⌛ Bill Gates advice to young people.

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

Now that's what I call a LOT of Truth.

I will Print, frame and hang in a suitable place for the kids here to see and read.

Nice find Ron!


Jack P.

 

well not sure that are original gates-quotes.
that looks more appropriate to me :

 

Having two past marriages, and being blessed (?) with 6 daughters, now 28,31,35,44,46 and 49, I would like to add my own to that list:
"school is not a fashion show, it is for learning"

 

Ha Ha Ha!

:D Ron, just keep them coming, Great post this


Jack P.