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by !Baha, 6 April 2009
It's exactly one week after APRIL FOOL'S DAY 2009!
And, we here at iCUBED.us would like to bring you some words of wisdom attributed to people like Bill Gates or Steve Jobs, but which were actually written by someone less famous, but ultimately just as worth 'listening' to as the two famous heroes of the tech world!
But before we share those words of wisdom ...
a REMINDER to NOT BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU SEE ON THE INTERNET, on TV, in magazines, and books etc, or that YOU GET EMAILED... (even when it isn't April Fools' Day, there are many Urban Legends, Myths, Fakes and Phonies out there)
When in doubt, here are websites to do some checking on rumors and such: http://urbanlegends.about.com/
http://www.snopes.com
(* Check out the funny section on the history of April Fools' pranks!
And here's iCUBED.us' prank from 2007 http://www.icubed.us/node/376, which was so successful that it has put a dampener on us to do again. We're just too good at it!
:)
Without further adieu - WORDS OF WISDOM for a world in need:
ACCORDING TO ABOUT.COM's URBAN LEGEND section, THE 11 RULES attributed to Bill Gates, was written and presented by an author - find out more here:
But, the words are wise nonetheless...
To anyone with kids of any age, here's some advice. 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 are. 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.
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