In what looks like a lecture from your parents, Bill Gates has revealed what he believes are the keys to success, and coming from the man whose pockets are deeper than the Mariana Trench, his credibility can’t be questioned.

Instead of fighting the “rise of the machines”, the former Microsoft CEO suggests that everyone embrace the world’s changing technological developments and understand the tools you’re working with. Has this man not seen Terminator!?

A solid working knowledge of productivity software and other IT tools has become a basic foundation for success in virtually any career.

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That’s true for everyone from the retail store worker who uses a handheld scanner to track inventory to the chief executive who uses business intelligence software to analyse critical market trends.

Gates goes on to emphasise the importance of learning and having a “curiosity about the world”, regardless of what field you’re in.

Another important factor is that one needs to develop good communication skills, as someone smart once said: “no man is an island”.

Software innovation, like almost every other kind of innovation, requires the ability to collaborate and share ideas with other people, and to sit down and talk with customers and get their feedback and understand their needs.

The great one has spoken. Time to stand aimlessly in the shower and contemplate your life.

[source: BBC]