The real metric of success isn't the size of your bank account. It's the number of lives in whom you might be able to make a positive difference. Naveen Jain More Quotes by Naveen Jain More Quotes From Naveen Jain I started off with a company, InfoSpace, with my own funding. The company was listed among the most successful companies and I went on to start Intelius and Moon Express. Now, I focus my time on using the skills of an entrepreneur to solve many of the grand challenges facing us in the areas of education, healthcare, clean water and energy. Naveen Jain skills moon successful Just think of the opportunities we can unlock by making education as addictive as a video game. This type of experiential, addictive learning improves decision-making skills and increases the processing speed and spatial skills of the brain. When was the last time your child asked for help with a video game? Naveen Jain opportunity children thinking We begin to change the world when we stimulate long-term prosperity using technology. There is not a problem that's large enough that innovation and entrepreneurship can't solve. Naveen Jain innovation technology long Teaching children about entrepreneurship is much like imparting any other skill or piece of knowledge. You will provide them with ways to experience how entrepreneurship works, and you guide them toward the subjects or areas they seem to show an interest in. Naveen Jain skills teaching children Because I was poor I had one special advantage. When you are poor, and basic survival is your concern, you have no alternative but to be an entrepreneur. You must take action to survive just as you must take action to seize an opportunity. Naveen Jain entrepreneur survival opportunity As a young boy growing up in rural India, most of what I knew of the world was what I could see around me. But each night, I would look at the Moon - it was impossibly far away, yet it held a special attraction because it allowed me to dream beyond my village and country, and think about the rest of the world and space. Naveen Jain growing-up dream country Today, people idolize athletes and celebrities - and yes, highly successful and visionary business people like Bill Gates or Steve Jobs, but not the innovators who perhaps have not seen such high-flying levels of success. Can anyone name the inventors of GPS, which has such a huge impact on our lives today? Naveen Jain athlete successful jobs Early versions of Microsoft Word left a lot to be desired. However, to the company's credit, it quickly learned where Word fell short, made the necessary changes, and repeatedly introduced new versions of the software. Naveen Jain microsoft-word necessary-change credit I came to the United States in the early '80s and was welcomed with open arms and given the opportunity to pursue my dreams. God has been very kind to us. My family and I are fortunate enough to be successful and we feel a tremendous responsibility and obligation to give back to our great country. Naveen Jain responsibility dream country Sometimes a faint voice based on instinct resonates far more strongly than overpowering logic. Naveen Jain logic voice sometimes Once humans traded their hunter-gatherer existences for more settled communities, we began a quest to make our lives better and more comfortable, but we've also been sucking precious finite resources from our environment ever since. Naveen Jain hunters quests community Every day you spend becoming an expert in a field, you become more useless in that field. Naveen Jain useless fields experts Each one of us has the power to be the change we want to see in the world, making the world a better place. 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I grew up where far too many people lived day to day without elemental needs like food and shelter. Naveen Jain shelter people needs My children have been learning lessons about entrepreneurship since they were in kindergarten, and these lessons are paying off: even though they are only 22, 18, and 15, they have already collectively launched three nonprofit organizations and several new businesses. Naveen Jain three organization children
