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There are no shortcuts
to success -Bill Gates
By Sun News Publishing
Sunday, January 4, 2009
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•Bill
Gates
Photo: Sun News Publishing |
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The biblical King Solomon, widely believed to be specially
gifted in wisdom, gave what could pass as the best motivational
injunction when he said that in the Bookof Proverbs that “lazy
hands make a man poor, but diligent hands bring wealth .”
On his own part, computer software giant and chairman of Microsoft,
Bill Gates when questioned about his incredible success offered
these ten insights to anyone starting out. As you begin to
think about the New Year and what it offers, his thoughts
are worth considering:
• Life isn’t fair get used to it
• The world doesn’t care about your self-esteem;
it expects you to accomplish something before feeling good
about yourself
• You won’t make $60K a year right out of school,
or be a vice president with a cell phone. You have to earn
it
• Do you think your teacher is tough? Wait till you
have a boss he’s not tenured
• Flipping burgers isn’t beneath you; your grandparents
called it opportunity
• Your parents weren’t always boring; it came
from feeding you, cleaning your clothes and paying your bills.
So before you rush out to save the rain forest from the ‘parents’
of your parents’ generation, try delousing your own
closet
• Some schools may have abolished winners and losers,
but life hasn’t. They may have eradicated ‘failing
grades’ and given you as long as you want to get the
right answer. This bears no resemblance to reality
• Life isn\t divided into semesters. You don’t
get summers off. Employers aren’t interested in helping
you ‘find yourself; you do that on your own time
• Unlike television, real people actually have to leave
the coffee shop and go to work
• Be nice to needs; chances are, you’ll end up
working for one someday!
The Bible says: ‘Lazy hands make a man poor, but diligent
hands bring wealth. ‘The sluggard craves and gets nothing,
but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied’.
(Proverbs 13:4 NIV). No shortcuts; you’ve got to work
for it!
Source: The Word for Today
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