Who do you think is the most successful person in the world? I recently read that Bill Gates had been overtaken by the founder of Ikea who is now the richest man on earth. Or maybe money has nothing to do with success and then somebody like George W. Bush would be the most successful person since he is the leader of the most powerful country in the world. Or maybe you think that we should look at some other qualities when we rate success.

Please answer the poll, and if you choose other please post your answer. Thank you! :thumb:

I think you might have to edit it to add the poll again. I don't see it.

Doh, there it is now.

Tom,

Yeah I guess the system posts the text as soon as it is done, and then you create the post and it is published as soon as it is done. =)

Yeah, I guess you are right. It probably takes several lifetimes to know everything there is to know about vBulletin. :cookoo:

Heh, yeah several lifetimes, or one super-geek still living with his parents at age 35 with no girlfriend and no life outside his computer. ;)

Both Bill Gates (http://www.forbes.com/finance/lists/10/2004/LIR.jhtml?passListId=10&passYear=2004&passListType=Person&uniqueId=BH69&datatype=Person) and Ingvar Kamprad (http://www.forbes.com/finance/lists/10/2004/LIR.jhtml?passListId=10&passYear=2004&passListType=Person&uniqueId=BWQ7&datatype=Person) appear on Forbes' list of the wealthiest people in the world (http://www.forbes.com/maserati/billionaires2004/rank.html?passListId=10&passYear=2004&passListType=Person&searchParameter1=unset&searchParameter2=unset&resultsStart=1&resultsHowMany=25&resultsSortProperties=%252Bnumberfield1%252C%252Bs tringfield2&resultsSortCategoryName=Rank&passKeyword=&category1=category&category2=category)

But so far Bill Gates as #1 is 28.1 billion dollars ahead of Ingvar who currently ranks #13 - or more than twice as rich.

And in between you'll find the Walton Family - occupying places #6 through #10 - each family member worth 20 billion dollars.

As a family they are more than twice as rich as Bill Gates - and more than 5 times richer than "poor" Ingvar ;-)

Flensborg,

Forbes is not always up to date with their list of richest people in the world. Check out this article from CNN:

http://www.cnn.com/2004/BUSINESS/04/04/ikea.richlist/

The same information appeared in countless newspapers around the world.

I voted of the Ikea dude. Money is an exact measurement of how succesful you are. At least in the business world, otherwise we'd have to add Dalai Lama, Mother Theresa, etc. All those do-gooders, heh. ;)

That's true. How you define success will have a big impact on who is on your list. :)

Financially, Bill Gates or Ingvar Kamprad are obviously the most successful. But in the field of human affairs people like the Dalai Lama, Nelson Mandela and Mahatma Ghandi have been just as successful. It is impossible to measure the difference between financial success and success with human relations, as they are two completely different things.

It depends upon your definition of success.

That's why you can vote for "other" and explain your defintion of the most successful person in the world. Who you personally think is most successful. So I guess you have to pick: money, power, humanitarian, etc.

Thanks. =)

I voted for Gates. I don't know enough about Kamprad, and I'm too damn tired right now to research him. I could have voted other, but it would be awfully hard to narrow it down to one person. Gates is pretty damn successful in my book though.

Tom,

I really like Gates too. But that's probably because I'm a big geek myself and I love computers. =)

I said other because I think it's Donald Trump. He may not be the richest, but he gets the most publicity. He can use that publicity to accomplish many great things!

He can use that publicity to accomplish many great things!

True enough, but the same can be said for Bill Gated and his money.

Goalguy,

maybe Trump could use some of that power and influence to get a new haircut...or convince everybody else to get his haircut... ;)

LOL...That haircut is something alright.

I just noticed. It's a a draw, everybody's got 25% at the moment. =)

I think the MOST Successful Person in the World is the Person that can look in the mirror and say "You Gave it 110%! GREAT JOB!" :thumb:

I think the MOST Successful Person in the World is the Person that can look in the mirror and say "You Gave it 110%! GREAT JOB!" :thumb:

Well said!... knowing that you put a great effort into a project or goal can be very rewarding. :)

is it envy, or would you like to emulate? Out of all the people that you actually know, whether they be friends or not, look honestly at them and ask yourself "what are their attributes" and i guarantee you will see successes everywhere. And who is the most successful person?, it is the one who has something that you want, and they're everywhere.

I think the MOST Successful Person in the World is the Person that can look in the mirror and say "You Gave it 110%! GREAT JOB!" :thumb:

That would be, because it is MATHEMATICALLY IMPOSSIBLE to give 100%, unless you drag in 10% effort from someone else. :-)

I think over 100% started being mentioned when people who didn't give 100% said they did.

- Richard

That would be, because it is MATHEMATICALLY IMPOSSIBLE to give 100%, unless you drag in 10% effort from someone else. :-)

I think over 100% started being mentioned when people who didn't give 100% said they did.

- Richard

Absolutely correct richard. If people gave 110% there would obviously be an over-achievement and the goal would have been more than adequately surpassed. It's a cop-out!

That would be, because it is MATHEMATICALLY IMPOSSIBLE to give 100%, unless you drag in 10% effort from someone else. :-)
I think over 100% started being mentioned when people who didn't give 100% said they did.
- RichardAbsolutely correct richard. If people gave 110% there would obviously be an over-achievement and the goal would have been more than adequately surpassed. It's a cop-out!Gentlemen -
if you really feel this to be true, I would suggest that you have never had the experience of reaching down or inside or wherever for "that little bit extra." If you've never done that, you don't and wouldn't know "it's" there.

"It's" done in athletics very often. Ask any Olympic level or other similar "best-at-their-game" athlete, and all will tell you about the time(s) they extended themselves, or were in the Zone, or surpassed or surprised even themselves.

"It's" done in the business world, when "things just came together."
"It's" done in everyday life, when "it's as if by Magic ......"

My challenge to you .......
Find your way to experience "it." Until you do, you truly do not know your own, or others actual abilities!

It's been my experience that when one says something like "it's a cop-out", that in itself is a "cop-out" that continues to define limits.

I'm sure you know the Roger Bannister story ...... so I won't bore you with the details of him expanding the threshold of human ability.
That legendary feat is celebrated this week for the 50th time. 50 years ago this week, a man did what no man could. And since then, thousands more have done what was once deemed as scientifically and physically impossible.

If you think you can do no more, you won't. If you think it possible, you can.