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Wake Up Call!
June 11, 2008
Hey,
I'm going to share with you, an email that was sent to me
this week. It's got a very strong message, so I hope you
are not offended.
It's a strong message, but it's also solid gold advice.
Don't just take it at face value. Can you see the main
idea/message behind this?
Enjoy!
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 e to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.
Rule 11: Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up
working for one.
So, even though it's directed at high school students, I
think that everyone can apply the idea here, to their life.
This is what I took away from it;
We are all responsible for our own success and failure.
Nothing good will just fall into your lap, you have to get
out there and make it happen.
There is no use complaining, because things can always get
worse.
I hope this hits you as hard as it hit me.
Stay Strong
Paulv
PS: if you ever want to respond to these newsletters, send
me an email through our website. I'd love to hear what you
think.
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