Every human should have their rules for life thought out.
What drives you? What is your own personal set of commandments? What lines will you never cross?
I asked my Navy SEAL man, Chris, to write out his 10 rules for life:
What drives you? What is your own personal set of commandments? What lines will you never cross?
I asked my Navy SEAL man, Chris, to write out his 10 rules for life:
#1 Only prove your love, not your worth
- The loudest is a target
- Under-promise, over-deliver
- Humility in everything
- Don’t make excuses for your standards
- Always stay ahead
- The loudest is a target
- Under-promise, over-deliver
- Humility in everything
- Don’t make excuses for your standards
- Always stay ahead
#2 Strength through conflict and competition
- Iron sharpens iron
- Resiliency is a purpose
- Complacency kills
- Iron sharpens iron
- Resiliency is a purpose
- Complacency kills
#3 Civilize the mind, make savage the body
- The vessel for life’s experiences, treat it accordingly
- Strength, adaptability, flexibility, endurance, power & agility
- Nothing will try you like unexpected movement
- Be a practitioner instead of a follower
- The vessel for life’s experiences, treat it accordingly
- Strength, adaptability, flexibility, endurance, power & agility
- Nothing will try you like unexpected movement
- Be a practitioner instead of a follower
#4 Work is what you do for others, pursuits are for yourself
- You might not always be pursuing a passion, so bring yours
- Replicate the way of others if it is proven in time spent and quality created
- Do not give another a chance to do a better job than you know-how
- You might not always be pursuing a passion, so bring yours
- Replicate the way of others if it is proven in time spent and quality created
- Do not give another a chance to do a better job than you know-how
#5 Don’t fall victim to another’s agenda
- There is no democracy; there is oligarchy and dictatorship
- Everything is rooted in self-interest
- Groupthink is not an excuse
- There is no democracy; there is oligarchy and dictatorship
- Everything is rooted in self-interest
- Groupthink is not an excuse
#6 I can think, I can wait, I can fast
- You are the master of your fate and the captain of your soul
- Sacrifice for yourself when suited, sacrifice yourself when you must
- Patience is not only a virtue, it is the key to enlightenment
- Don’t connect dots without context
- You are the master of your fate and the captain of your soul
- Sacrifice for yourself when suited, sacrifice yourself when you must
- Patience is not only a virtue, it is the key to enlightenment
- Don’t connect dots without context
#7 Don’t just have a purpose, be a purpose
- Protect those who can’t, cast aside those that won’t, enable those that want
- Everyone is where they are because of choice; free will is not free, the tax is discipline
- Silence is acceptance
- There is only passive and active
- Protect those who can’t, cast aside those that won’t, enable those that want
- Everyone is where they are because of choice; free will is not free, the tax is discipline
- Silence is acceptance
- There is only passive and active
#8 Space people
- Pay homage to that which makes you grow
- Learn from what will kill you
- Faith is not a reasonable outcome, nor a suitable option for a solution
- There is a role for religion, but it is not a ruling body
- Pay homage to that which makes you grow
- Learn from what will kill you
- Faith is not a reasonable outcome, nor a suitable option for a solution
- There is a role for religion, but it is not a ruling body
#9 Passionate Compassion
- The Golden Rule
- Influence and be influenced
- There’s a beautiful ending to a hardship endured
- Everyone has trouble and story, they are not yours but be aware
- The Golden Rule
- Influence and be influenced
- There’s a beautiful ending to a hardship endured
- Everyone has trouble and story, they are not yours but be aware
#10 Wander…everywhere and always
- Be a steward, not a loose affiliate
- Don’t develop habits on the road
- All plants grow roots if they’re there long enough
- Don’t bring it all, but bring it all back
- Be a steward, not a loose affiliate
- Don’t develop habits on the road
- All plants grow roots if they’re there long enough
- Don’t bring it all, but bring it all back
Wolf Rules for Life…
- Howl Often
- Revel in the moonlight
- Protect the pack
- Love always
- Howl Often
- Revel in the moonlight
- Protect the pack
- Love always
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