Bill and Phoebe Gates. Image credit: Business Insider Do you know what? I learned that, growing up, Bill Gates was too small for his age and was often bullied at school and on the streets. As a result, he had very few friends - no more than two per time. As related in the archives , young Bill was a recluse who spent hours cocooned in his room. Once, during such a social withdrawal, his mom asked after him over the intercom, and Bill shouted back, “ I'm thinking… Have you ever tried thinking? ” The fact is: Young Bill Gates didn't have many friends. Unknown to him, many of his peers snubbed him because a rumor spread around town that “ Bill is the weirdest guy that God ever made ”. As acknowledged by Washington Post's Mark Leibovich, the real issue was that the boy Bill Gates III was an infant prodigy. As a result, he just couldn't get along with most of his peers and vice versa. But, it hardly became an issue to him because his attention was essentially somewhere else.
Ivorian Footballer Who Lost Everything To Former Wife, Marries Again - With Important Lessons To Be Learned
Remember Emmanuel Eboue? He is a former professional footballer from Cote d'Ivoire. He once played for Arsenal for 7 years (2004 - 2011) and for Galatasaray for some 4 or 5 years (2011-2015) among other professional engagements. Emmanuel's professional career ended in 2016 after a short goalless stint with Sunderland. As widely reported, the abrupt end to his career was due to ill health. Some time before joining Arsenal, the Ivorian footballer married an older Belgian woman named Aurelie Bertrand with whom he eventually had 3 kids. Just a year after Emmanuel Eboue's professional career ended, in 2017, the Independent reported an interview in which he admitted being financially destitute, homeless, and contemplating suicide. The report said it was because Emmanuel had lost his investments, home, and kids to his now former wife Aurelie. We learned that this happened because Emmanuel had registered his assets in Aurelie's name! Imagine that. We also learned that Arsenal
