognise and appreciate people’s different talents”. Adding to it, he writes the sooner you do these two things, if you don’t already, the richer your life will be. Good Luck!”.
Bill Gates- Promoting Unorthodox Learning?
Considering Bill Gates is a college dropout from Harvard, he still continues to promote an unorthodox way of learning to students. This, although it places academic achievement lower than curiosity and collaboration, irks educationalists, yet it is proven to be more effective for students striving for perfection and success.
What is Warren Buffett’s viewpoint on it?
Since it’s said great minds think alike, this opinion voiced by Bill Gates is also supported by Billionaire Investor and Bill’s friend Warren Buffett. Warren, during a conference at Columbia University, said, ” You will move in the direction of the people you associate with. So it’s important to associate with people who are better than yourself”.
To conclude, the sentiments and beliefs of both Bill and Warren, the company one keeps is a great measure to know about their mindset, ambition and habits. Also that focusing solely on academic performance in today’s dynamic world is a stupidity, and students should build and value meaningful relationships. So if one pays heed to this advice, he/she is destined for success.
