Life, according to Bill Gates ...

My wife alerted me to this column in the Star by Dina Zaman on 29th February 2009 in which Dina quoted some "truths" that Bill Gates supposedly said to a bunch of American kids. I thought these were interesting:



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 you feel good about yourself.

Rule 4: (and this is for my kids and other kids in Chinese schools) 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, our 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 ....

Rule 11: Be nice to neards. Chances are you'll end up working for one.