Gentlemen of Greatness Masterclass Rules & Principles
The unexamined life is not worth living.
Socrates
​I. Take personal responsibility for everything that happens to you in life.
II. Live every day with the true belief that being alive is a blessing. Devote time daily to think about all of the things you are thankful for.
III. Live in the present.
IV. Allow time in each day to improve your mind, body, and spirit.
V. Prepare for the worst and hope for the best of every situation.
VI. Put emphasis on your sleep schedule.
VII. Exercise at a minimum of 4x a week.
VIII. Pray.
IX. Speak with honesty and integrity to all.
X. Do your best, always.
XI. Put your focus on the task at hand, not at what is to come.
XII. Make a list of goals, write them down. Review them regularly.
XIII. Listen more than you speak.
XIV. Find time to tell the ones you care for that you love them every once in a while.
XV. Contain both perspective and empathy in your soul.
XVI. Floss, stretch, and get sunlight daily.
XVII. Evaluate your mind, body, and spirit regularly.
XVIII. Train your mind to be stronger than your feelings.
XIX. Treat women and elders with respect.
XX. Take time to understand and be in control of your finances.
XXI. Trust yourself.
XXII. Never lose trust in God.
XXIII. Be forgiving, not forgetful.
XXIV. Suffer in silence.
XXV. Stay informed, not misinformed. Read the right news.
XXVI. Know that you are in charge of your own happiness.
XXVII. Embrace your uniqueness.
XXVIII. Believe in miracles.
XXIX. Stay rational and logical.
XXX. Always have the ambition to be better.
XXXI. Nothing is promised in life; work smart and hard to ensure greatness.
XXXII. Learn to master and control your emotions.
XXXIII. Always do the right thing.
XXXIV. Stay true to your commitments.
XXXV. Pay attention to details.
XXXVI. Be courageous in your ventures.
XXXVII. Never cheat.
XXXVIII. Be wary and alert at all times.
XXXIX. Stay humble.
Motivation & Discipline
Death smiles at us all, but all a man can do is smile back. * Marcus Aurelius
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Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity. * Seneca
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When you are grateful, fear disappears, and abundance appears. * Tony Robbins
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It is in your moments of decision that your destiny is shaped. * Tony Robbins
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He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.
* Fredrich Nietzsche
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Insecurity is the product of knowing your own content. * Zachariah Robertson
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True humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less. * C.S. Lewis
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It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain an idea without accepting it. * Aristotle
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Man's mind, stretched to a new idea, never goes back to its original dimensions. * Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
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Boredom is failure. * Tim Ferriss
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Be a philosopher; but, amid all your philosophy, be still a man. * David Hume
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Nothing great is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig. I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear the fruit, then ripen. * Epictetus
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“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” * Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do so with all your heart * Marcus Aurelius
I will keep constant watch over myself and most usefully will put each day up for review. For this is what makes us evil; that none of us looks back upon our own lives. We reflect upon only that which we are about to do. And yet our plans for the future descend from the past. * Seneca
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There is nothing impossible to him who will try.” * Alexander the Great
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The price of greatness is responsibility.
* Winston Churchill
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If you want a thing done well, do it yourself
* Napoleon Bonaparte
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I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.
* George Washington
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If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.
* Sun Tzu
