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On Sep 28, 10:44 pm, retiredjim34 <[email protected]> wrote: > 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- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
