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Thoughts on the Gifts of a Lifetime
Broadway
May 2009
On Sale: April 28, 2009
208 pages
ISBN: 0385527012
EAN: 9780385527019
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
A heartfelt, deeply personal book, Showing Up for Life
shines a bright light on the values and principles that
Bill Gates Sr. has learned over a lifetime of “showing up” —
lessons that he learned growing up in the Great
Depression, and which he instilled in his children and
continues to practice on the world stage as the co-chair of
the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Through the course of several dozen narratives arranged in
roughly chronological fashion, Gates introduces the people
and experiences that influenced his thinking and guided his
moral compass. Among them: the scoutmaster who taught him
about teamwork and self reliance; his famous son, Trey,
whose curiosity and passion for computers and software led
him to ultimately co-found Microsoft. Through revealing
stories of his daughters, Kristi and Libby; his late wife
Mary, and his current wife Mimi; and his work with Nelson
Mandela and Jimmy Carter, among others, he discusses the
importance of hard work, getting along, honoring a
confidence, speaking out, and much more. Showing Up for Life translates one man’s experiences over
four score years of living into an inspiring road map for
readers everywhere. As Bill Gates Sr. puts it: I’m 83 years old. Representing the Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation and everyone who is a part of it has given me
the opportunity to see more of the world and its rich
possibilities than most people ever do. I never imagined
that I’d be working this late in life, or enjoying it so
much.
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