樂 - Bill Gate的十一規條

似乎'一蟹不如一蟹'的信念是具有遺傳性的.

雖然, 我有時也暗自替80後難過. 實在, 60-70年代的香港, 即使你無甚學識, 只要你肯出賣勞力, 你還是會找到工作, 勉勉強強擔起一頭家.

現在嘛, 即使你學有所成, 也不代表你能找到一份好工作. 火熱夢想遇著傾盆冷水, 自然產生'頹廢'這副產品. 可惜, 時代不同了, 每有人要看一個黃毛丫頭的面色, 也未夠好心去花被看成如金錢同樣貴重的時間去循循善誘迷途的年青人. 結果, 一般是被人當頭捧喝至自信心大減.

撞了很多次板仍然不斷撞板的我, 沒資格去分享什麼絕處求生的高招. 只是, 我越來越相信陶淵明的'懷才不遇'論是人人不宜的. 命途好壞雖靠天時, 也有人為因素, 只有'自己'才是唯一可以控制的. 因此, 與其在無人非要給你面子給你機會不可的現實世界, 被自視過高的雙眼誤導你自以為懷才不遇, 怨天怨地, 不如積極自強, 學習適應環境, 再想法子走出困局.

以下的十一規條, 是Bill Gate在某高校演講時向學生分享的. 早前在Facebook分享過, 今天重讀, 忍不住在光明女落再引述一次.

Rule 1: Life is not fair - get used to it!

Rule 2: The world doesn'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 were. 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.

共勉之.