# A prescription for character traits, personality and life achievements **URL:** \ **Category:** A314 Insider's Club\ **Created:** [March 5, 2011, 4:42am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/a-prescription-for-character-traits-personality-and-life-achievements/49153 "2011-03-05T04:42:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![The\_Hammer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/90db22/32.png) [@The\_Hammer](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/The_Hammer)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2011, 4:42am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/a-prescription-for-character-traits-personality-and-life-achievements/49153/1 "2011-03-05T04:42:22Z")
Near the end of Chapter One of Pstcho-Cybernetics, Maltz asks us to collect scrapbooks on persons who exhibit the qualities of character and life achievements to which we aspire. I know a few others here have read Psycho-Cybernetics, so I would like to ask you all a seemingly simple question: Whose character traits and achievements do you aspire to and whose character traits and achievements do you feel are important in this exercise when striving to be both a better person and an alpha male? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hammer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/90db22/32.png) [@The\_Hammer](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/The_Hammer)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2011, 3:04am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/a-prescription-for-character-traits-personality-and-life-achievements/49153/2 "2011-03-06T03:04:00Z")
Ok, I’ll start. This will be an evolving list with many different traits. Please feel free to add persons and traits at your leisure. Perseverance: steadfastness; seeing something through to the end in spite of obstacles and/or discouragement. When I was young, I called this “having guts.” Persons with perseverance: 1. Thomas Alva Edison He had many difficulties to start life. He was tossed out of public education and was homeschooled; he had hearing problems from a young age; he had a number of setbacks including financial ones in his ventures. However, Edison kept plugging away. It is no small wonder that Edison succeeded to create a commercially practical lightbulb where others failed. He envisioned the end product and then worked hard for it until he had what he wanted. Even in total failure, his Ore mining operation in New Jersey ended up revolutionizing the concrete business and Edison ended up making money on the project instead of losing money. Famous quotes: “Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” “Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” “When I have fully decided that a result is worth getting I go ahead of it and make trial after trial until it comes.” “Genius is one per cent inspiration, ninety-nine per cent perspiration” ---
**Author:** ![thegentleman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/thegentleman/32/1770_2.png) [@thegentleman](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/thegentleman)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2011, 2:23am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/a-prescription-for-character-traits-personality-and-life-achievements/49153/3 "2011-03-14T02:23:14Z")
> [@The\_Hammer](#): > > Near the end of Chapter One of Pstcho-Cybernetics, Maltz asks us to collect scrapbooks on persons who exhibit the qualities of character and life achievements to which we aspire. I know a few others here have read Psycho-Cybernetics, so I would like to ask you all a seemingly simple question: > > Whose character traits and achievements do you aspire to and whose character traits and achievements do you feel are important in this exercise when striving to be both a better person and an alpha male? A few that I’ve chosen… Anthony Robbins for his motivational and business skills John Maxwell for his leadership skills David Deida for his relationship skills Robert Kiyosaki for his financial skills I am still wanting to find someone for health. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hammer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/90db22/32.png) [@The\_Hammer](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/The_Hammer)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2011, 1:20pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/a-prescription-for-character-traits-personality-and-life-achievements/49153/4 "2011-03-14T13:20:15Z")
I think of Jack Lalanne or Bruce Lee for fitness. Lance Armstrong is also good for fitness, though most think of him for perseverance. Tiger Woods is great for concentration. Have you seen him putt? It is how he concentrates that sets him apart from everybody else. He is a rock hard laser beam of focus. ---
**Author:** ![thegentleman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/thegentleman/32/1770_2.png) [@thegentleman](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/thegentleman)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 2:56am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/a-prescription-for-character-traits-personality-and-life-achievements/49153/5 "2011-03-15T02:56:04Z")
> [@The\_Hammer](#): > > I think of Jack Lalanne or Bruce Lee for fitness. Lance Armstrong is also good for fitness, though most think of him for perseverance. > > Tiger Woods is great for concentration. Have you seen him putt? It is how he concentrates that sets him apart from everybody else. He is a rock hard laser beam of focus. Yeah Tiger is amazing. Those are some excellent choices on fitness, I really like the Bruce Lee one because there’s so much more to him than just the fitness…his whole philosophy. I think that I’m gonna borrow that. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Misein](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Misein](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/Misein)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2011, 7:06pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/a-prescription-for-character-traits-personality-and-life-achievements/49153/6 "2011-03-26T19:06:50Z")
Tom Waits for being badass, genious and as odd as he ever wants to be. [![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/pheromonetalk/original/2X/3/3bb21ec3b54c5156f7085880bd13bb262811d0a1.jpeg "Tom Waits - Chocolate Jesus") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wfamPW3Eaw) Don’t miss the awesome dance starting around 2.47. ---
**Author:** ![lifeisgood7](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/pheromonetalk.com/lifeisgood7/32/1834_2.png) [@lifeisgood7](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/lifeisgood7)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2011, 6:12am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/a-prescription-for-character-traits-personality-and-life-achievements/49153/7 "2011-04-27T06:12:44Z")
oh man, i just stared new pschyo-cybernetics (with dan kennedy) today!!! how the reading going? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hammer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/90db22/32.png) [@The\_Hammer](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/The_Hammer)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 4:20am UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/a-prescription-for-character-traits-personality-and-life-achievements/49153/8 "2011-05-21T04:20:44Z")
I was thinking about bravery today and who personifies bravery. One of my finalists is Annie Edson Taylor. I’ll let you look up what she did. ---
**Author:** ![sunny10](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@sunny10](https://pheromonetalk.com/u/sunny10)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2011, 8:39pm UTC](https://pheromonetalk.com/t/a-prescription-for-character-traits-personality-and-life-achievements/49153/9 "2011-05-22T20:39:42Z")
The lost Bruce Lee [interview.](http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5705518582839508545#)