Rule 1.
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Life is not fair; get used to it.
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Rule 2.
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The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will
expect you actually to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about
it.
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Rule 3.
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You will NOT make $50,000 a year right out of high school. You
won't be a vice president with a car phone until you earn both.
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Rule 4.
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If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss.
He doesn't have tenure.
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Rule 5.
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Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your
grandparents had a different word for burger flipping: they called it
"opportunity".
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Rule 6.
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If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault. So don't whine
about your mistakes; learn from them.
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Rule 7.
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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 parents' generation, try cleaning up the "toxic
waste dump" in your own room.
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Rule 8.
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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 chances as you want to get the right answer. This doesn't bear the
slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.
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Rule 9.
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Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off.
Very few employers are interested in helping you "find yourself". You have to do
that on your own time.
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Rule 10.
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Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually have
to leave the coffee shop and go to their jobs.
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Rule 11.
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Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for
one.
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