Education is a big word and is a must - without Education you are nothing, to be successful in life you must be Educated, Education plays a key role in our life, Education is the first step to being successful in your life. This is what we keep hearing since childhood, but is education really necessary to be successful in life? I don't think so. But many may differ to what I say. Here is the example of few such persons who are not highly educated but have made it big in life and have become millionaires in their respective fields.
- Steve Jobs:
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Everyone is crazy for iPhones and iPads today, we rush for iPhones whenever we hear about the new releases from Apple Inc. We use iPhones and iPads in our daily lives, but many of us still do not know who is Steve Jobs. He was the CEO and co-founder of Apple Inc. But the big point is - He was a college drop out. He was only interested in computers and in 1976, he made his first computer which was called Apple 1, slowly he began to expand and today we use iPads, iPhone, iPods etc which are the products of Apple Inc, today it has more than 100,000 employees and is a million dollar company.
- Bill Gates:
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I don't have to pen much about this man, as we all know who is Bill Gates, he is the owner of largest software company 'Microsoft'. But again when it comes to education, he was a college drop out. But today he is the world's richest man.
- Sachin Tendulkar:
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Sachin Tendulkar is a role model for today's generation, everyone who plays cricket wants to imitate Sachin Tendulkar. He starting playing cricket at a very young age, and when he was selected to play for India, he was only 16 years of age - the age when we are at school enjoying our lives. Sachin dropped out after class seven to fulfill his dream of becoming a cricketer. He went on play for India for more than two decades where he made several world records and wrote his name in the golden words in the history of cricket. He is truly called "The God OF Cricket".
- Mark Zuckerberg:
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Everyone knows Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg the programmer and the founder of the biggest social networking website Facebook. He dropped out in the second year to focus on Facebook and when it was launched within a short period of time, it took the entire world by storm. There were more than one billion users within two years of launch. Today everyone - Children, Young, and Old are using Facebook. Mark Zuckerberg is also on the list of top five richest in the world. Dropping out from college to focus on Facebook really paid off for this young millionaire.
- Oprah Winfrey:
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Everyone would have surely heard of Oprah Winfrey, if not she was the host of one of the most popular talk shows "Oprah Winfrey Show". The show that created history and was rated the number one show for more than a decade. Born in a poor family, Oprah Winfrey, at a very early age worked in a radio station. But what comes as a surprise is that she dropped out from her college to pursue her career as a media person. Today Oprah Winfrey is North America's only black person who is a millionaire.
Education is good for all, but if you set goals for yourself and decide you have to do it.... there is nothing that can stop you. These are only a few of many who have dropped out either from school or college and have gone to become a millionaire.
In the next edition- Not Educated - But you can still become a millionaire, I will bring to you more such people who are not Educated but they are millionaires.
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