Words From The Big Kahuna

This is a very easy post as most of it is a Cut and Paste job...I actually received this email from my sister a couple of weeks back...it's quotes from the big kahuna, multi-billionaire, almost genius, Bill Gates.He 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.

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Rule 1: Life is not fair - get used to it! (Life is also tough...)

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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. (That is why, self-realisation and self-motivation is very important.)

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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. (Ahem...a boss like Eddie ChunToiCracks Soo...hehehe...)

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Rule 5: Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your Grandparents had a different word for burger flipping: they called it opportunity. (Opportunity for better things in Life)

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Rule 6: If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault, so don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them. (And don't use the Chinese Martial Art - Tai Chi by blaming others)

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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. (You should read more about under-privileged children in other parts of the world and start to appreciate your parents as well as what you have...)

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.

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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...

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Rule 10: Television is NOT real life... In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs... (Even Reality Shows are scripted and staged...)

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

Although there are some really harsh words by Mr. Gates but in my opinion, he definitely nailed it...it is the harsh reality of the real world we are in. Those words also summarise a lot of the post on this blog...in a different mode but in the same direction.

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It is very competitive and demanding in the Advertising Industry...if you cannot make the "Adjustment" and get use to it...you really don't belong here. Take the advice from "Work Smart...Hard", Work-Life-Balance is earned, not demanded. The sooner you realise it, the better. Or else, get out while you still can...

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Hanging around with the approach of "Just Doing Enough To Get By" will only bring you so far...if at all anywhere...People, "Wake Up!" already!!!

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Here, I have two veru fitting quotes from Bill Gates, "I believe that if you show people the problems and you show them the solutions, they will be moved to act." and "It's fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.".

Maybe you can claim that Mr. Gates is Old School like this blogger but he has made it in his own terms...but without a doubt, he has made it. I know that I'll never be anywhere close to his success but I will strive very hard to be successful in my own ways...after all, I am still me, a Chun Toi with Cracks.