Bill Gates----11 Rules

Awesome indeed...This should be posted in all schools and work places...

Love him or hate him, he sure hits the nail on the head with this! Bill Gates recently gave a speech at a High School about 11 things they did not and will not learn in school. He talks about how feel-good, politically correct teachings created a 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 $60,000 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.

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 thought you were. So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parent's 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 and 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.

If you agree, pass it on.
If you can read this - Thank a teacher!
If you are reading it in English - Thank a soldier!

Hi krithi,
Gud one. Passed in on and thanked the teacher and the soldier .

Gud one..valuable lessons for life...

Nice one!!!!

Hi Krithika,

Indeed a valuable lesson for all..

Thanks for sharing.

Hi Sharadha, ramyanand, manjulats and daffodil,

Glad you liked the 11 rules of Bill Gates !

We have to and face the challenges in life..and when something goes wrong , we need to take responsibility for our mistakes rather than blaming others !

Cheers
Krithika

Originally Posted by sharadha

Hi krithi,
Gud one. Passed in on and thanked the teacher and the soldier .

Originally Posted by ramyanand

Gud one..valuable lessons for life...

Originally Posted by manjulats

Nice one!!!!

Originally Posted by daffodil

Hi Krithika,

Indeed a valuable lesson for all..

Thanks for sharing.

Dear friends,
I found this article interesting which was posted in the High School lobby..
Take a look and you would also be interested to know, who gave this advice....

1. Life is not fair, get used to it.

2.The world don't care about your self-esteem. It expects you to accomplish BEFORE you feel good about yourself.

3. You will not make $40,000 right off school, earn it!

4. If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss. He doesn't have tenures.

5. Be nice to nerds, chances are, one day, you will be working for one...

6. TV is not REAL LIFE, in reality you had to leave the coffee shop and work.

7. Life is not divided into semesters.
You don't get summers off, only very few employers are interested in helping find yourself.. DO THAT ON YOUR OWN TIME.

8. Your school may have winners and losers. Some schools have oppurtunities to make them get good grades. THIS DOES NOT RESEMBLE TO ANYTHING IN REAL LIFE.

9. If you mess up, learn from it. It is your fault and that of parents...

10. Parents are not as boring as they are now.They go that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and listen to your talk about how cool you are..

11. 'Delouse' your closet, before saving the rainforest...

These points are from a book by BILL GATES...
Though these may be addressed to High School Graduates, it seems to me that we can also learn from it...
What say friends?

sriniketan

Dear Srini Madam,


Good one, thought provoking.... The points I like most : No.1 , No.2, No.7.
Thanks dear.

Best wishes....

Hi
g8 advice ! i quickly sent the advice to my son in High School...
Thanks
Sudha

Hi Srini
Great Advices, wonderful points
Thanks for putting it up here and sharing with us.