The Life and Success Story of Mark Cuban In 21 Pictures

Starting off by selling garbage bags, Sunday newspapers and stamps at the age of 12, Mark Cuban is now one of the few people on the planet that can boast of having more than a billion dollars to his name. He is the billionaire-entrepreneur star of Shark Tank and the owner of Dallas Mavericks.

Here is his life in 21 pictures.

Far from the chubby kid. This is a photo of the young Mark Cuban taken by an old ex-girlfriend

Drinking and partying was the order of the day during his early years.

Started motleys Pub before his senior year in college (wasn't even of a drinking age). This is the line to his sophomore year entrepreneurial efforts.

The girl that sunk a successful college business. She was underage, on probation and a prostitute. She got Mark Cuban, and his college mates busted

The Crowd of six. this is just after graduating. they all lived in one apartment, with Mark Cuban sleeping on the floor. one of these guys would later disappear with their rent money.

"All smiles"

During the bar-tending period. 

"No job. No money. No way to pay the bills. But I did have nice towels." - Mark Cuban Quote in his book.
This is after just being fired from his sales job.

After being fired numerous times, he admit that he is a horrible employee. He teaches himself to code. these are the early stages of MicroSolutions

Celebrating the sale of MicroSolutions to CompuServe with Martin Woodall

With Todd Wagner in the early days of AudioNet, which became Broadcast.com

He works hard, but also plays hard. Here, Mark Cuban is training for "Dancing With The Stars" TV Show.

"All eyes on me!"

In action during the competition. He is having fun, and he loves it. 

He writes a book about his life experiences. It has great gems of wisdom.

His Gulf Stream.

"When I’m 90, will I smile when I think back, or will I frown and regret not having done it?" 

"Success is about making your life a special version of unique that fits who you are —not what other people want you to be." - Mark Cuban Quote

The picture is never complete without a multi-million dollar mansion.

The company he can afford to keep.

With President Barack Obama in the White House.

Mark Cuban becomes a shark on the TV show: "Shark Tank. 

This picture is worth a billion words. The billionaire, his wife and his daughter.

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Secrets To Success: Do What You Love Is The Worst Advice You Ever Got

It is the worst advice. It is the most stupid advice. And it will likely lead you to failure. Why? Because all successful people never became rich, successful or famous by doing what they love.

Any person who tells you that the secret to their success is “doing what you love” is simply telling you a lot of bull shit. He is telling you that because that is what looks cool and good. He tells you that because that is what success pop candy looks like. What is sad is that the majority of people get foolishly sold on this idea. They believe it and that is why there are so many miserable people in the world today.

Bill Gates did not become the richest man by doing what he loved. He loved math and he wanted to be a math professor. What led to his immense success? He stumbled upon computers, and suddenly he realized that he could do it better than most people. And with time, he ended up building a billion dollar empire. Not because he did what he had a passion for. Not because he ended up doing math all day!

George Soros, one of the most successful investors had a dream. He wanted to be a writer and a philosopher. So when he entered into the field of investing, his goal was to simply make $50, 000 so that he could concentrate on what he loved: writing and philosophy. He ended up sticking to investing because he discovered he was good at it. He also ended up making over a billion dollars in the process. And he ended up becoming one of the most successful investors of our time.

Mark Cuban started out as a computer salesman. He had been fired from several jobs before he discovered that he could sell computers and make a few dollars from them. Did he have a love for computers? Nope! He had a love for the freedom that came with money. He knew he had to work hard, and he worked hard. He learnt to code, to train and all those things, not because he had a natural love for them, but because it was at first necessary, and along the way, he discovered that he could do it better than most people. He ended up building his company into a multimillion dollar business: from ground to the top. He sold it. Started an internet company, not because he had a fondness for the internet, but because he saw an opportunity. Broadcast was born and he eventually became billionaire.

What about the founder of Amazon, Jeff Bezos? Did he love selling products? Did he naturally fall in love with the internet? Was his love for books so immense that he ended up forming Amazon? Absolutely not! He made a cross-country trip, discovered the increased use of the internet, heard about a Supreme Court ruling and then decided to leave his well-paying job to go to his garage and try out this little project he had. He was good on Wall Street, he loved science projects as a child, he was a good programmer and he must have had a love for these things or at least one of them. Were they the key to his success? Definitely NO!

Doing what you love is the key to success? Bullshit!