Month: December 2016

Rule # 12 – Patience And Persistence (Take A Long-Term View)

The twelfth rule of being a man is:

Have patience and persistence (take a long-term view)

As a man you must have patience and persistence. You need to take a long-term view of things. Understand that great things, things worth having, take time.

Any great accomplishment took time. Building the Hoover Dam or Mount Rushmore each took an enormous amount of time and effort.

That time and effort actually started long before the first worker showed up with a shovel. It started with a Continue reading “Rule # 12 – Patience And Persistence (Take A Long-Term View)”

Rule # 11 – Never Apologize For What You Want

The eleventh rule of being a man is:

Never apologize for what you want

You don’t need to apologize for what you want, whatever it is.

Sometimes the people around you or the messages from society will not be approving of your wants. You will get push back, disapproval, and rejection.

Maybe you’ll be told you’re not worthy of having what you want, that you’re not good enough. Or maybe you’ll be told you don’t deserve it, that Continue reading “Rule # 11 – Never Apologize For What You Want”