Welcome to the real world!

Congratulations, graduates.Welcome to the real world, where there isn't any summer vacation and Christmas holidays start on the night of December 24th and end shortly after the wrapping paper comes off.

It is a painful course that you are about to take. The lessons come unannounced! :)
But to aid you upon your entry into the real world, a few of your predecessors have compiled some sage advice. Heed the following words well. They will do you much more good than all your homework.

IN THE REAL WORLD


Never answer an advertisement seeking a "liberal room-mate." You probably are not that liberal.
Having a drink with the boys every night after work is a bad idea. Notice that the boss doesn't do it. That's why he is the boss and they're the boys.
Buy an alarm clock that works! :P
They aren't kidding when they say, "Wash whites separately."
Never date a women whose father calls here "Princess." Chances are, she believes it.
Never date a man who still goes shopping with his mother.
Life insurance is best for married people; otherwise, the chief beneficiary is the life-insurance company.
Eat good meals. Greasy snacks take their toll.
If you don't like your job, quit. Otherwise, shut up.
If you get invited to a wedding, send a gift. Otherwise, don't expect a crowd when your turn comes!
Be nice to ordinary people. You are still one of them!
Never date someone you work with. Especially the boss.
No one sells a car because it runs too well.
At some point in your life, your family will be all you have. Treat them right.
Everyone is lonely at times. Learning to deal with it is part of growing up.
The only thing worse than asking people how much money they make is telling them how much you make.
Dirty laundry never goes away.
If you make a mess of things, admit it.

Hurry up and learn patience! :)

The urge to pass this excellent article as my own was tremendous. But, it is in fact written by Wes Smith for Reader's digest such a long time ago that the pages of the book are now yellow! The book is called, "HOW TO BE EVEN MORE SUCCESSFUL". It doesn't contain the usual boring jargon-filled motivational articles, but contains real life situations and solutions and draws conclusions from the actions of the people involved.

The people involved range from the African-American tennis champ Arthur Ashe to Dale Carnegie(How to win friends and influence people) to the original ad guru David Ogilvy to Lee Iaccoca(Ford and Chrysler are what they are today because of him).

Signing off with this excellent quote from the same book.

" I think the help that a man gets from a good wife is like nothing else in the world. And that's where our superiority over women comes in: we can have a good wife, they can't!".

Yeah, the books has a lot of witty humor! ;)