1. When everyone else throws in the towel, find a way. Always find a way.

That will put

you in the minority. The successful minority. Be creative, be tenacious, be diligent and do
what most wont.
2. Finish what you start. Many of us are great at starting, crap at finishing. Doesnt matter
how smart you are, or how much potential or talent you have, if you only ever half-do stuff;
the Master of Incompletion. Success is less about talent and potential, and more about
commitment. Have yourself committed. So to speak.
3. Make the tough decisions. Most people would rather someone or something else make
the tough decision for them. The biggest determinant of what our life will look like is the
decisions we make (and dont make!!). It aint fate, chance or luck; its all you dude.
Success is a choice.
4. Dont bullshit yourself. Be honest. Youre an idiot at times. And a baby. And a sook.
You know it. We all are. This admission is not to be confused with senselessly beating
yourself up, no, this is about honest self-assessment and a level of self-awareness that most
people will never have. Youre biggest challenge will always be you. Maximise your
strengths and develop your weaknesses.
5. Nurture and develop the spiritual you. This means different things to different people
and Im definitely not the one to define it for the masses. However, it might add that
dimension to your life that youve been lacking. After all, youre more than a body and a
mind right?
6. Maximise your potential. Too many people die with their music still in them. The main
reason for this is fear. Deal with your fear (and laziness and procrastination) or waste your
talent and live a life of compromise.
7. Stop waiting for success to fall on your head. Too many people have a Lotto
mentality; they hope that success will happen to them. They wait to be discovered or for
their big break. Good luck with that. Get off your ass and create your own big break.
Look for, and create, your own opportunities. Put on your opportunity-awareness glasses.
8. Hang out with high-achievers and avoid energy vampires. Self explanatory really.
Wanna be a loser? Hang out with some and soon youll be one.
9. Be in shape physically. This is not about vanity or ego. This is about function and
health. This is about maximising your potential. If youre out of shape physically, it will
impact negatively in every area of your life; relationships, career, finances, emotional state,
mindset.

10. Change what you can and dont fret about what you cant. Too many people invest
way too much emotional energy in things they cant change and way too little in the things
they can and should. And in doing so, all they do is put themselves in a bad place
emotionally.
11. Dont be a critic. Youve got enough of your own issues and weaknesses to work on.
People who constantly criticise others are typically insecure, envious, resentful and often
jealous. Oh yeh, and very ugly.
12. Dont make excuses, make plans. Stop talking about it. Start creating it.
13. Become a master communicator. In terms of life skills, this is at the top of the list.
Consciously and diligently work at becoming the most effective communicator you can be.
It impacts on every area of our life. Consciously build and nurture great relationships in all
areas of your life.
14. Invest into others in a practical way. Be generous with your time, your knowledge,
your skills, your money and your love. The best return on investment has nothing to do
with money.
15. Be completely responsible and accountable for where you are, who you are and
what you are. Even if you have a reason to blame dont. It serves no purposes.
16. Control your emotions, especially anger and fear. When we act out of fear and/or
anger we hurt others and ourselves. By the way, angry people get sick.
17. Trust and respect those who have earned it. This doesnt mean be paranoid and
fearful of those you dont know well, it means what it says. Automatically trusting and
respecting people is a recipe for disaster.
18. Dont base your expectations for your future, on your past. Too many people are
hostages to their crappy past, so they simply create a crappy future. Thats what they
expect. Our history is not necessarily any indication of what our future could be.
19. Expose yourself to different ideas, cultures, places, environments and people.
Often. Its crucial for your development. Too many people live in their safe, little
(miserable) box for eighty years and then they die. Sad.
20. Get uncomfortable on a regular basis. Take risks. Physically, emotionally,
psychologically and professionally. Its how we grown, learn, adapt, change, improve.
Safe is boring and unrewarding.

21. Laugh loud and often. If youre not having fun, if youre not happy, try plan B. Too
many long faces these days.
22. Get clarity and certainty about what you want and dont want in your life. And
then start building it. Stop waiting for some cosmic sign, start thinking for yourself and
creating some momentum. Stop letting others tell you what to do with your life.
23. Dont spend your life waiting for the right time. Its a myth. If youre breathing, its
the right time. This doesnt mean be irresponsible or stupid, it means dont waste years
waiting for the planets to align perfectly. The right time excuse is merely a form of
procrastination.
24. Find the good. Consider every day an opportunity to live, laugh, learn and love. While
many walk around with the world on their shoulders, choose to be different. Choose to be
the exception. Choose fun. Choose to find the lesson. Choose happiness. Choose to be that
person.
25. Humility. Live and communicate with drive, passion and humility. Arrogance and ego
are ugly and destructive. Humility not to be confused with weakness.
Well, there you have it, some food for thought. Theres no right or wrong with this stuff
because we all need to find our own truth and we all need to choose how we live our life.
Hopefully my thoughts might stimulate you to think about your own guide to life, if you
havent already. Feel free to click on the comment thingy and share with us your three most
important life rules and why. Or just say hi and tell me Im ace.