I happened to stumble upon Forbes top 10 richest billionaires in the world, the top 3 were no surprises, rather others also, but what caught my eye was this point: the top 5 wealthiest people did not inherit a fortune, one was an immigrant from Lebanon, the other was selling cards, matches, pens and fish on a bicycle, the other sold newspapers as his first job. So what exactly was “the” factor that made them billionaires? People would cite many factors hard work, intelligence, luck, perseverance etc etc. but I would start with “being discontent” as one of the crucial factors. All these people were discontent with the way their current lives was, discontent about the state of affairs, the way business was run. But then you may question aren’t we discontent with the way things are but we are not even millionaires let alone billionaires. Agreed, but see it in this way, haven’t we all seen one of the most intelligent/promising guy/gurl in our school/college become a complete disaster. I feel it’s the discontent, they become satisfied with what they have and do no more. Had Mr. Ingvar Kamprad, become content of selling cards, matches, pens and fish on a bicycle we wouldn’t have seen what is now “Ikea”. But you may ask what if a person is talented, is discontent with the state of affairs but that doesn’t make billionaires. Don’t we the so talented people, fret about the state of affairs, yet are galaxies far from gaining wealth. That brings me to the next point the idea of discomfort should be so harrowing to you it should lead you to change the boring stale state, that’s execution, taking risks. That’s what made Ingvar Kamprad to create Ikea, Carlos Slim to establish one of the biggest telecom networks in Mexico, or the Albrecht brothers to build the chain of Aldi stores.
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