3 Life Tips From Self-Made Billionaires

Accelerate your entrepreneurial success with these simple yet important tips from Warren Buffet, Steve Jobs, and other self-made billionaires.

If you need some inspiration and want to move your career to the next level, billionaires like Oprah Winfrey, who started from next to zero and made it to the top, are the ideal resource. Such self-made billionaires offer actionable tips that you can use to accelerate your career, no matter where you stand on the path to becoming a billionaire (maybe millionaire, let’s be realistic).

Here are 3 tips that you should incorporate into your routine today:

1) “The best investment you can make is in your own abilities. Anything you can do to develop your own abilities or business is likely to be more productive.” — Warren Buffett

You can’t market a product that doesn’t cater to customers. In the same way, if you don’t invest in yourself, you can’t win your dream job. Dream of things that can make you become more marketable, and do so for at least five hours a week. Take courses, online classes, get a mentor, or master a valuable language.

2) “Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.” — Steve Jobs

Simply put, moving up the corporate ranks (or beginning a billion dollar business) doesn’t happen to people who are happy with the status quo. Leaders are always dreaming about new ways to make things easier and are not afraid to go against the norm and get outside their comfort zone.

3) “Failure is another steppingstone to greatness.” — Oprah Winfrey

The stats are not deceptive. Close to 80 percent of startups have failed their first try, and most of them give up and go back to a 9-5 job. When you think about Oprah Winfrey as a television entrepreneur (whose net worth is estimated at $2.6 billion), beginning from zero and creating a massive brand, she has failed numerous times. You may be surprised at how many opportunities you’ve missed just because you didn’t believe in yourself.