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Showing Up for Life: Thoughts on the Gifts of a Lifetime

Author Bill Gates_Sr.

Format Paperback

Publisher Crown Business

Category Self Help

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A heartfelt, deeply personal book, Showing Up for Life shines a bright light on the values and principles that Bill Gates Sr. has learned over a lifetime of �showing up��lessons that he learned growing up during the Great Depression, and that he instilled in his children and continues to practice on the world stage as the co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.Through the course of several dozen narratives arranged in roughly chronological fashion, Gates introduces the people and experiences that influenced his thinking and guided his moral compass. Among them: the scoutmaster who taught him about teamwork and self reliance; and his famous son, Trey, whose curiosity and passion for computers and software led him to ultimately co-found Microsoft. Through revealing stories of his daughters, Kristi and Libby; his late wife, Mary, and his current wife, Mimi; and his work with Nelson Mandela and Jimmy Carter, among others, he discusses the importance of hard work, getting along, honoring a confidence, speaking out, and much more.Showing Up for Life translates one man�s experiences over fourscore years of living into an inspiring road map for readers everywhere.As Bill Gates Sr. puts it:I�m 83 years old. Representing the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and everyone who is a part of it has given me the opportunity to see more of the world and its rich possibilities than most people ever do. I never imagined that I�d be working this late in life, or enjoying it so much.

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Bill Gates_Sr.

Additional Info

  • Release Date: 2010-05-11
  • Publisher: Crown Business
  • Format: Paperback
  • ISBN: 9780385527026

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