Now of course people ask me all the time, 
they say to me "what is the secret to success?
But before I start I just wanted
to say these are my rules and I think
that they can apply to anyone but that
is for you to decide, because not
everyone is the same. The first rule is
TRUST YOURSELF and what I mean by that
is that so many young people are getting so much advices from their parents and from
the teachers from everyone but what is
most important is that you have to dig
deep down dig deep down and ask
yourselves WHO do you want to be ?
Not WHAT but WHO and I'm talking about not
with your parents and teachers want you
to be but you I'm talking about figuring
out for yourselves what makes you happy
no matter how crazy it may sound to the
people. So rule number one is of course
TRUST YOURSELF no matter how and what
anyone else thinks.
And of course rule number two is BREAK THE RULES. We have so many rules in life
about everything I say break the rules
not the law but break the rule.
It is impossible to be a maverick or a true
original if you're too well behaved and
don't want to break the rules, you have
to think outside the box that's what
I believe after all. What is the point of
being on this earth ? If all you want to
do is be liked by everyone and avoid
troubles. The only way that ever got any
places was the breaking some of the rules. Which of course brings me to rule number three
DON'T BE AFRAID TO FAIL. Anything I've ever attempted, I was always willing to fail.
So you can't always win but
don't be afraid of making decisions.
You can't be paralyzed by fear of failure or
you will never push yourself.
You keep pushing because you believe in yourself
and in your vision and you know that
it's the right thing to do and success
will come so DON'T BE AFRAID TO FAIL.
Which brings me the rule number four,
which is DON'T LISTEN TO THE NAYSAYERS.
I mean how many times have you heard that "you can't do this and you can't do that"
and "it has never been done before". Just
imagine if Bill Gates had quit when
people say it can't be done. I hear this
all the time. As a maverick, I love it when
someone says that never, no one has ever
done this before,
because when I do it that means I'm the first one that has done it.
So pay no attention to the people who say
it can't be done.
I always listen to myself and said "Yes
you can" .
That brings me to rule number five which is the most important rule of
all.
WORK YOUR BUTT OFF. You never want to fail because you didn't work hard enough.
I never wanted to lose a competition or lose an election
because I didn't work hard enough.
I always believed leaving no stone
unturned.
Mohammed Ali, one of my great heroes had a great line in the 70s when he was asked
"How many sit-ups do you do ?" - He said
"I don't count my sit-ups, I only start
counting when it starts hurting. When
I feel pain. that's when I start counting,
because that's when it really
counts" That's what makes you a CHAMPION.
That's the way it is made everything no
pain no gain, so many of those lessons
that I apply in life I have learned from
sports let me tell you and especially
that one and let me tell you it is
important to have fun in life of course
but when you're out there partying
horsing around, someone out there at the
same time is working hard, someone is
getting smarter and someone is winning. Just remember that.
Now if you want the
coast through life don't pay any
attention to any of those rules but if
you want the win there's absolutely no
way around HARD HARD WORK. None of my rules by the way of success will work unless YOU DO.
I've always figured out that there's 24 hours a day.
You sleep 6 hours and have 18 hours left. Now I know there's some of
you out there that say "well, wait a
minute I sleep 8 hours or 9 hours".
Well then just sleep faster I would
recommend.
Just remember you can't climb the ladder of success with your hands in
the pocket.
That takes me to rule number 6 which is a very important rule : it's about GIVING BACK.
Whatever path did you take in your lives
you must always find time to give
something back, something back to your
community, give something back to your
state or to your country. And let me tell
you something reaching out and helping
people will bring you more satisfaction
than anything else you have ever done.
So, as you prepare to go off into the world
remember the six rules :  TRUST YOURSELF,
BREAK SOME RULES, DON'T BE AFRAID TO FAIL, IGNORE THE NAYSAYERS, WORK LIKE HELL and
GIVE SOMETHING BACK.
