蓋茨的成功法則(ZT)

　　“許多人都以為生活是由偶然和運氣組成的，其實不然，它是由規律和法規組成的。”蓋茨給青少年幾條忠告就是蓋茨先生從自己生活的方方麵麵，以及他從小到大的個人經曆中總結出來的成功經驗和人生智慧。　

第一條準則：適應生活

　　生活是不公平的，要去適應它。

　　命運掌握在自己手中。

第二條準則：成功是你的人格資本

　　這世界並不會在意你的自尊。這世界指望你在自我感覺良好之前先要有所成就。

　　成功是人生的最高境界，成功可以改變你的人格和尊嚴，自負是愚蠢的。

第三條準則：別希望不勞而獲

　　高中剛畢業的你不會一年掙4萬美元。你不會成為一個公司的副總裁，並擁有一部裝有電話的汽車，直到你將此職位和汽車電話都掙到手。

　　成功不會自動降臨，成功來自積極的努力，要分解目標，循序漸進，堅持到底。

第四條準則：習慣律己

　　如果你認為你的老師嚴厲，等你有了老板再這樣想。老板可是沒有任期限製的。

　　好習慣源於自我培養。

第五條準則：不要忽視小事

　　烙牛肉餅並不有損你的尊嚴。

　　你的祖父母對烙牛肉餅可有不同的定義，他們稱它為機遇。

　　平凡成就大事業。

第六條準則：從錯誤中吸取教訓

　　如果你陷入困境，那不是你父母的過錯，所以不要尖聲抱怨，要從中吸取教訓。

第七條準則：事事自己動手

　　在你出生之前，你的父母並非像他們現在這樣乏味。他們變成今天這個樣子是因為這些年來他們一直在為你付賬單，給你洗衣服，聽你大談你是如何的酷。所以，如果你想消滅你父母那一輩中的“寄生蟲”來拯救雨林的話，還是先去清除你房間衣櫃裏的蟲子吧。

　　不要總靠別人活著，要憑借自己的力量前進。

第八條準則：你往往隻有一次機會

　　你的學校也許已經不再分優等生和劣等生，但生活卻仍在做出類似區分。在某些學校已經廢除不及格分，隻要你想找到正確答案，學校就會給你無數的機會。這和現實生活中的任何事情沒有一點相似之處。

　　機遇是一種巨大的財富，機遇往往就那麽一次，也許你“沒有機會”，但可以創造。

第九條準則：時間，在你手中

　　生活不分學期，你並沒有暑假可以休息，也沒有幾位雇主樂於幫你發現自我。自己找時間做吧，決不要把今天的事情拖到明天。

第十條準則：做該做的事

　　電視並不是真實的生活。在現實生活中，人們實際上得離開咖啡屋去幹自己的工作。

第11條準則：善待身邊的人

　　善待乏味的人。有可能到頭來你會為一個乏味的人工作。

　　善待他人就是善待自己，要用讚揚代替批評並主動適應對方。

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For high school and college graduates, here is alist of 11 things they did NOT learn in school. In his latest book,Bill Gates 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. You may want toshare this list with some you know.

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'tas 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 rainforest from the parasites of your parents'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; 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. And, once you get to the job, you will be expected to work in order to "earn" your paycheck.

RULE 11: Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end upworking for one. The answer to the eternal question "Is it better to be a jock or a nerd?"

Consider the following:

Michael Jordan makes over $300,000 a game. That equals $10,000 a minute, at an average of 30 minutes per game. With $40 million in endorsements, he made $178,100 a day, working or not. If he sleeps 7 hours a night, he makes $52,000 every night while visions of sugar plums dance in his head. If he goes to see a movie, it'll cost him$7.00, but he'll make $18,550 while he's there. If he decides to have a 5-minute egg, he'll make $618 while boiling it. He makes $7,415/hr more than minimum wage. He'll make $3,710 while watching each episode of Friends. If he wanted to save up for a new Acura NSX ($90,000), it would take him a whole 12 hours. If someone were to hand him his salary and endorsement money, they would have to do it at the rate of $2.00 every second. He'll probably pay around $200 for a nice round of golf, but will be reimbursed $33,390 for that round. Assuming he puts the federal maximum of 15% of his income into a tax-deferred account(401k), he will hit the federal cap of $9500 at 8:30 a.m. on January 1^st.If you were given a penny for every 10 dollars he made, you'd be living comfortably at $65,000 a year. He'll make about $19,60 while watchingthe100-meter dash in the Olympics. He'll make about $15,600 during theBoston Marathon. While the common person is spending about $20 for ameal in his trendy Chicago restaurant, he'll pull in about $5600. In his last year, he made more than twice as much as all U.S. past presidents for all of their terms combined. However, if Jordan saves100% of his income for the next 250 years, he'll still have less money than Bill Gates has today.

Game over. The moral of the story is: Nerd wins.