zdls halbert index

(5)
You must refuse to take shit from anyone who doesn't have a gun
to your head, and

(6)
You must be willing to take chances and cheerfully accept
losses, and

(7)
You must have the capacity and courage for true intimacy
with your loved ones, friends... and sometimes... even your associates
and strangers, and

(8)
You must be wealthy always in your mind... and
therefore... very often... in your pocket, and

(9)
You must be honest and have integrity not defined by laws but
rather, by the inner-core of your being, and finally

(10)
You must have a relationship with a higher power (nicknamed
"God") that does not necessarily include and/or often
transcends any association with an organized religion.

What have I described here? Simply this:

A Player!

Listen, I have found my newsletters, my
speeches and my personality seem to be like a giant meat cleaver
cutting through the sea of humanity... separating those who have any
type of contact with me into two very distinct groups. One group is
made up of zestful, hard-working, risk-taking, fun-loving Players. The
other group consists of losers unable to laugh at themselves and who
are scared witless at the idea of taking risks.

Losers (those poor souls at the bottom
rungs of the Halbert Index) have a number of common characteristics:

(1)
They are generally spectators instead of players, and

(2)
They are usually critics who revel in grading people
with whom they can't compete, and