Chapter 5, principle number 5, turned failure into fuel.

Bill Gates is a genius businessman and a soft-spoken philanthropist who now runs a foundation that's

dedicated to improving global health. He's a real stand-up citizen, but he's also publicly admitted

he was angry and a difficult boss in his early days running Microsoft.

CNBC published an article about Gates in 2021.

With a headline, Bill Gates says he could be as tough on his employees as Michael Jordan was with his teammates.

I certainly wasn't a sweetheart.

He was notorious for sending critical and sarcastic emails late at night.

Apparently, he dropped the F-bomb more than you could count on two hands during most meetings.

His former colleague said, they were always scrutinized.

Gates was a jerk, and many of his employees still liked them.

You always knew what Bill thought about what you were doing, said one former teammate.

The motivational force

for programmers was to get Bill to like their product, another person said. I read this article

because my leadership team sent it to me. I wasn't surprised at the comparison. I can be very hard on

people and hard on myself. But when they made the comparison that day, I took a hard look at my leadership

style. Heading into 2021, I challenged myself to learn how to communicate more efficiently.

I told my wife, I told my kids, I told my executive team. I want to communicate more effectively,

which means I don't want to lose control as much as I do. I have traits

that are assets and weaknesses. Reality check moment, we all do. But you can't do better if you don't

look at where you suck. People think you relax a bit as you get older. Not this guy. I love to

watch the people around me win. but because of this, I have

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