Wake up every morning and answer the call: "Who’s going to run this world tonight?" Most men will refuse the call. They’ll be too tired; too weak; too lethargic; too lazy; too broken. Same excuse, different face.

Don’t blame them. Little do they know: the more you do; the happier and healthier you become. You know because you’ve felt the bliss firsthand for inaction only led to depression, the root cause of your psychological distress.

Make your life fun. When you aren’t having any fun, you seldom achieve your big dreams. Kill your doubts with laughter.

Maintain an aura of childlike curiosity. Question everything. Get rid of status quo thinking. See color in a world that thinks in black and white.

Always be honest with people. When you lie, you’re killing your self-esteem. You’re teaching yourself not to trust yourself. This will hurt you.

Invisible scars are the toughest to heal. The compound effect is real. While you are responsible for your own life, you are also responsible for bettering the world of everyone you meet. Friends; family; clients; customers; strangers. Give 51 percent value for every 49 percent you take.

Always bring joy to others.

Live your life in such a way that when people come into contact with you their life’s trajectory is changed in the best way possible.

And remember: there will come a time when you will be filthy rich, but you’ll never be a real boss until everybody at your table ate. So remain an inspirational enthusiast; full with infectious gusto.

No excuses or complaining.

It’s inevitable; the tides will come and take you along for the ride. The waters of heartache, pain and failure will drown out your enthusiasm for life. You won’t want to leave your bed for days. Get up and get dressed anyways. It’ll be okay.

Every life comes with taxes and problems.

You made your bed. You chose your problems. You could have been X. You could have played small and been Y. But you chose to do this, you chose to be a BIG man.

Now swallow the pain that comes with a life spent chasing the stars and do so with a smile on your face.

It’s the only choice you have.

What did you think you were going to do?

Complain? Bitch? Moan? It’s fruitless. How can you run the world when you can’t even run your mind? Excuses and complaining are the cancer to your dreams and aspirations. Don’t meet them at eye level. Ever.

Be the CEO of your own life

Your life must be headed by the same degree of passion, resilience, and ambition as the men and women who move mountains and in the process bear the weight of the world on their shoulders.

Qualifications for becoming the CEO of your own life: