Comments on: How To Think Like Bill Gates

By: Top 10 Inspirational Sites | Vinit's Blog

Top 10 Inspirational Sites | Vinit's Blog — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 17:56:08 +0000

[...] Notes – Gates Notes is where Bill Gates shares his thoughts, his learning and his travels. (Gates Notes | RSS [...]

By: PikselPal

PikselPal — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 17:44:45 +0000

[...] Here’s a challenge. The next time you find yourself in your head, try thinking as Bill Gates does: [...]

By: JD

JD — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 10:56:57 +0000

@ Roy — Thank you. “one of the best business strategists of all time” — well put, and so true! He is definitely among the best the world has ever seen.

By: Roy Sharples

Roy Sharples — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 02:44:07 +0000

Soooo insightful and very well summarised, JD. Not only is Bill a prolific thinker and an extraordinary technologist, he is one of the best business strategists of all time. His unlimited mental capacity, intense focus, extreme competitive nature, and insatiable drive for success has propelled him beyond any technologists and entreprenuers, certainly of his generation and in many cases beyond. He’s right up their with Henry Ford and Thomas Edison!

By: Philip

Philip — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 22:03:30 +0000

Hi JD

Which part of the video ‘Bill Gates on Mosquitoes, Malaria, and Education’ concentrates on how to prioritize…?

Thanks a lot

By: Joe Paz

Joe Paz — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 15:14:43 +0000

Hi JD,

thanks for clarifying!

By: JD

JD — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 14:37:00 +0000

@ Joe — Thank you.

I’ve based these patterns on three key things:
1. Interviews with people that worked closely with Bill
2. Analyzing the culture he shaped and created (for example, creating a focus on Precision Questions and Precision Answers, creating a culture of exposing and checking your thinking, etc.)
3. Observing what he says in does (He often shares his framework and thought process in his talks, such as through the questions he asks, or the way he parses a problem)

By: Joe Paz

Joe Paz — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 09:10:45 +0000

First of all – thanks for this great post. I found some rally helpful suggestions in there.

I have one question: are these thinking skills actually from Bill Gates? I mean, how do you came up with this list? Did he say these things (where) or is it your interpretation of how he thinks based on what you read about him?

Again, I find this post very valuable in and of itself already, and just want clarification on the source of this info thanks.

By: JD

JD — Thu, 13 May 2010 05:12:08 +0000

@ Raj — One of the things I learned lately is the key to smarter thinking is directing your attention.

@ Nimit — It’s like a grab bag of skills, and I think it’s great how Bill set an extreme bar for what’s possible.

By: Nimit kashyap

Nimit kashyap — Mon, 10 May 2010 13:54:42 +0000

There is only one Bill Gates and we cant be like him and we shouldn’t even strive to be like him. But, we should imbibe his qualities in order to be what we want to be.