比尔·盖茨致青年的黄金法则

1. Life is not fair, get used to it.

生活是不公平的，你要去适应它。

2. The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something before you feel good about yourself.

这个世界并不会在意你的自尊，而是要求你在自我感觉良好之前先有所成就。

3. If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss.

如果你认为学校里的老师过于严厉，那么等你有了老板再回头想一想。

4. If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault, so don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them.

如果你陷入困境，那不是你父母的过错，不要将你理应承担的责任转嫁给他人，而要学着从中吸取教训。

5. 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 your talk about how cool you are. So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parents' generation, try "delousing" the closet in your own room.

在你出生之前，你的父母并不像现在这样乏味。他们变成今天这个样子是因为这些年来一直为你付账单，给你洗衣服，听你谈你有多酷。所以，在对父母喋喋不休之前，还是先去打扫一下你自己的屋子吧。

6. Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.

电视中的许多场景决不是真实的生活。在现实生活中，人们必须埋头做自己的工作，而并不像电视里演的那样天天泡在咖啡馆里。

7. Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your grandparents had a different word for burger flipping; they called it opportunity.

卖汉堡包并不会有损于你的尊严。你的祖辈对卖汉堡包有着不同的理解，他们称之为“机遇”。