I was sent the most amazing document from a friend.

She gave me Bill Gates’ “Rules To Live By!”

So I guess he lives by them.

And he is RICH!

I’m sure if YOU follow them you’ll make some cash…

Maybe…

I'll place my two cents against his billions of dollars any day!

(and be happier!)

Happy Reading!

EXCERPTED FROM BILL GATES' BOOK:
(With commentary by Yours Truly!)

RULE 1.
Life is not fair; get used to it.

(What a depressing thought!!!!
Life IS FAIR!!!
Life is as Fair as YOU want to make it!!!
God don't make bad days!  EVER!
Life is what YOU make of 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.

(The world, earth, universe cares about you RIGHT THIS INSTANT!!!
Now...
How about learning to take care of YOURSELF.
How about learning how to live with YOURSELF!
How about learning about YOURSELF!
How about learning to love YOURSELF!
How about learning to give of YOURSELF to others.)

RULE 3.
You will NOT make 40 thousand dollars a year right out of high
school. You won't be a vice president with a car phone, until you earn both.

(How about earning the equivalent of 100 times that
and more by figuring out how to give meaning to YOUR life.)

RULE 4.
If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss.
He doesn't have tenure.

(A good teacher,
like a good boss
has knowledge, wisdom
compassion,
passion,
and most of all,
belief in what they do.
That IS tenure.)

RULE 5.
Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your grandparents
had a different word for burger flipping; they called it opportunity.

(We agree!
WOW!
Opportunity also equals
Humility
Resourcefulness,
Gratefulness and
Sweat equity.)

RULE 6.
If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault, so don't whine
about your mistakes; learn from them.

(Learn from EVERYTHING and EVERYBODY!
Mistakes,
Criticism,
Generosity,
Failures,
Successes,
Love
Sex
Sadness.
EVERYTHING)
 

RULE 7.
Before you were born your parents weren't as boring as they are
now. They got that way from paying bills; cleaning your clothes and
listening to you talk about how cool you are. So before you save the
rain forest from the parasites of your parents' generation, try
delousing the closet in your own room.

(After YOU DELOUSE, go and wrap yourself around a cause YOU belief in fervently,
for unless you fight for something you believe in,
you are bound to live in the swamp of mediocrity
and will end up a living corpse.
Hopefully, fight for something that actually helps people in the long run
and doesn’t hurt them!
Like,
maybe…
Preserving the rainforest in the Amazon.com;-)

RULE 8.
Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but
life has not. In some schools they have abolished failing grades;
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.

(It is through failing over…
and over…
and over again,
That you will learn to succeed.
That is a guarantee and that has EVERYTHING to do with 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.

(The key words are VERY FEW…
That is changing…
The numbers are increasing!
More employers ARE helping people find themselves,
for they are finding people who have their @#$% together
ARE BETTER employees. Yea, Mental Health!
GO GET A THERAPIST!!
Try mine, Dr. Margaret Rutherford, at 501.443.3413)

RULE 10.
Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually
have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.

(What about documentaries?
That’s television…
Isn’t it?
Are you talking about poor television?
Or are you talking about sitting
in front of a television/computer screen all day?
Now that can be poor Tele-Vision.)

RULE 11.
Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one
some day.

(Hopefully you won’t!
A nerd is a nerd is a nerd.
A nerd is a person who considers him/herself a NERD!
NEVER work for a nerd no matter how rich they are…
No matter how much money you will make…
Do it YOURSELF!
Believe in YOURSELF!
Any other way makes you a tenant in the cesspool of mediocrity.
ESPECIALLY if you work for a nerd!)