This document contains 11 rules and life lessons from Bill Gates. The rules advise that life is not fair, the world does not care about your self-esteem and will expect you to achieve something before feeling good about yourself, and you will not make high salaries right out of high school. It also notes that bosses can be tougher than teachers, flipping burgers provides opportunities, mistakes are not your parents' fault, parents get boring from providing for children, school does not reflect real life with winners and losers, life is not divided into semesters, television does not reflect real life, and it is good to be nice to nerds as you may end up working for one.