7 Secrets of how to be a billionaire shared by world renowned Billionaires

I will like to share with you the major secrets of the world renowned billionaires. We are not talking about wealth or success without a success story; we are talking of legitimate wealth.

I know some of my readers may wonder if truly there are billionaires with legitimate wealth especially in a clime like Nigeria or Africa. The truth is there are a lot of honest and legitimate people that are wealthy around us, and I will like to share with you major secrets of their success according to them.

These Billionaires are the richest in the world including Nigeria. Billionaires like Bill Gate,Aliko Dangote,Mark Zuckerberg,Mike Adenuga, Warren Buffet, Michael Bloomberg, Richard Branson and others.

Secret number 1 is Hard Work 
In one of the interviews of Dr. Mike Adenuga,Chairman of Mike Adenuga group and Globacom,a leading telecommunication company in Nigeria and Africa. He said “I have worked hard most of my life and I believe I have been very fortunate; although I must say I am a great believer in the man who said ‘the harder you work, the luckier you get.”

Aliko Dangote the richest black man and the richest man in the world, Bill Gates also corroborated this.

Aliko Dangote words “I enjoy myself a lot but i derive more joy in working. I believe in hard work and one of my business success secret is hard work. It’s hard to see a youth that will go to bed at 2am and wake up by 5pm.I don't rest until i achieve something."

Bill Gates says"20 years ago I would stay in the office for days at a time and not think twice about it." Can you imagine, someone staying in the office for days, in other words, not going home. Little wonder is the richest in the world. So to become a billionaire you must be ready to work hard.

Secret number 2 is Add Value 
Adding Value is also the same thing as solving problems. According to these Billionaires is their Second secret.

Mark Zuckerberg says of Facebook “It’s not because of the amount of money. For me and my colleagues; the most important thing is that we create an open information flow for people. Having media corporations owned by conglomerates is not just an attractive idea to me.”

Dangote in his words“Every morning when I wake up, I make up my mind to solve as many problems, before retiring home.”

So you do not just get rich without adding value or solving a problem. The man that sells you food solves your problem of hunger, the one that sells you recharge card solves the problem communication, Facebook solves problem of information and communication.

Think and give value then the money comes. The more problems you solve or value you add the more money you make and the richer you become.

Secret number 3 is Think Big

"I like thinking big. If you're going to be thinking anything, you might as well think big." – Donald Trump the 45^th President of America and first Billionaire President in America history.

Really Trump demonstrated this while contests the number one position in the world, many never gave him a chance but for whom he is – thinking big, he got it, he won.

Sir Richard Branson, Founder of Virgin Group sum it this way “I sometimes think in life you’ve got to dream big by setting yourself seemingly impossible challenges… If you don’t dream, nothing happens. And we like to dream big. “He is referring to himself and his virgin team. Little wonder they have space liner.

So really, if you are to dream while dream small, at least dream is dream either big or small. Why not do yourself a favor by dreaming big as these money masters says.

Secret number 4 is Learn From Your Mistakes

“Do not be embarrassed by your failures, learn from them and start again”says Sir Richard Branson.

“Making mistakes and experiencing setbacks is part of the DNA of every successful entrepreneur”-Sir Richard Branson

“If you don’t make mistakes you can’t make decisions”-Warren Buffet

“Never get too hung up on your mistakes” – Warren Buffet

Simply put mistakes are part of the process you want to succeed you can’t be scared of making mistakes. When you make mistakes you don’t get too hung up like Buffet said. You drop it and move on. Then success is nearer than you think.

Secret number 5 is  Persistence

Anyone that truly want to achieve immense wealth must be committed probably more than a hundred and ten percent if there is anything like that. In other words be persistence like Mark Zuckerberg says “Move fast and break things. Unless you are breaking stuff, you are not moving fast enough.”You must break things not looking back or discouraged to matter what, because“…..In the journey of entrepreneurship tenacity of purpose is supreme."Aliko Dangote further admonished.

Secret number 6 is  Take a risk

“Life is too short to spend your time avoiding failure.” Bloomberg. I absolute agree with Michael Bloomberg. If you are risk averse forget about mega wealth. You can’t be afraid of failure and succeed. Mark Zuckerberg confirms that, in his words he says “The biggest risk is not taking any risk… In a world that is changing really quickly, the only strategy that is guaranteed to fail is not taking risks.”

Secret number 7 is Be Positive

When you are dreaming of great wealth and you really want to be a billionaire then you can’t afford to give room to negativity, you can’t be a pessimist and be rich.

Your imagination and your thoughts must conform to the level of wealth you want. Billionaires always exploit that and you must exploit it as well. See what some billionaires have to say on this, in fact it is their common quote:

“I always knew I was going to be rich. I don’t think I ever doubted it for a minute.” - Warren Buffett

“High expectations are the key to everything.”–(Late) Sam Walton of Walmart fame

“I always knew I was destined for greatness.” - Oprah Winfrey