Life lessons by Sir Bill Gates

Bill Gates- it’s not just a name, it’s much more than that. He is the man everyone knows about & everyone wishes to be. Today, we are able to use our laptops, desktops just because of the work this man did. I don’t think he needs any kind of introduction… his name is just more than enough!!!

            Some years back, he visited a high school & gave an amazing speech. He told the students about a few golden rules of life. Those rules that the school is never going to teach them but the world will surely.

As per him, the way that the school teaches is creating students with no concept of reality & it sets them up for failure in their lives.

Let’s have a look at the rules that he mentioned in his speech:

Ø Life is not fair- get used to it!

Many times all our efforts go in vain. Life can be too unfair at times. But the thing is we can’t do anything about that. So, there is no point crying over this fact. Only working is in your hands… so, work as harder as you can. Yeah, life is unfair but you need to learn to tackle that.

“Whatever that can’t be cured… has to be endured.”

Ø The world doesn’t care about your self- esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something before you feel good about yourself!

This world just belongs to the achievers. It doesn’t even give a damn to those who attempted but failed. Everyone knows Neil Armstrong but very few know who else was with him when he landed there & who the next guy to reach there was. Some do know the answer but it doesn’t make much difference because the achievement got overshadowed by the early accomplishment.

“This world is not going to treat you with respect until you earn that respect!”

Ø You’ll 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!

By saying the above statement, he is actually referring to the main element for success- Struggle. Without struggle nothing is going to be achieved. Sometimes you’ll fail, sometimes you’ll fall but you should not stop working for your dreams. That’s the only way to get to the place you wish to be at.

“Dreams come true without working only in Disney movies!”

Ø If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss!

Every one of us at some point had negative feelings for some teacher. “He is so creepy”- a line that almost every one of us had used for some teachers. He wants to say that perhaps, you have got a teacher who is quite strict but there are even more strict persons whom you’ll have to face when you get to earn for your living. The man who’ll be paying you would be expecting quite too much from you- then you’ll understand that your teachers’ expectations were nothing as compared to him.

“Even bad starts looking good when worse happen!”

Ø Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your grandparents had a different word for flipping burgers: they called it opportunity!

Well, his sentence has got nothing to do with cooking. He was just trying to explain the difference of perspectives. Every bad side has a bright side too. There is no job in the world that is creepy. Follow excellence, success will come running itself!

“Don’t allow your ego to interfere in your life. Be humble, be grounded.

The world doesn’t owe you anything… but you owe a lot to this world.”

Ø If you mess up it’s not your parent’s fault. So, don’t whine about your mistakes, learn from them!

Many times when we fail, we get disappointed to such an extent that we don’t get what to do. In such circumstances, we blame every person who is around us. But, that’s not it can be solved. You failed because of your own mistakes, don’t blame anyone else for your misery. Stop complaining that your parents made you fail here & there, directly or indirectly… they never did something like that. Ask them whenever you are in problem- at maximum, they’ll scold you but certainly help you to get out of those killing circumstances.

“Never be afraid of asking for guidance. Your elders have gone through all that you’re facing now!”

Ø Before you were born, your parents were not as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes & listening to you talk about how cool you think you are!

Don’t get mad over your parents for anything. They are working hard just to make sure you live your life with all the comforts. They sacrificed their dreams to make sure you don’t have to do that. They paid all your bills, got you admitted to a great school, gifted you all your gadgets like smartphones, laptop etc. today, you are enable to read this just because of your parents only. All they expect from you is polite behavior.

“Your parents are not living in boredom by choice… they chose so to make sure your life remains full of great events!”

Ø Your school may have done with winners & losers but life has not. In schools, they have abolished the failing grades & give you as many chances as you want to give the answers right. This doesn’t bear even a slightest resemblance to anything in real life!

The schools’ way is completely different than the way life goes. One wrong move & your game is over- that’s how this world works.

“You can’t afford the luxury of even one wrong move in real life.”

Ø Life is not divided into semesters. You don’t get summers off here!

The school teaching system is invalid in real life. They have got semesters but not life. Anything you learn today in life might be useful after 10 years or so & if you go wrong there, it’ll be a big loss. Life is all about learning 7 learning. You need to first learn the lesson & then, learn when to apply that.

“Life has its own concepts. It doesn’t care about yours.”

Ø Television is not the real life!

Watching TV has a lot of effects on us. We imagine how our life is going to be like & how we’ll deal after reaching there, on the basis of what we see in TV. But, it is not the real life. In real life, people have to leave their coffee on the table & get to work on time.

“What we see in TV is just a work of fiction… highly illogical fiction!”

Ø Be nice to nerds. Chances are you’ll end up working for one!

They say, be nice to people who are significant. But it’s impossible to know who is going to be significant in our life after a few years. So, the best way is to treat everyone you meet politely. You’ll be hired by those who don’t know about that work but they know how to get that done!

These were those 11 golden rules that the most charismatic person in this world learnt in his life. Surely, they are amazing. Try keeping these in mind & feel the difference in your life!!!

The golden words by the world’s richest person currently & he got nothing in charity. He a[earned all this!!!

“The better you are familiar with the rules of the game, the better you will perform!”

                                                           -SHUBHAM