마이크 로 소프트 의 빌 게이츠 회장 이 미 캘리포니아주 마운틴 휘트니 ( Mt . Whitney ) 고교 를 방문 해 사회 진출 을 앞두 고 있 는 학생 들 에게 들려준 조언 이 라고 합니다 . 빌 게이츠 의 10 가지 충고 1 . 인생 이 란 본래 공평 치 않 다 . - 그런 현실 에 대하 여 불평 할 생각 말 고 받 아 들여라 . 2 . 세상 은 너 자신 이 어떻게 생각 하 든 개의 치 않 는다 . - 세상 은 너 스스로 만족 한다고 느끼 기 전 에 네 가 무엇 인가 를 성취 해 보여 주 기 를 기다리 고 있 다 . 3 . 대학 교육 을 받 지 않 고 도 연봉 4 만 달러 를 받 으리라고 는 상상 도 하 지 말 라 . 4 . 학교 선생 님 이 까다로운 가 ? - 사회 에 나가 직장 상사 의 진짜 까다로운 맛 을 한번 느껴 봐라 . 5 . 햄버거 가게 에서 일 하 는 것 을 수치 스럽 게 생각 하 지 말 라 . - 너 의 할아버지 는 그 일 을 기회 라고 생각 하 였 다 . 6 . 네 인생 을 스스로 망치 고 있 으면서 부모 를 탓 하 지 말 라 . - 불평 을 일삼 지 말 고 잘못 한 것 에서 교훈 을 얻 어라 . 7 . 학교 는 승자 와 패자 를 뚜렷이 가리 지 않 을지 모른다 . - 어떤 학교 는 낙제 제도 를 아예 없애 고 쉽 게 가르친다 . 그러나 명심 하 라 . 사회 현실 은 이 와 다르 다 . 8 . 인생 은 학기 가 구분 되 어 있 지 않 고 여름 방학 이란 아예 없 다 . - 너 스스로 알 아서 하 지 않 으면 직장 에서 는 누구 도 가르쳐 주 지 않 는다 . 9 . TV 는 현실 이 아니 다 . - 현실 에서 는 커피 를 마셨으면 일 을 시작 하 는 것 이 옳 다 . 10 . 공부 밖에 할 줄 모르 는 ' 바보 ' 한테 잘 보여라 . - 사회 에 나가 그 ' 바보 ' 밑 에서 일 하 게 될지 도 모른다 . Bill Gates Version ( 11 개 Rule ) . ... 고등 학교 에서 강의 한 내용 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 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 . RULE 4 If you think your teacher is tough , wait till you get a boss . He doesn ' t have tenure . 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 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 . 책자 내용 Version ( 14 개 Rule ) . .. 빌게이츠 가 인용 한 책 속 의 내용 Rule No . 1 : Life is not fair . Get used to it . The average teen - ager uses the phrase , " It ' s not fair " 8 . 6 times a day . You got it from your parents , who said it so often you decided they must be the most idealistic generation ever . When they started hearing it from their own kids , they realized Rule No . 1 . Rule No . 2 : The real world won ' t care as much about your self - esteem as much as your school does . It ' ll expect you to accomplish something before you feel good about yourself . This may come as a shock . Usually , when inflated self - esteem meets reality , kids complain it ' s not fair . ( See Rule No . 1 ) Rule No . 3 : Sorry , you won ' t make $ 40 , 000 a year right out of high school . And you won ' t be a vice president or have a car phone either . You may even have to wear a uniform that doesn ' t have a Gap label . Rule No . 4 : If you think your teacher is tough , wait ' til you get a boss . He doesn ' t have tenure , so he tends to be a bit edgier . When you screw up , he ' s not going to ask you how you feel about it . Rule No . 5 : Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity . Your grand - parents had a different word of burger flipping . They called it opportunity . They weren ' t embarrassed making minimum wage either . They would have been embarrassed to sit around talking about Kurt Cobain all weekend . Rule No . 6 : It ' s not your parents ' fault . If you screw up , you are responsible . This is the flip side of " It ' s my life , " and " You ' re not the boss of me , " and other eloquent proclamations of your generation . When you turn 18 , it ' s on your dime . Don ' t whine about it , or you ' ll sound like a baby boomer . Rule No . 7 : Before you were born your parents weren ' t as boring as they are now . They got that way paying your bills , cleaning up your room and listening to you tell them how idealistic you are . And by the way , before you save the rain forest from the blood - sucking parasites of your parents ' generation , try delousing the closet in your bedroom . Rule No . 8 : Your school may have done away with winners and losers . Life hasn ' t . In some schools , they ' ll give you as many times as you want to get the right answer . Failing grades have been abolished and class valedictorians scrapped , lest anyone ' s feelings be hurt . Effort is as important as results . This , of course , bears not the slightest resemblance to anything in real life . ( See Rule No . 1 , Rule No . 2 and Rule No . 4 ) Rule No . 9 : Life is not divided into semesters , and you don ' t get summers off . Not even Easter break . They expect you to show up every day . For eight hours . And you don ' t get a new life every 10 weeks . It just goes on and on . While we ' re at it , very few jobs are interesting in fostering your self - ｅxpression or helping you find yourself . Fewer still lead to self - realization . ( See Rule No . 1 and Rule No . 2 . ) Rule No . 10 : Television is not real life . Your life is not a sitcom . Your problems will not all be solved in 30 minutes , minus time for commercials . In real life , people actually have to leave the coffee shop to go to jobs . Your friends will not be as perky or pliable as Jennifer Aniston . Rule No . 11 : Be nice to nerds . You may end up working for them . We all could . Rule No . 12 : Smoking does not make you look cool . It makes you look moronic . Next time you ' re out cruising , watch an 11 - year - old with a butt in his mouth . That ' s what you look like to anyone over 20 . Ditto for " expressing yourself " with purple hair and / or pierced body parts . Rule No . 13 : You are not immortal . ( See Rule No . 12 . ) If you are under the impression that living fast , dying young and leaving a beautiful corpse is romantic , you obviously haven ' t seen one of your peers at room temperature lately . Rule No . 14 : Enjoy this while you can . Sure parents are a pain , school ' s a bother , and life is depressing . But someday you ' ll realize how wonderful it was to be a kid . Maybe you should start now . You ' re welcome .