Damn, now I have to workout too..... ;-( -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of nrf Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 10:21 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: OT - Re: CCIE Vs. BS or MS dergree [7:60347]
Let me add one more thing. What Larry failed to mention is that if you packed together all the non-grads in the world, you would find that most of them turn out to be "losers" too. In fact, I would strongly suspect that the percentage of 'losers' in that group of people will be significantly higher than the percentage of 'losers' in the group of Yale grads. Before anybody jumps all over me, just think back to high school - to all the unmotivated, lazy guys in your class who didn't give a dam* about school and just wanted to spend all their time drinking and smoking-out. What are most of them doing now? As you would suspect - most of them aren't exactly living large. Or, as one of my friends who grew up poor and in a really really bad neighborhood and he tells me about a lot of the guys he grew up with who didn't study hard - most of them are living a criminal lifestyle, are in jail, or are dead. He credits his hard studying for pulling him out of that abyss, otherwise he admits that he'd probably be a criminal, in jail, or dead too. It's all about playing the percentages. Graduating from college does not guarantee success, just like exercising, eating right, and not smoking do not guarantee you a long, healthy life. What college does is increase your odds for success, just like going to the gym will increase your odds for health. ""Asad Javid"" wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Well have a look on what Larry Ellison, CEO of ORACLE said in a convocation > of the Yale University......and judge for ur self what if better .....CCIE > or BS and Ms > > "Graduates of Yale University, I want you to do > something for me. Please, take a good look around > you. Look at the classmate on your left. Look at the > classmate on your right. Now, consider this: Five > years from now, 10 years from now, even 30 thirty > years from now, odds are the person on your left is > going to be a loser. The person on your right, > meanwhile, will also be a loser. And you, in the > middle? What can you expect? Loser. Loserhood. > > Loser Cum Laude. "In fact, as I look out before me > today, I don't see a thousand hopes for a bright > tomorrow. I don't see a thousand future leaders in a > thousand industries. I see a > thousand losers. "You're upset. That's > understandable. After all, how can I, Lawrence > 'Larry' Ellison, college dropout, have the audacity > to spout such heresy to the graduating class of one > of the nation's most prestigious institutions? I'll > tell you why. Because I, Lawrence "Larry" Ellison, > second richest man on the planet, am a college > dropout, and you are not. "Because Bill Gates, > richest man on the planet-for now, anyway-is a > college dropout, and you are not. "Because Paul > Allen, the third richest man on the planet, dropped > out of college, and you did not. "And for good > measure, because Michael Dell, No. 9 on the list and > moving up fast, is a college dropout, and you, yet > again, are not. Hmm... you're very upset. That's > understandable. So let me stroke your egos for a > moment by pointing out, quite sincerely, that your > diplomas were not attained in vain. Most of you, I > imagine, have spent four to five years here, and in > many ways what you've learned and endured will serve > you well in the years ahead. You've established good > work habits. You've established a network of people > that will help you down the road. And you've > established what will be lifelong relationships with > the word > 'therapy.' All that of is good. For in truth, you > will need that network. You will need those strong > work habits. You will need that therapy. "You will > need them because you didn't drop out, and so you > will never be among the richest people in the world. > > > Oh sure, you may, perhaps, work your way up to No. > 10 or No. 11, like Steve Ballmer. But then, I don't > have to tell you who he really works for, do I? And > for the record, he dropped out of > grad school. Bit of a late bloomer. "Finally, I > realize that many of you, and hopefully by now most > of you, are wondering, is there anything I can do? > Is there any hope for me at all?' > Actually, no. It's too late. You've absorbed too > much, think you know too much. You're not 19 > anymore. You have a built-in cap, and I'm not > referring to the mortar boards on your heads. Hmm... > you're really very upset. That's understandable. So > perhaps this would be a good time to bring up the > silver lining. Not for you, Class of '00. You are a > write-off, so I'll let you slink off to your > pathetic $200,000-a-year jobs, where your checks > will be signed by former classmates who dropped out > two years ago. Instead, I want to give hope to any > underclassmen here today. I say to you, and I can't > stress this enough: leave. Pack your things and your > ideas and don't come back. Drop out. Start up. "For > I can tell you that a cap and gown will keep you > down just as surely ..." Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=60474&t=60347 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
