Sunday, January 31, 2016

Bill Gates: My Parents Took Me To A Child Psychologist

Bill Gates: My Parents Took Me To A Child Psychologist

January 31, 2016 Bill Gates: My parents Took Me To A Child Psychologist , 1 Comments


By Express and Star, Jan 31, 2016 

Speaking on Desert Island Discs Gates said his parents taught him the value of "giving back" to society, a lesson developed into a philanthropic philosophy culminating in he and his wife Melinda setting aside much of their vast fortune to help the world's poor.

The 60 year old also opened up to presenter Kirsty Young on the BBC Radio 4 show about how "fanatical" he was in the early days of Microsoft, and the relationship he had with Apple founder Steve Jobs that was both competitive and mutually supportive.

Talking about his relationship with his parents - his father was a successful lawyer, his mother a teacher who sat on a number of corporate boards - he said: "They set a very good example of being engaged in giving back."

Explaining why they sent him to see a child psychologist when he was 12, he said: "I was a bit disruptive. I started early on questioning were their rules logical and always to be followed, so there was kind of a bit of tension there as I was pushing back." 

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  1. UnknownJanuary 31, 2016 at 11:31 PM

    After he was married and had amassed tons of money, and people began to notice that they were absent from the list of philanthropists. They were a little embarrassed, and started to study up on the topic. They chose something and really got into it. After a while they decided to devote full time to it. So, I am not sure where he got the part of his parents instilling that in him.

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