Peter Diamandis’ Laws: The Creed of the Persistent and Passionate Mind

by Socrates

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A couple of weeks ago I interviewed Peter Diamandis for Singularity 1 on 1.

During our interview Peter touched briefly on what he calls Peter’s Laws – the core foundation that allows him to overcome problems and obstacles and ultimately brings him success.

I find Peter to be one of those very rare and totally inspirational people who have the resume to prove that the best way to predict the future is to create it yourself. It is for this reason that I decided to post the full list of Peter’s Laws. I believe that we can all benefit from adopting these laws as guiding principles in our lives.

Enjoy!

Peter Diamandis' Laws

Download the .pdf poster with the latest version of Peter’s Laws.

 

Peter’s Laws: The Creed of the Persistent and Passionate mind

 (circa July 2011)

  1. If anything can go wrong, Fix It!!… to hell with Murphy!
  2. When given a choice…  take both!!
  3. Multiple projects lead to multiple successes.
  4. Start at the top then work your way up.
  5. Do it by the book … but be the author!
  6. When forced to compromise, ask for more.
  7. If it’s worth doing, it’s got to be done right now.
  8. If you can’t win, change the rules.
  9. If you can’t change the rules, then ignore them.
  10. Perfection is not optional.
  11. When faced without a challenge, make one.
  12. “No” simply means begin again at one level higher.
  13. Don’t walk when you can run.
  14. Bureaucracy is a challenge to be conquered with a righteous attitude, a tolerance for stupidity, and a bulldozer when necessary.
  15. When in doubt: THINK!
  16. Patience is a virtue, but persistence to the point of success is a blessing.
  17. The squeaky wheel gets replaced.
  18. The faster you move, the slower time passes, the longer you live.
  19. The best way to predict the future is to create it yourself!
  20. The ratio of something to nothing is infinite.
  21. You get what you incentivize.
  22. If you think it is impossible, then it is… for you.
  23. An expert is someone who can tell you exactly how it can’t be done.
  24. The day before something is a breakthrough it’s a crazy idea.
  25. If it were easy it would have been done already.
  26. Without a target you’ll miss it every time.
  27. Bullshit walks, hardware talks.
  28. A crisis is a terrible thing to waste.
  29. The world’s most precious resource is the passionate and committed human mind.
  30. Fail early, fail often!
  31. If you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it.

Copyright, 1986, 2009, Peter H. Diamandis, All Rights Reserved.  Laws # 14 & #18 by Todd B. Hawley.  #19 Adopted from Alan Kay.

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  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Julie-Danaylov/679575645 Julie Danaylov

    I love Peter’s laws! These are applicable to everyone, in every field, in every walk of life.

    Thanks so much for posting. I hope there is more on Peter to come on Singularity Weblog!!

  • Sunrider

    Hmm … there’s something new for me here. Thanks for posting.

  • http://singularityblog.singularitysymposium.com/ Socrates

    Most welcome and very happy you like it sunnrider! ;-)

  • http://www.facebook.com/MariaKonovalenko Maria Konovalenko

    This is awesome. I’m stealing this with your permission)

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  • http://singularityblog.singularitysymposium.com/ Socrates

    Help yourself Maria! I am sure that Peter will be happy if more and more people live by his principles!!! ;-)

  • PaulineC

    Awesome… a creed to LIVE life by. Give me a full life passionately lived, not one of mediocrity or common place lived long.

  • Joni DeAngelis

    I’d love to meet Peter …Socrates, can you make it happen?

  • http://www.singularityweblog.com/ Socrates

    Sure can Joni, but you have to be willing to go to the left side of the country, far away from your beloved Texas. ;-)

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  • Andrew Sanchez

    I’m just now finding this but I love it! Is there any way to get a larger version of this suitable for making into a poster?

  • http://www.singularityweblog.com/ Socrates

    The only one I have is the . PDF version. Is it not good enough to print?!

  • Andrew Sanchez

    The printing service I was going to use says its not good for 24 x 36 size poster (I would love this up on the wall in my office). They say it will work fine for a 11.25 x 36 size. I’m fine with that but thought I would ask.

  • Andrew Sanchez

    Oops. Typo in my last post. I meant to write that it says it will print fine for 11.25″ x 17.3″ size but any bigger and it loses resolution.

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  • Lu Lu

    Kind of similar to Carnegie’s teachings, but better. I imagine the posthumans’ mottos would be written in complex languages that we MOSHs (in Kurzweil’s jargon) would not understand.
    I wonder how much motivational power such posthuman mottos can provide.