CEO of ORACLE said that....(Interesting Article)

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< Care to hear what Larry Ellison,CEO of ORACLE (2nd Richest Man on the
< Planet) said at the Convocation of the Yale University last month:
< "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 ..."
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