Bill Gates ’ 10 advices to young people Before retiring in July 2008 , Bill Gates gave the following advices to high school students . Who knows you will become a second Bill Gates after learning from these valuable advices ? 1 . “ Life is not fair - get used to it . ” -> The world is never fair . You know this ? You can never change the whole world . Injustice still exists in the current society , so you should try to adapt . 2 . “ The world won ' t care about your self - esteem . The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself . ” -> Your extreme self - esteem may make your job inconvenient . Don ' t attach too much significance on your self - esteem as people care about your achievements rather than it . 3 . “ You will NOT make 40 thousand dollars a year right out of high school . You won ' t be a vice president with car phone , until you earn both . ” -> Normally you can ' t be rich if you have just finished high school . However to become an executive , you need to obtain both : a high school certificate and the money . 4 . “ If you think your teacher is tough , wait till you get a boss . He doesn ' t have tenure . ” -> Don ’ t complain that your boss is tough . When you are at school , your teachers always stand by you whenever you meet problems . However if you have thought that all your problems really come from the hard requirements of your teachers , you shouldn ' t look for a job . Simply if there aren ' t strict demands from your company , you will do nothing and quickly become unemployed . Then nobody will give you a hand . 5 . “ If you mess up , it ' s not your parents ' fault , so don ' t whine about your mistakes , learn from them . ” -> Don ' t blame your failure on your destiny . All you need now is to stay calm and start from scratch . 6 . “ 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 . ” -> You should show your gratefulness to your parents for spending most of their lives for your living and growth . All the “ outdated ” of your parents today is the price they have to pay for your growth . 7 . “ Your school may have done away with winners and losers , but life may 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 . ” -> Keep in mind that you can always become a leader , so that you will have more motivation to strive for your career . 8 . “ 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 . ” -> Don ’ t always wait for holidays or you will be left behind your colleagues . That backwardness means elimination and unemployment . 9 . “ Television is NOT real life . In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs . ” -> Everybody likes watching TV , but you shouldn ' t watch it too much . As that actually isn ' t your life and your thinking will be influenced . You yourself have to determine your own life . 10 . “ Be nice to nerds . Chances are you ' ll end up working for one . ” -> You should be nice to everyone . Life has happenings you could never expect . Be open to your boss , don ’ t say bad things behind his back as it will bring you nowhere .