Message from Bill Gates

The following story about Bill Gates came out a few years ago. It might or might not be true and does not matter, but it is worth repeating since I believe in its message. Its message is really for all of us and especially for those that feel entitled to other people’s success, time or money.


Bill Gates' Message on Life:

For recent high school and college graduates, here is a list of 11 things
they did not learn in school. In his book, Bill Gates talks about how
feel-good, politically correct teachings created a full generation of
kids with no concept of reality and how this concept set them up for failure in
the real world.

RULE 1......Life is not fair; get used to it.

RULE 2......The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect
you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself.

RULE 3......You will NOT make 40 thousand dollars a year right out of
high school. You won'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.
He doesn't have tenure.

RULE 5......Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your
grandparents had 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 whine
about 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 and
listening to you talk about how cool you are. So before you save the rain
forest from the parasites of your parents' generation, try delousing"
the closet in your own room.

RULE 8......Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life
has not. In some schools they have abolished failing grades; they'll give
you as many times as you want to get the right answer. This doesn't bear the
slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.

RULE 9......Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers
off, and very few employers are interested in helping you find
yourself. Do that on your own time.

RULE 10.....Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually
have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.

RULE 11.....Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.