When speaking to high school students, Bill Gates shared 11 lessons that, in his opinion, young people would never learn within the walls of school. He emphasized that constant lessons in optimism and political correctness often produce a generation disconnected from reality — which inevitably leads to disappointment in adult life.

Successful people view the world objectively.
They don’t just dream — they plan.
They know what they want, why they want it, and how to get there.