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prosper. If they refuse to do that, I tell them
that they will be poor and miserable and all
their babies will be born naked (of course, they
don't want that).
As they start their working years, I remind
young people that the world doesn't owe them
a living; it owes them nothing, it was here first.
And sure, variety is the spice of life, but it is
monotony that buys the groceries. And while
we are on the subject, the grass isn't greener
on the other side of the fence; the grass is
greener where it has been watered. This isn't
rocket scientist stuff here. Our young people
are certainly welcome to climb the fence , but let
them take some water with them. Then,
wherever they are, the grass will be green.
Rudyard Kipling once said,
"I had six honest
serving men, they taught me all I knew, their
names were where and what and when and
why and how and who."
Why do I tell young
people this? All their lives we have told them,
"Be somebody, be somebody."
Now they must get specific and ask some
tough questions: who, what, where, when,
why, how, etc. I tell young people,
"You don't
want to be
a
'loser,' watch what losers do
-–
don't do that!"
Avoid
"dumbth";
dumbth is willful
ignorance. Don't make the same mistake twice
more than once. This isn't rocket science stuff.
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