Post: #51

I attended a Feynman lecture in my younger years. The topic was on the smallest computer possible in nature. His enthusiasm was infectious and there was no such thing as a dumb question.

My role model was my uncle who grew up on a farm working a plow and in his younger years was a powerful man made of solid muscle. I liked the way he could just walk into a room and gain respect. He was ethical and gentle with people showing me that real strength doesn't have anything to do with being an asshole.

Post: #52

Joe "Girls Gone Wild" Francis.

Post: #53

Giacomo Casanova (aka Chevalier de Seingalt, a pseudonym he made up for himself). 18th Century Venetian and probably the true original player. His first love affair was a threesome involving two sisters and it only got better from there. He was a constant traveller and adventurer, bold to the point of being reckless, and over the course of his life he worked as a priest (although none-too-chaste), soldier, violinist, merchant, diplomat, gambler, spy, pretend alchemist, and author. He won and lost several huge fortunes, and could just as often be found charming the royalty and nobility as carousing with the drunks and criminals of the street. His escape from the Leads prison in Venice was the most famous prison escape of his day. And throughout all this he was constantly seducing the most beautiful women all over Europe.

The man knew how to live. Lucky for us he eventually became too old and poor to continue his adventures and so spent his twilight years as a librarian and author of his memoirs. They are over 1000 pages long and I couldn't recommend them highly enough to the readers of this forum.

This isn't the best translation available, but there is a free online version if anyone is interested in having a look:

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/2981/2981-h/2981-h.htm

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My Brother - Basically the exact opposite of me, but we both have the same sense of humor and are each others best friends. He had to take care of me because we both lived by ourselves for a short period in time while my mother was in the hospital and my father had divorced my mother and was non-existent for a while.

My Mom - Nobody on this planet is a sweeter person, nor is anybody more stubborn. She has had a double lung and heart transplant, been diagnosed with schizophrenia, has had a toxic-plasmosis on her brain, yet you could not tell by looking at her! She is the epitome of a fighter.

Anthony Bourdain - The modern day badass, I want his job sooooo bad, he has had such a difficult life (living in NJ - crack addict - chef - TV personality) but has come such a long way and is living THE life!

Richard Branson - When I own my own hotel, many of the ideas and practices will be inspired by Richard Branson's business models. He truly is a revolutionary thinker.

Kanye West - I know I'll get flak for this, but he is really a great guy, sooooo enthusiastic about everything he does and is a quality control freak, I live my life by "Quality over Quantity" and someone that has the same mindset is a friend of mine.

Post: #55

Pablo Neruda

Theodore Roosevelt

Me

Post: #56

hunter s. thompson

he was a guy who lived life without fear always seeking out adventure and new experiences. he lived life on his on terms. even to the end when he took his life. he was the first to wake me up to the red pill life

“Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride!” hunter thompson

Post: #57

Mine is Spartacus. Treat your fears and anxieties the same way Spartacus treated the Romans. Refuse to be a slave and allow them to control you and your life.

Post: #58

I second Roosh's mention of Derek Sivers. His book reviews alone show that he's a serious student of life. Great video of him talking about lessons learned from his days at Berklee School of Music (he bucked the system and graduated early, by the way).




Tnoonan2013 and I think alike re: Anthony Bourdain. He's at the top of his craft, plus writes and speaks extremely well, is well traveled and well fed, isn't afraid to piss people off, and married a woman 22 years younger.


I'm shocked no one's mentioned Robert Downey Jr. He has a silver tongue, puts his heart into roles, writes and performs music, does martial arts, and is always on. Most badass fact: he proposed to his wife the last minute of her 20s (see 6:50).




Last and most classic: Rhett Butler from "Gone with the Wind." Every player should study these scenes.

Post: #59

Has to be Iggy Pop.

Post: #60

I opened a thread about people who inspire us and someone warned me that there is another one discussing the same topic. Maybe he is not my role model but he was very inspirational and he had lots of life in his years:





















Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton KCMG FRGS (19 March 1821 – 20 October 1890) was a British geographer, explorer, translator, writer, soldier, orientalist, cartographer, ethnologist, spy, linguist, poet, fencer and diplomat. He was known for his travels and explorations within Asia, Africa and the Americas, as well as his extraordinary knowledge of languages and cultures. According to one count, he spoke 29 European, Asian and African languages.[1]

Burton's best-known achievements include traveling in disguise to Mecca, an unexpurgated translation of One Thousand and One Nights (also commonly called The Arabian Nights in English after Andrew Lang's abridgement), bringing the Kama Sutra to publication in English, and journeying with John Hanning Speke as the first Europeans to visit the Great Lakes of Africa in search of the source of the Nile. Burton extensively criticized colonial policies (to the detriment of his career) in his works and letters. He was a prolific and erudite author and wrote numerous books and scholarly articles about subjects including human behaviour, travel, falconry, fencing, sexual practices and ethnography. A unique feature of his books is the copious footnotes and appendices containing remarkable observations and information.

He was a captain in the army of the East India Company, serving in India (and later, briefly, in the Crimean War). Following this, he was engaged by the Royal Geographical Society to explore the east coast of Africa and led an expedition guided by the locals and was the first European to see Lake Tanganyika. In later life, he served as British consul in Fernando Po, Santos, Damascus and, finally, Trieste. He was a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and was awarded a knighthood (KCMG) in 1886.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Francis_Burton