Chase Your Goals

-Steve


Many of us know Mark Cuban as the guy on "Shark Tank" or the owner of the Dallas Mavericks. But Mark Cuban was not always worth the $3.4 billion dollars he is today. Cuban had a very different path to success, he took various risks and always pursued his goals.

Cuban graduated from Indiana University in 1982 and had a bartending job at night but he knew he wanted a job in the technology field. Soon later, he got a job as a software salesman but lost that job and decided a year later to start his own company. This company was called "Microsolutions," it sold and installed software and about six years later Cuban would sell this company for $6 million dollars. Five years after selling his company Cuban was now onto trading stocks, profiting him about $15 million dollars. At this point he was satisfied with all the money he had, he was just trying to protect it now. The way Cuban did this was by diversifying his holdings to reduce risk.

This article about Mark Cuban's background can teach us a couple valuable lessons. One is that you should always pursue your goals because you can do anything you set your mind to. Cuban is a prime example of this, a young man graduating from Indiana University that wanted to work with technology and he did not stop until he accomplished this goal. Another lesson we can learn about this article is that not every billionaire is selfish and only cares about themselves. Many billionaires, like Mark Cuban, try to better society and have a positive impact on others.

Sources:
Sullivan, Paul. "How Mark Cuban Hangs Onto His Money." The New York Times. The New York Times, 19 Feb. 2017. Web. 26 Feb. 2017.
Wilson, Matt. "How This Recent College Grad Scored $1.5M from Mark Cuban."Under30CEO. N.p., 28 Oct. 2011. Web. 12 Apr. 2017.