Bill Gates, Sr. (1925–2020)
Author of Showing Up for Life: Thoughts on the Gifts of a Lifetime
About the Author
Works by Bill Gates, Sr.
Associated Works
The Self-Made Myth: And the Truth about How Government Helps Individuals and Businesses Succeed (2012) — Foreword — 26 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Gates, Bill, Sr.
- Other names
- Gates, William Henry, Jr. (birth name)
- Birthdate
- 1925-11-30
- Date of death
- 2020-09-14
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Bremerton, Washington, USA
- Place of death
- Hood Canal, Washington, USA
- Cause of death
- Alzheimer's disease
- Places of residence
- Seattle, Washington, USA
- Education
- University of Washington
- Occupations
- attorney
- Relationships
- Gates, William H., III (son)
- Organizations
- Washington News Council (founder)
Members
Reviews
Every chapter is a story or event or philosophy in Bill Sr's life. A self made man who, with his wife as an equal, created a family environment to allow his son to flourish in his own right.
I am about a third of this guy's age, and I cannot imagine what it would be like to have the mental energy to do all of the things that he and his family do! It's a great book if you'd like to learn how to be more involved in the community and the world.
rabck from HI77; thoughts from the Microsoft guy's Dad (also named Bill Gates) on what to do with life. Just "show up" and a lot of other things that he talks about has served him well in his life. This one will travel forward as a rabck.
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- Works
- 2
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- 1
- Members
- 190
- Popularity
- #114,774
- Rating
- 3.7
- Reviews
- 6
- ISBNs
- 10
Bill Gates Sr.'s positive attitude describes examples of people showing up to do good for their families, neighbors, countries and the world. He starts off with the good points of his own family, and extends to neighbors, colleagues, and friends, and strangers he's met as the co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation. He credits a few of those special individuals who have helped the world historically and in modern times. As well as those who had the strength and courage to do what they could to get help for their children and communities.
His priorities are the fields of science, medicine, education, and agriculture. He shows how it doesn't have to take much to show up and do much good. Just need to be willing and caring. Groups of regular people working together can improve lives.
Anyone reading this can benefit, and help others benefit.… (more)