Want a decent life?

“Work hard and play by the rules.” --Bill Clinton in 1992

That was then--before the Internet and globalization.

This is now... these are the New Rules...

"The truth is, if you want a decent job that will lead to a decent life today you have to: 

• work harder, 
• regularly reinvent yourself, 
• obtain at least some form of post-secondary education, 
• make sure that you’re engaged in lifelong learning, 
• and play by the rules." 

--Thomas Friedman in 2012, emphasis added.

“We have to prepare more Americans for the new jobs that are being created in a world fueled by new technology. That’s why investments in our people” — in more community colleges, Pell grants and vocational-training classes — “are more important than ever.”

--Clinton at the Democratic National Convention, 2012, as quoted by Friedman

Questions:

1. Are you prepared to work harder to earn a decent life for yourself and your children?
2. What have you done to reinvent yourself, lately?
3. How are you fostering the value of life-long learning within yourself and those closest to you?
4. Should we be teaching computer programming to our elementary school students?

Read Freidman's NY Times article here: New Rules/