Here are Bill Gates ten commandments (plus one) -
( 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 doesn'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 can read this -Thank a teacher!
On Sep 22, 7:32 am, retiredjim34 <[email protected]> wrote:
> Not too long ago I posed to some friends the challenge to come up
> withtencommandmentsfor living the good life. All had to be secular. To
> get things rolling these are mine –
>
> 1.don’t kill
> 2.don’t steal
> 3.enjoy life
> 4.love
> 5.listen
> 6.use your talents
> 7.live responsibly
> 8.keep your body healthy
> 9.gather regularly with friends
> 10.think about things
>
> One friend proposed these –
>
> 1. Follow the golden rule.
> 2. You can't change others, only yourself.
> 3. If you meet 3 assholes in one day, you better take a look at
> who the real asshole is.
> 4. Don't burn any bridges.
> 5. Work to live, not the other way around.
> 6. Live consciously as much as possible.
> 7. Take time off from living consciously to RELAX.
> 8. Always have a hammock readily available.
> 9. Keep and protect boundaries.
> 10. Attend 12 Step meetings often.
>
> Another (and more practical) friend suggests these -
> 1.Live
> 2.Love
> 3.Laugh
> 4.Never wash socks together; you’re bound to lose one.
> 5.Have your ATM card swiped and ready to go before the checker
> is done scanning your items.
> 6.Don’t take a phone call when I’m standing in front of you
> ready to pay
> 7.If you get in your car ready to leave a parking spot, how
> about you go ahead and back out some time in this millennium
> 8.Don’t text and drive
> 9.Dance like nobody is watching.
> 10.Don’t forward e-mails that I must reply to or I’ll have bad
> luck, and no, Bill Gates isn’t sharing his fortune by forwarding this
> e-mail.
>
> What would be yourten? Jim
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