We all have a dream to be a billionaire. We like to be like Zuckerberg, Charles Schwab or Oprah. But have you ever thought how they have reached the billionaire status? In a sudden night they haven’t reached the top. Almost everyone has started their career with trivial jobs like you and me. They have worked at gas stations, worked as paper boy, sold walnuts and many more before reaching the top.

The story of Mark Zuckerberg is only different from the other billionaires. Zuckerberg had founded the social networking site Facebook while studying at Harvard in 2004. He got success very soon and his worth is now $4 billion.

All other billionaires in the Forbe’s list have started from scratch and slowly paved their way to top. Charles Schwab sold walnuts at orchards around Sacramento, Andrew Beal, the banking tycoon serviced used TV sets and used to sell them door-to-door to poor families. Calif. Dole’s David Murdock, joined gas station after quitting the school in the ninth standard and changed oil, greased car parts. Many Forbes top 400 members were paper boy at the starting of their career. Patrick McGovern, Dennis Washington, T. Boone Pickens, Sheldon Adelson & many more sold papers at their first life.

According to Patrick McGovern, the paper boy job has given some important lessons of life. The key lesson was how to manage time efficiently and how to make customer’s happy.

Ray Dolby(Founder Dolby Laboratories -fortune at $3.5 billion)  – First job  – part-time gig at audio and movie company Ampex

Oprah Winfrey (Fortune worth -$2.4 billion)- First Job: Grocery store

From this discussion we have got a great lesson of life that whatever you do, be proud of it and try to give you best. May be one day you can also hit the jackpot and be the new billionaire. For this prepare yourself and learn the personal finance lessons of how to manage time and money and don’t waste the chance to win customer’s satisfaction. I am also looking for your comments on your path to success.

Source: Forbes

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