My success, part of it certainly, is that I have focused in on a few things.
Bill Gates - Success - Focus

I'm serious when I do my work. I'm not serious when I'm home with my kids.
Bill Gates - Work - Family

I have always loved the competitive forces in this business. You know I certainly have meetings where I spur people on by saying, "Hey, we can do better than this. How come we are not out ahead on that?" Thats what keeps my job one of the most interesting in the world.
Bill Gates - Internet - Innovative - Improvement - Competition - Encouragement

Competition is always a fantastic thing, and the computer industry is intensely competitive. Whether it's Google or Apple or free software, we've got some fantastic competitors and it keeps us on our toes.
Bill Gates - Technology - Competition

We're responsible for the creation of the PC industry. The whole idea of compatible machines and lots of software.. that's something we brought to computing. And so it's a responsibility for us to make sure that things like security don't get in the way of that dream.
Bill Gates - Internet - Technology - Responsibility - Challenges

Security is, I would say, our top priority because for all the exciting things you will be able to do with computers.. organizing your lives, staying in touch with people, being creative.. if we don't solve these security problems, then people will hold back. Businesses will be afraid to put their critical information on it because it will be exposed.
Bill Gates - Internet - Technology - Problems

I love building the products, seeing people use the products but you know along with success comes the need for a dialogue with the government.
Bill Gates - Products - Success - Customers - Government

We're at the point now where the challenge isn't how to communicate effectively with e-mail, it's ensuring that you spend your time on the e-mail that matters most.
Bill Gates - Internet - Challenges

I'm quite worried about the fiscal imbalances that we've got and what that might mean in terms of financial crisis ahead.
Bill Gates - Challenges - Worry - Finance - Crisis

Having kids has been a fantastic thing for me. It's meant that I'm a little more balanced. In my twenties I worked massively, hardly took vacation at all. Now, I, with the help of my wife, I'm always making sure I've got a good balance of how I spend my time.
Bill Gates - Work - Family - Time


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