Top 10 Rules of Success

1. Be Competitive: Be more successful than others, and have a strong desire to win and be best at something.
2. Talk To Yourself:
3. Stay Humble
4. Visualize your goals
5. be the hardest working person
6. Stay confident
7. Be greatful
8. Have a vision
9. Try new things
10. Belive in yourself

Class Evaluation
 Something I liked about this class was doing the code program because it was really fun. Some things that I did not like about this class was that we had to do a lot of blogging. Instead of blogging there should be other fun activities we should do. Some Recommendations to make this classw more fun could be to bring someone professional to class to come and give us there tips on how to be successful or  A highlight for me in this class was

Stephen Curry's 10 Rules For Success

Rule 1: Visualize your goals

Rule 2: Be the hardest working person

Rule 3: Stay confident

Rule 4: Do it your way

Rule 5: Be creative

Rule 6: Stay in the moment

Rule 7: Better yourself everyday

Rule 8: Have an upbeat personality

Rule 9: Be the best version of yourself

Summary: These 10 rule sof Success can help you become a better perso in life. If you follow these rules and apply them to your everyday life starting now. You should share these 10 rules of success with your family members and close friends. These rules will you you become a better person. 

Cristiano Ronaldo's 10 Rules For Success

Rule 1. Just Play
Rule 2.  Be Competitive
Rule 3. Always Take On New Challenges
Rule 4. Know Your Priorities
Rule 5. People will Judge You
Rule 6. Work Hard
Rule 7. Believe You Are The Best
Rule 8. Play For The Team
Rule 9. Enjoy The Moment
Rule 10. Have A Sense Of Humor

1. The Seed of Self-Esteem (Appreciate the value of yourself)“From self-love to self-worth

-This quote means that you have to first start with a high self-esteem. This is because if you aren't confident about yourself, then you won't believe in yourself and won't accomplish what you want most. Self-esteem reflects a persons overall subjective and emotional evaluation in one's worth.

The Seed of Creativity“Releasing your creative energy"

-This quote means that you have you should let your creativity out. You should let your creativity out because 

- Creativity is having the skills to make something or someone go from plain or blue, to cheerful. Not many people have creativity, because creativity comes when you're a positive person. When you have a positive mind, you have many beautiful thoughts and make them into creative things.

3. The Seed of Responsibility
   "Whatever we sow, we reap."

-Being responsible is a huge way for earning people to trust you. Not being responsible is making excuses for yourself and for others, it also means laziness and people won't be able to count on you if you make up excuses in something that's important.

4. The Seed of Wisdom
   "A large vocabulary--which implies broad, general knowledge--characterizes the more successful persons, regardless of their occupations."

-Wisdom is having experience or good judgment as well as positivity. This means that by having a great vocabulary and broad knowledge will make you a successful person, with wisdom.

5. The Seed of Purpose“The gold mine in your goals”

-To have a purpose is setting a target for yourself. Knowing you have a target in mind and reaching out to make that goal, you are sure to be successful and accomplish your purpose. Everyone should have a purpose in their life, and not a bad one, it should be one that takes you far. Without a purpose you are unable to reach your goals, because you would be all over the place with out having the one purpose you need.

6. The Seed of Communication

       “Reach out and touch someone

-Being able to communicate with others means having the skill of friendliness. Being friendly is a way for people to trust and get to know you for who you are. It is a way to get to know the others perspective on other things as well.

7. The Seed of Faith“The power of positive believing”

-Being positive will make everything feel better and in place. When you are in a nerve racking situation, you should think positive in order for everything to be okay and feel better. When you are the only one of a group who is positive, it will make the others feel as good as you feel.

8. The Seed of Adaptability

“Turning problems into opportunities”

-The seed of Adaptability is a very important seed because you are able to adapt to new conditions.Being able to adapt to your surroundings is a great way of becoming comfortable. Adapting to your surroundings is turning any situation and making it the best out of what it already is. Being positive about it will make you succeed. 

9. The Seed of Perseverance“The will to win is everything”

Perseverance is doing something despite difficulty or delay in achieving success. When you have perseverance you never give up easily because you know you can do it.This means to have determination when in a situation. If something rough comes your way, giving up is not an answer or shouldn't be a choice, you should keep on striving to your goal and make it an accomplished and finished goal of yours. So it doesn't matter what you do as long as you achieve it.

10. The seed of Greatness
Greatness is the quality of being great, distinguished, or eminent. 

              Ten Tips For Being More Truthful

1. Make a commitment to tell the truth.
2. Tell someone about your commitment.
3. Think before you give a dishonest answer, explanation, sarcasm, or reason.
4. Be careful of when and how you use exaggeration, sarcasm, or irony.
5. Be careful not to twist the truth or leave out part of it.
6. Don't indulge in little white lies.
7. Watch out for silent lies.
8. When you catch yourself lying, throw your mouth into reverse.
9. Talk to yourself.
10. Treat yourself when you tell the truth

These Ten tips can benefit you because first of all you are being commited to tell the truth and to als tell someone about your commitment.

The 25 Building Blocks of 

Block 1: Industriousness- ("In plain and simple English this means hard work. Very hard. There is no substitute for very hard work when it comes to success.) What this means is that if you work hard, you are sure to succeed in your goals. They are and will in fact get bigger and bigger. To be successful, there is no easier way to achieve your goals, so you have to work hard. Industriousness is the meaning of hard working, or being a diligently person. It also means to be energetic, because when you are lazy you won't accomplish much, but if you are active in different ways you will accomplish a lot.


Block 2: Enthusiasm- ("It is the engine that powers all blocks of the Pyramid. It is why I chose industriousness and enthusiasm as the cornerstones of my Pyramid of Success.") This statement means that you are to be  energetic. Not always physically but also spiritually. You should have a positive mind on everything even if it's a hard situation, there is always a way to solve your problems. Being enthusiastic also makes people want to be as happy as you are, they would want to have a positive mind like yours.

Block 3: Friendship- ("Comes from mutual esteem, respect and devotion. Like marriage it must not be taken for granted but requires a joint effort.") Mutual esteem means that a friend and yourself both make or help each other feel good about themselves. Also the statement means that you both will have respect towards each other as well as devotion. The statement relates to marriage because you should only be married if you are happy with someone and if you both have respect for one another.


Block 4: Loyalty- ("To yourself and to all those depending upon you. Keep your self-respect.") This means that you have to be loyal to those depending on you. This is because you have people counting on you and you can not let them down. Being disloyal is cheating, taking advantage, and backstabbing a person. Ways to being loyal is by being honest, respectful, caring, trustful, and kind. Sometimes everyone's in need of a loyal friend to go to for advice or help. Also being loyal is supporting someone, helping them, being satisfied, and being someones positive side.

Block 5: Cooperation- ("With all levels of your co-workers. Listen if you want to be heard. Be interested in finding the best way, not in having your own way.") Being cooperative is being involved and working toward a common goal. What this statement means is that the meaning of cooperation is to cooperate with your team members or others around you. Also that if you want others to listen to your ideas, you should listen to others as well as you want them to listen to you. To this, you should be interested in what they're talking about, that way they'll pay good interest in you. This will make you a willing collaborator and a active citizen.

Block 6: Ambition- ("For noble goals.") Ambition is a strong desire to do something and achieve something, especially a goal. Another word for ambition is to aim, which means aim for your goal or what you want more in life. To be an ambition person is to fight and manage to accomplish your goals and not let anything bring you down, or try to aim higher than you already are because you are capable of more.

Block 7: Self-control- ("Practice self-discipline and keep emotions under control. Good judgment and common sense are essential.") Self-control is the ability to control or regulate one's emotion, thoughts, and behavior. As in you know how to keep yourself in control, like if you are off task, you know when and how to get yourself back. Another example is when someone frustrates you or you do something wrong, you have to have self-control and let it go because you are only stressing yourself out. A way of exercise of self-control is by in-hailing and ex-haling, as well as counting to three.

Block 8: Alertness- ("Be observing constantly. Stay open-minded. Be eager to learn and improve.") Having alertness is being alert. What being alert is; whether knowing between what is right and what is wrong. Having alertness will help you in the process of making right choices and making bad ones. For example, when you know someone is about to do something wrong and they seem to approach you, you just have to walk away, and that is what being alert is. You have to stay alert if you want to achieve your goals and want to become someone better for yourself. Another thing mentioned is being constant.


Block 9: Initiative- ("Cultivate the ability to make decisions and think alone. Do not be afraid of failure, but learn from it.") Another word for initiative is being independent and having the access to initiate things. Being initiative is a really good thing to have especially when you start your life. For example when you go off to college, and no one asks a question because they're afraid, you should be initiative and ask the question yourself.

Block 10: Intentness- ("Set a realistic goal. Concentrate on its achievement by resisting all temptations. Be determined and persisted.") The meaning of intentness is being able to be sharply focused on something. Intentness is like resisting a temptation. A temptation is something that will distract you from achieving your goals. So the statement is stating to resist what will hold you back from the goals you want to achieve. Although it may be hard to stop the temptation, you have to try your best in order to succeed.

Block 11: Sincerity- ("Keeps friends.") Sincerity means the quality of being free from pretense, deceit, and hypocrisy. A word that is similar so sincerity is honesty and truthfulness. Now the statement says that being sincere keeps your friends, and it does because if you are honest to your friends they will be honest to you. Although being a rude honest is something else, like saying something doesn't go good on them, there is always a polite way to let them know. Because if you say it in a rude place they will be bothered.


Block 12: Adaptability- ("To any situation.") Adaptability is the quality of being able to adjust to new conditions. For example if something around you changes you will learn to adapt to the new things, and you will learn from it too. Not everything around you is permanent, unless you really strive for it, but you should always be prepared for a new change. Although some people get scared, you will be able to adapt to new things.

Block 13: Condition- ("Mental-Moral-Physical. Rest, exercise, and diet must be considered. Moderation must be practiced. Dissipation must be eliminated.") Condition is meaning the state of appearance, quality, or working order. In other words, organization skills. Being in good condition mentally, physically, and morally will help you reach your goals.

Block 14: Skill- ("A knowledge of and the ability to properly and quickly execute the fundamentals. Be prepared and cover every little detail.") Being skillful is having different abilities to do and accomplish things. Being positive is a skill, because you are seeing the brighter side, a side people don't see.

Block 15: Team Spirit- ("A genuine consideration for others. An eagerness to sacrifice personal interests of glory for the welfare of all.") Team spirit is members in a group enabling to cooperate and work well together. Having team spirit is being positive and getting to know each other no matter how different you are from that person. also by having a good censorship you are considered having team spirit. So working in a group or team accomplishes more than just yourself, four hands are better than two.
Block 16: Honesty- ("In thought and action.") Being honest is having a truthful moral character. Not cheating, lying, not being rude, etc. These are all signs of being honest. Having honesty can  unlock trust of another person onto you.

Block 17: Resourcefulness- ("Proper judgement.") To be resourceful is being able to find your way to overcome difficulties. For example, if you are across a path of a maze, find the more cleaver or better way to get around the difficult maze. If an obstacle comes your way and you feel like giving up, then you must stay positive and find a better way around it.
Block 18: Poise- ("Just being yourself. Being at ease in any situation.") To be poise is being graceful and elegant, it also means perfection and fragile. It also means to have positivity in yourself and in any situation you are found in. You can be and help others be poise by keeping a straight mind under a hard circumstance and not do anything harmful.

Block 19: Confidence- ("Respect without fear. may come from being prepared and keeping all things in proper perspective.") Confidence is being able to go out to the world and not be afraid or intimidated by anything. By being confident is by having high self-esteem, manners, and god speaking and communicating skills.

Block 20: Reliability- ("Creates respect.") To have reliability is by being kind, generous, and being trust worthy. Being trust worthy is a big part of being reliable, because others will see you as a responsible person and they will rely;count on you. You are being reliable by having accuracy in your actions. As to the quote, being reliable will bring you the respect of others because they will appreciate every well thing you have done.
Block 21: Fight- ("Determined effort.") This statement is stating that you should fight for what you really want in life. Even though something may seem hard or you feel as if you might not achieve something, you should always fight for what you really want. Instead of thinking you can't do something, you should always say you can and you will. Always strive.

Block 22: Competitive Greatness- ("Be at your best when your best is needed. Enjoyment of a difficult challenge.") To be this is the ability to be at your best, which means that if you are able to be at your best then you should do more than your best, you should go over your limits and reach farther. Also to be competitive you are willing to enjoying and solving a challenge in your life or in a situation. A challenge helps you prepare for obstacles in your life.

Block 23: Integrity - ("Purity of intention") To have integrity is the quality of being honest and having strong moral principles. Integrity is basically going for something that you know is right, you don't necessarily need to know, you just have to feel it.

Block 24: Faith- ("Believe and achieve.") Having faith in yourself is giving you the passion to pursue your dreams or what you really want most. If you have faith in yourself you believe in yourself to accomplish more and become positive. Faith will also bring up your self esteem, and hopefully it helps you help others as well, because there are people who just don't believe in themselves.


Block 25: Patience- ("Good things take time.") Having patience is a really hard thing to find in people. For me it takes a lot to get me frustrated or angry. Most people and myself try to hold our temper, but sometimes it maybe a little too hard. Having patience can also help you in a lot of things and help you to get to know people more.