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Charles C. Noble
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Bill Gates speech: 11 rules your kids did not and will not learn in school
I’ve never been a huge fan of Bill or MS in general. But I have to admit I’m impressed by recent initiatives that come from both of them. Below is the list of 11 rules. They’re all obvious, but you might want to forward them to your kid.. ;-)
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.
Quotes – part 1
A collection of thoughts and quotes I came across over last few weeks. Quotes that inspired me, made me think or simply the lines I believe in. Part 1 of many.
“The price of being a ship is BOREDOM. The price of being a wolf is LONELINESS. Choose one or the other with great care.”
“Everybody has their own private Mount Everest they were put on this earth to climb.”
“Don’t try to stand out from the crowd; avoid crowds altogether”
“Do stuff that matters.”
“Your time is limited. Stop living someone elses life.”
“Stay hungry. Stay foolish.”
“If tomorrow was the last day of your life – would you do what you’re about to do?”
“Don’t tell a better story. Tell a different one.”
“Think different.”
“Don’t do what you love. Love what you do.”
“You miss 100% of the shots you never take.”
“Sales is not about who you know. It’s about who wants to know you.”
“If things seem to be under control, you’re just not going fast enough.”
“What have you done today that make you feel proud?”
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