Bill Gate Advice to Younger Generation
Rule 1 : Life is not fair - get used to it!
Rule 2 : The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world willexpect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself.
Rule 3 : You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school. Youwon't be a vice-president with a car phone until you earn both.
Rule 4 : If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss.
Rule 5 : Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your Grandparentshad a different word for burger flipping: they called it opportunity.
Rule 6: If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault, so don't whineabout your mistakes, learn from them.
Rule 7: Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are
now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes andlistening to you talk about how cool you thought you were. So before yousave the rain forest from the parasites of your parent's generation, trydelousing the closet in your own room.
Rule 8: Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but lifeHAS NOT. In some schools, they have abolished failing grades and they'llgive you as MANY TIMES as you want to get the right answer. This doesn'tbear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.
Rule 9: Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off andvery few employers are interested in helping you FIND YOURSELF. Do thaton your own time.
Rule 10: Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually haveto leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.
Rule 11: Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.
Rule 2 : The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world willexpect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself.
Rule 3 : You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school. Youwon't be a vice-president with a car phone until you earn both.
Rule 4 : If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss.
Rule 5 : Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your Grandparentshad a different word for burger flipping: they called it opportunity.
Rule 6: If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault, so don't whineabout your mistakes, learn from them.
Rule 7: Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are
now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes andlistening to you talk about how cool you thought you were. So before yousave the rain forest from the parasites of your parent's generation, trydelousing the closet in your own room.
Rule 8: Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but lifeHAS NOT. In some schools, they have abolished failing grades and they'llgive you as MANY TIMES as you want to get the right answer. This doesn'tbear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.
Rule 9: Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off andvery few employers are interested in helping you FIND YOURSELF. Do thaton your own time.
Rule 10: Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually haveto leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.
Rule 11: Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.
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