CEO Writes Awesome Open Letter to Whiny College Kids
Apr 24, 2016 13:14:02 GMT -5
Post by Berean on Apr 24, 2016 13:14:02 GMT -5
CEO Writes Awesome Open Letter to Whiny College Kids, Says ‘The Only Safe Space is Your Home’
Michael Cantrell
April 22, 2016 10:57 am
Kyle Reyes, CEO of The Silent Partner Marketing, recently penned an open letter — which is actually more like a gigantic nuclear truth bomb — slamming today’s college kids for being a bunch of crybabies.
In fact, he gives a list of five important truths every college kid in America needs to see.
From New Boston Post:
1. The Business World Doesn’t Give A Damn About You
No, really – it’s true. You saw something on the internet that you found offensive? You’ve got the sniffles? Your boyfriend broke up with you? Well, that sucks. Deal with it. I expect you to get your work done on time. Hit traffic that made you late for the fourth time this week? You should have learned after the first time that you needed to leave your house early.
Listen, even the best bosses have their breaking points. Excuses might fly in college, but they’re NOT going to fly when we’re paying you to actually get things done.
2. The Only Safe Place Is Your Home
In the real world – and especially the business world – we’re going to challenge you. We’re going to push you. We’re going to demand that you consider other perspectives. We’re going to rip your ideas to shreds from time to time. And we’re going to insist that you play nicely with others to find ideas that actually work and implement them.
We’re going to get really pissed when you don’t deliver, and we’re going to get even more pissed when you cost us money because you weren’t willing to hustle hard enough to get the job done. And if you slack off enough, there’s no “bell curve” that’s going to save your ass from a big fat pink slip. Lucky for you there are enough people working in the unemployment office who’ve also been wussified by the system to make sure that even though you were fired for not showing up to work, you’ll probably still get to collect unemployment and sit on your ass.
3. There’s No Such Thing As “Free”
I get it. You’ve been told that money grows on trees, that education should be free for all and that everything in life should be handed to you on a silver platter.
But welcome to the big kids’ playground. You want that health insurance? It’s going to cost you. Oh, you don’t want it? That will cost you too. You want an apartment? A house? A car? Believe it or not, you need to actually come up with some money for that! Oh, and you can quit your whining about taxes. Because SOMEONE has to pay for all of that “free” stuff – and now it’s you, sucker.
4. If You Don’t Want To Be A Victim, Then Don’t Be
In college, any time your feelings were hurt, you were a victim. If you were challenged, the challenger was a “bigot” and you were the poor person who had their feelings hurt. Here in the real world, we expect you to be challenged and to understand that humility is just as important as bravado. Selflessness is more important that selfishness. The content of who you are as a person is more important than the color of your skin or your socio-economic background or your sex or your weight or your religious affiliation.
5. Success Is Hard Work
We’re not going to give you five breaks a day. You’re going to have to work nights and weekends from time to time. You want to make “the big bucks”? Then consider a nine-hour workday to be a part-time job. You’re most likely NOT going to graduate college and find a six-figure job. Hell, you’re going to be lucky if you find ANY job … and you should be grateful when you find it. Grateful … and prepared to work like a maniac to get ahead. Because in the real world, you don’t get a pass just because mommy and daddy are paying your bills.
Couldn’t have said it better myself.
College students today have had it beaten into their heads that they shouldn’t have to work hard to achieve anything of value, and that life should be fair for one and all. This, of course, ignores the harsh realities of life, including the fact that when one bit of “fairness” is achieved for one person, it becomes “unfair” to someone else.
As the great Rocky Balboa once said, life ain’t all sunshine and rainbows. Nothing hits harder than life, and truly, it will knock your sorry hide to the ground and it will keep you there for good if you aren’t tough enough to stand up and fight back.
To further paraphrase Balboa, it ain’t about how hard you hit, but how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward.
Unfortunately, that’s not the mentality most young folk possess today. They’re told it’s not fair they keep getting hit and they shouldn’t have to suffer, so they wilt under the beat down life hands them and then spend the rest of their lives bitter and blaming everyone else for their failure.
Hopefully this man’s message will resonate with young people and light a fire under them to stop being soft little snowflakes and take the bull by the horns.
In other words, becoming an adult.
link
Michael Cantrell
April 22, 2016 10:57 am
Kyle Reyes, CEO of The Silent Partner Marketing, recently penned an open letter — which is actually more like a gigantic nuclear truth bomb — slamming today’s college kids for being a bunch of crybabies.
In fact, he gives a list of five important truths every college kid in America needs to see.
From New Boston Post:
1. The Business World Doesn’t Give A Damn About You
No, really – it’s true. You saw something on the internet that you found offensive? You’ve got the sniffles? Your boyfriend broke up with you? Well, that sucks. Deal with it. I expect you to get your work done on time. Hit traffic that made you late for the fourth time this week? You should have learned after the first time that you needed to leave your house early.
Listen, even the best bosses have their breaking points. Excuses might fly in college, but they’re NOT going to fly when we’re paying you to actually get things done.
2. The Only Safe Place Is Your Home
In the real world – and especially the business world – we’re going to challenge you. We’re going to push you. We’re going to demand that you consider other perspectives. We’re going to rip your ideas to shreds from time to time. And we’re going to insist that you play nicely with others to find ideas that actually work and implement them.
We’re going to get really pissed when you don’t deliver, and we’re going to get even more pissed when you cost us money because you weren’t willing to hustle hard enough to get the job done. And if you slack off enough, there’s no “bell curve” that’s going to save your ass from a big fat pink slip. Lucky for you there are enough people working in the unemployment office who’ve also been wussified by the system to make sure that even though you were fired for not showing up to work, you’ll probably still get to collect unemployment and sit on your ass.
3. There’s No Such Thing As “Free”
I get it. You’ve been told that money grows on trees, that education should be free for all and that everything in life should be handed to you on a silver platter.
But welcome to the big kids’ playground. You want that health insurance? It’s going to cost you. Oh, you don’t want it? That will cost you too. You want an apartment? A house? A car? Believe it or not, you need to actually come up with some money for that! Oh, and you can quit your whining about taxes. Because SOMEONE has to pay for all of that “free” stuff – and now it’s you, sucker.
4. If You Don’t Want To Be A Victim, Then Don’t Be
In college, any time your feelings were hurt, you were a victim. If you were challenged, the challenger was a “bigot” and you were the poor person who had their feelings hurt. Here in the real world, we expect you to be challenged and to understand that humility is just as important as bravado. Selflessness is more important that selfishness. The content of who you are as a person is more important than the color of your skin or your socio-economic background or your sex or your weight or your religious affiliation.
5. Success Is Hard Work
We’re not going to give you five breaks a day. You’re going to have to work nights and weekends from time to time. You want to make “the big bucks”? Then consider a nine-hour workday to be a part-time job. You’re most likely NOT going to graduate college and find a six-figure job. Hell, you’re going to be lucky if you find ANY job … and you should be grateful when you find it. Grateful … and prepared to work like a maniac to get ahead. Because in the real world, you don’t get a pass just because mommy and daddy are paying your bills.
Couldn’t have said it better myself.
College students today have had it beaten into their heads that they shouldn’t have to work hard to achieve anything of value, and that life should be fair for one and all. This, of course, ignores the harsh realities of life, including the fact that when one bit of “fairness” is achieved for one person, it becomes “unfair” to someone else.
As the great Rocky Balboa once said, life ain’t all sunshine and rainbows. Nothing hits harder than life, and truly, it will knock your sorry hide to the ground and it will keep you there for good if you aren’t tough enough to stand up and fight back.
To further paraphrase Balboa, it ain’t about how hard you hit, but how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward.
Unfortunately, that’s not the mentality most young folk possess today. They’re told it’s not fair they keep getting hit and they shouldn’t have to suffer, so they wilt under the beat down life hands them and then spend the rest of their lives bitter and blaming everyone else for their failure.
Hopefully this man’s message will resonate with young people and light a fire under them to stop being soft little snowflakes and take the bull by the horns.
In other words, becoming an adult.
link
