Gene Simmons's Top 10 Rules For Success (@genesimmons) 

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Gene's last comment #10 was especially important. "There IS greater greatness in you then ever imagined."

My favorite Gene Simmons quote: "We all have our crosses to bear.. So fucking what..get over it already!"

I love the fact that he loves his mother so much, and he never forgets to give her praise and thanks that she deserves.

Gene is one of the coolest guys on the planet.

I don't care how many people talk Bullshit about him. He's my Mentor and has one of the GREATEST attitudes for life. Long Live the Demon.

No matter what people tell about Gene. You gotta admit that he is brilliant when it comes to marketing and business.

Say what you want. He's a smart man

You can't hate gene ! Is he arrogant yes ! Is he opinionated yes ! I think he is hilarious and fun and always entertaining . Here is s average guy of average looks and mediocre musical talent that created a great product, fun band and made it on his own terms! Love him !

Thanks pal for this video.

Once again Gene Simmons is correct again. And yes he is extremely interesting and intelligent. I AM GLAD THAT I WATCHED THIS.

Gene Simmons has EARNED his place in History and KISStory!

Why is everyone hating on Gene? He's made more money in 40 years than any of you would in 200 years.

There's more wisdom in this man's little finger than probably 98% of the American population. Listen to him talk about being curious, about reading all the time, even about things that don't interest him, just to KNOW and understand things. I'm sorry he didn't do more movies. He was a consummate villain in both of his films. I've read his books, and it's like a conversation with him. He writes the way he speaks. I have more admiration for him as a musician than anyone else, because he entered into the business with his eyes wide open. This was a wonderful collection of interviews. Thank you for posting it.

Awesome..... Gene Simmons! I loved it when he said "GET OVER IT" - Boy I really needed to hear that! Whatever sad story you have, someone has one worst than you, and guess what the answer is the same "GET OVER IT" and go make your dreams come TRUE! -Great video! My favorite #4 "Your dreams can come true"

awesome - surprisingly this one has moved up to my top favorite "*10 Rules For Success" ..thanks Evan* !!

I don't get all the hate on Gene, he's a wonderful man. I don't care what people say he's a smart and very caring man with many talents.

Many thanks to you EVAN for this video.

Eugene Klein, undoubtedly one of the very BEST entertainers in the music industry. Kiss has always been indispensable for the Rock world! \m/

Gene your a great example for living the American Dream.

One of very few Celebs who tells it like it is. Good man...

Powerful Content. Gene Simmons is the Real Deal in the Business industry. Evan Carmichael I appreciate you and Everything that you do. Evan keep going after your Dreams. You will be the Next Mega Millionaire.

Awesome video once more! I didn't know much about him, I'm glad I watched this video. I can relate totally for the last part. Like he said, we all have a cross to bear but I realized very recently that it was up to me to have it stop defining me and my goals in life :) I don't know if you did already but a Stan Lee Top 10 would be amazing.

Intelligent man

Congrats Evan!!! You're doing a great job!

Great job Evan! Thx.

cool guy

Inspirational, for sure!

I think Gene is a great guy. He is a family man. Also, lives like an American should. A good role model, I should say. He makes perfect since in what he says. He seems to have an opinion on everything. lol. He seems to have a lot of knowledge, on business concepts. Just listen to him. Thanks for being a positive role model Gene. He doesn't seem to have a split personality. That's what I like bout him. He has influenced me in music and other things I have going on. Thanks.

loved it. Evan looks like you are doing some team building. Atta boy. thanks guys. #BTA always Alicia

Great post, great video. Thank you 👍🙂

I'm not a fan of Gene and think he is way to arrogant BUT he is Right about how to strive for your dreams and he is a very intelligent man in his own right!! So I guess he can be as arrogant as he wants to be.. Plus he LOVES his Mom and always says so😏😏😏 I respect that!!

"We all have our crosses to bear.. get over it" So True

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Number 5 Learn to Listen, number 8 Invest in yourself and number 10 Be all that you can be. Gene Simmons gives some great advice to live by especially if you are into developing your own business and your own brand.

This was awesome

Gene, I wanna be a female rock star, but I feel like giving up, what should I do? I really admire Angus Young (and of course everyone in AC/DC) Tony (and everyone in Black Sabbath) and you and Paul (and everyone in Kiss) Should I give up? I want to be a guitarist. I have an Epiphone SG 2016 model and I can’t play it! Should I give up or should I go on? I would really love to meet you and Angus Young and Tony Iommi. That would be so awesome. To meet all of my idols. And I noticed at 2:52 you mentioned AC/DC! I swear there is not a black sabbath song or an AC/DC song that I have not ever heard. And when I’m out in public I recognize them playing instantly. It is a dream of mine to become as good as you and Angus and Tony. I’m only 20 and yes I’m a woman like I said

Thanks for the video! I love all 10!!! I grew up from a kid listening to Kiss! They are my f av. Band. I grew up in a crap household w/ a lot to deal with and they were my escape! As I got older their message about being a better you struck a deep cord within me. I leaned to watcj and listen! I was raised to be PROUD of our country! And proud of myself. Even when others aren't. Stick to your guns.

Love this man! 🤟🏽

Gene Leaves A Great Blue Print For Success. There Is Wisdom In His Words. Anything Is Possible !

From which interview was that last part taken from? Because his last sentence is great but unfortunately cut at the end... thanks

#2 and #7 do it for me! Love taking on new challenges and some of the folks here know and being unique is the best way to be. #BTA131

What a voice, wow!

This is on point. #BTA74

we are ultimately in the people's business. they are the bosses, we just work here. I also like "be unique". thanks. #BTA2

Be Inspired by your Mom!

''Shame on you if you don't get up and be all that you can be''

All of them...go Gene!

You may not agree with every thing he's done but he's smart has accomplished a lot. He deserved respect. In his own rite

"Get over it." Yes I know so many people that do nothing because of one bad event in their life. There's this lady I know...when she was a teenager, a boy pulled her bikini down at a pool party. She ran home embarrassed. Stopped going to school. Wouldn't come out of her room. The police broke into her room one day, because she wasn't answering anybody, she hadn't came out of her room for five days (not even to pick up packed food her mum left at the door), and there was a horrible smell. She was alive, but dehydrated. Now 20yrs later she's bedridden in a nursing home (where her mum works). She cries all day, re-tells the story about the pool party several times a day. Everyone is angry at her, because she won't get over it. When she was a teenager in school, she was so smart she skipped 3yr levels. She was tutoring maths, science, German, and Spanish to older students. Everyone expected that she would cure AIDS (I don't know why AIDS). If she was to get over it, she will have so much life, and potential.

BE UNIQUE speaks to me. Gene is my role model

Gene is my hero all the time. Such an inspirational word. I married to Jewish man and until now I didn't know Gene and Paul were Jewish lol..

I Can't wait for the Conor Mcgregor Top 10 :)

Gene Simmons the GURU.

Do you have a RU-vid channel of Dance Salsa lessons!? :o

First off Kiss is one of my all time favorite bands. Gene is definitely a very smart and ambitious man. There are definitely things you can learn from him. However,things are much different now in the music business. I suspect that if Kiss were to have started now that they too would be just a flash in the pan. He would not be a multi millionaire and would probably be working a regular job.

THE BEST !!! 😎🤘 Now don't forget to give GENE his % 😁

Get lucky and have a record company put a band together with you in it! SUCCESS!

we should follow these 10 rules

Cool even now kiss was before my time I like what he saying on here even if I was a 1980s brat

Could you do a Daniel Craig top 10?

As soon as I saw the title I thought of the Ferengi Rules of Acquisition. www.ferengirules.com He does indeed come off as an asshole and a little too in love with himself sometimes but if you listen to some of his commentary on things he's actually quite intelligent. And personally, I think he is hugely underrated as a bass player.

Add Dee Snider to the list.

This dude helped to change rock n roll forever. Gene never did drugs or alcohol. He remained goal minded, worked hard, got tons of pussy, sold millions of albums, and now he has a beautiful family and he's still going strong. Not to mention he's a jew. No wonder he's got so many haters.

Nick is Gene's Minnie me

David Gilmour 10 steps for success please

5. Learn to listen to broaden your vision .

Hes arrogant as hell, and im not a fan of KISS, but he is success ful and an inspiration!

This is all great advice but, it's not without it's flaws. 1. Gene assumes that everyone has a good mother (or parents) like he did. Some people don't have great role models to look up to. That's just how it is. He also neglects to take into account the fact that nowadays, even if you work hard, the chances of success don't increase all that much. There are billions of people that work their ass off and they have nothing to show for it. Why? Various reasons but, not cause they don't work hard. 2. In terms of music, being "unique" is not as profitable anymore as he might think. The music industry gave up on "unique" acts long ago. Nowadays, they only want acts that they can profit from, not acts who can be "unique", making great music in the process but, making them no money. 3. Assuming coming across worthy business partners is as easy as finding flies on a turd during a hot summer day. Most people with experience stick to themselves in order to not have to "share the wealth". There's also the "unbelievable luck" and "money" component - which are pretty hard for most people to come by. 4. It's great the he chose the right paths to travel down in life which led him to make his dreams come true. Unfortunately, that is the utmost exception, not the rule for most people. Most people will never make their dreams come true. Not for lack of trying but, because life simply takes them on different paths. Not everyone will end up at the same destination, even if they try to follow in the footsteps of successful people. If that were the case, everyone would be guaranteed to become successful just by emulating successful people. Life has no "guarantees". 5. Listening is key to growing up and maturing. Those who don't listen and pay attention are doomed to a hard life. Odd how something as simple as listening can be so hard for many to do. On the other hand, just cause some people might seem "unqualified" to be taken into account by those at the top, that doesn't mean they can't offer positive insight. Judging a -book- person by it's cover simply cause they aren't at certain level doesn't mean they can't impart wisdom or good advice. For example, there are many elderly people who never went to school and yet you would be wrong to assume they wouldn't know anything. They might not have "book smarts" but, they have extensive life experience and that can many times be far more valuable than book smarts. 6. Be curious. Being curious throughout life is key. Some though have just given up, not by choice but, due to uncontrollable circumstances in life that have made them cynical and rigid in the ways they think. It's not by choice sometimes but, as I said before, life just doesn't lead everyone down the same path to success. If that were the case, this would be a perfect world. 7. Some people are naturally built to take on challenges but, others don't do so well with a steady stream of "challenge". It's easy to ask for new challenges when you're in a position to tackle them - mentally, physically, emotionally and spiritually. Many people out there are not prepared in some, most or all of those aspects to take on challenges. The alarming number of increasing people with depression and other mental and physical issues pretty much proves this. 8. It's somewhat easy to invest in oneself when you have something to invest with. Again, if that were the case and everyone was afforded a guaranteed path to success by life, this would be a perfect world. Everyone would be successful and living in an utter utopia. Sadly, this is not the case. 9. There might be plenty of time to do everything but, as we all know (or should I say, as MOST of us know), time isn't the only factor when it comes to wanting to do things. Many people don't limit themselves to one thing in life but, their goals are sometimes out of reach for a myriad of reasons. Again, it all boils down to the stroke of luck and chance, which changes from person to person. 10. Once again, this all boils down to the path that life takes you down. Some destinations will be extraordinarily pleasant. Others, somewhat pleasant. Still others, not so pleasant and still others utterly unpleasant. Again, there is no guarantee. You do not have true control of where your life path will lead. No one is born thinking they want to become a "loser" in life. Even the wealthy have problems that even lead to things like depression and suicide. Many are just a missing paycheck or two from being homeless or worse. To paint everything with such a broad stroke and say, it's all out there, you just have to want it badly enough is a loaded statement. It's easy to see things from a much more positive view when you haven't tasted desperate in a VERY long while or if at all in your life. Even those that have tasted it before (like Gene) can forget what it's like once their life takes a turn for the better. This is why many people who come into large sums of money in life, wind up losing many dear things like friends and family - cause they forget how to connect with those people once they are at a different level in life. It's easy to lose your head... and even easier to come crashing down.

Gene Simmons' NOT Gene Simmons's .

Another 10 years He'll catch up to Tony Robbins

What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, but lose his soul?

LOL, Secret of Life: you're alive then you're not.

Cel chapo

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Notice the band photo didn't include Peter or Ace? Rule 11: Once you've made it, talk trash about ex band members!

Some woman once said "Meyer Mengele" - was that Golda Meier?

get over it.

Jesus,is coming very soon. Please,let us all repent and turn back from our bad ways before its too late‥ God bless all