Some rules based on personal responsibility.

1. In Business… and in Life Rules for Success

2. Hope is Not a Strategy ~ Rick Page There ain’t no free lunch.

3. “Win the lottery” is not a reliable success strategy

4. What you do when you don’t have to will determine what you can do when you want to. It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time others waste. ~ Henry Ford

5. Never let anyone outwork you. ~ Mark Ingram 2009 Heisman Trophy Winner

6. A traveler came upon a group of three hard-at-work stonemasons and asked each in turn what he was doing. The first said, “I am laying bricks.”

7. A traveler came upon a group of three hard-at-work stonemasons and asked each in turn what he was doing. The first said, “I am laying bricks.” The second said, “I am building a wall.”

8. A traveler came upon a group of three hard-at-work stonemasons and asked each in turn what he was doing. The first said, “I am laying bricks.” The second said, “I am building a wall.” The third said, “I am building a cathedral.”

9. Be proactive. Always take the burden of action into your own hands. ~ Eli Djeddah

10. Be Prepared. ~ Boy Scout motto Do your homework! No foreseeable or avoidable surprises!

11. Denial does not change reality! Deal with reality as it is – not as it was, or how you wish it were. ~ Jack Welch

12. Denial does not change reality! A man should look for what is, and not for what hethinks should be. ~ Albert Einstein

13. Denial does not change reality! The truth does not change according to our ability to stomach it. ~ Flannery O’Connor

14. Denial does not change reality! Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence. John Adams

15. Denial does not change reality! In the fight between you and the world, back the world. ~ Frank Zappa

16. Take personal responsibility for your own life experience. Control your destiny or someone else will. ~ Jack Welch

17. I am not a victim. People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don't believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, make them. ~ George Bernard Shaw

18. Our deepest fearis not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small doesn’t serve the world. There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us, it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fears, our presence automatically liberates others. ~ Marianne Williamson

19. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. ~ Aristotle

20. Can you imagine what I could do if I would do all I can? Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can. ~ Arthur Ashe

21. Service You can get everything you want if you just help enough other people get what they want. ~ ZigZiglar

22. Try not. Do or do not. There is no ‘try’ ~ Jedi Master Yoda

23. ‘Plus’ it!(Disney’s term)

24. There ain’t no free lunch. What you do when you don’t have to will determine what you can do when you want to. Never let anyone outwork you. Always take the burden of action into your own hands. Be prepared. Denial does not change reality. Take personal responsibility for your life experience. I am not a victim. Service. There is no ‘try’. ‘Plus it’.

25. Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact. ~ William James Father of American Psychology

26. Live long and prosper.