I was reading a speech supposedly delivered by Bill Gates at a High School. It consisted of eleven things you need to know. Not sure if these are really his thoughts or not, but a few of them are worth sharing.

Rule 1: Life is not fair. Get used to it.

Rule 4: If 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 7: Before you were born, your parents weren’t as boring as they are now. They got that way paying your bills and cleaning your clothes.

And you gotta love the last rule.

Rule 11: Be nice to nerds. Chances are you’ll end up working for one.