Bill Gatesone of the richest men in the world, has made his fortune thanks to his businesses as microsoft, and also for his vision and way of workingbecoming a benchmark for entrepreneurs seeking to succeed.
The tycoon shared with the magazine Vanity Fair Some aspects that should never be missing in a work office. He assured that with these three points there will be improvements in productivity.
The founder of Microsoft is a recognized lover of books and on some occasions he recommends titles through his social networks, since part of the knowledge that led him to be one of the most influential men in the world has emerged from those pages.
In his office there are always books, among which stands out ‘The Catcher in the Rye’ or ‘The Hidden Hunter’depending on the publisher that has done the translation, by the writer JD Salinger.
“Like most people, I suspect, I first read it when I was in school. It currently stands as one of my favoritesjust as I have a lot of JD Salinger memories at home,” Gates said.
The businessman assured that active breaks are essential in any type of work. It does not matter if it is a temporary employee or the CEO of a company, Bill Gates points out that a moment of disconnection from tasks should be taken advantage of with an activity that exercises strategic thinking such as card bridge game.
“You have to try to communicate with your partner and use nothing but your offers. It is fascinating [el juego Bridge]”, he assured.
The icing on the cake is an office with multiple screens connected to the PC. In part this may be because Bill Gates runs a technology company, but he still recommends having a broad view of the work.
There are no paper trails on his personal desk, but there are three monitors interlocked with his CPU, creating a completely technological environment.
“Once you taste that huge viewing area, there is no turning back. Many people think that mixed reality is just for games or entertainment, but the uses go much further,” he assured the magazine.
In the past, Bill Gates predicted the arrival of streaming services like Netflix, the concept of the smartphone was closely related to his vision of “pocket PCs” and even in the 90s he anticipated the arrival of social networks like Facebook. At the end of last year the tycoon shared his visions of what would happen this year.
In a post on his site GesturesNotes, his personal page, made predictions about the near future are now taken into account as valuable analyzes regarding the future of processes that are already underway.
One of them is about the pandemic, said the virus will gradually begin to subside. However, Gates points out that the pandemic is dragging on longer than anticipated due to the delta variant.
“Due to the Delta variant and vaccine acceptance issues, we are not as close to the end of the pandemic as I had hoped. I did not anticipate such a highly transmissible variant to appear, and underestimated how difficult it would be to convince people to get vaccinated and continue to wear masks. However, I am hopeful that the end is in sight. It may be foolish to make another prediction, but I think the acute phase of the pandemic will come to an end sometime in 2022“, wrote.
“In the next two or three years, I predict that most virtual meetings will move from 2D camera image grids -which I call the Hollywood Squares model, although I know that probably go back to the metaverseto a 3D space with digital avatars. Both Facebook and Microsoft recently unveiled their visions for it, giving most people their first glimpse of what it will look like. The idea is that over time you use your avatar to meet people in a virtual space that replicates the feeling of being in a real room with them,” he concluded.
