NewDebut book · 33 Laws of Discipline, Power & Legacy

Somebody wrote the script of your life.
Take the pen back.

Thirty-three laws for the only person you can actually command: yourself. Each one tested against history and ending in work you do the same day.

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  • 33laws in five phases
  • 20+years of building
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33 Laws of Discipline, Power & Legacy by John Silvera, book cover
Law 24
Don’t let comfort own you.

Built in rooms from Monaco to New York

Since 2002
  • Monaco Grand Prix
  • 230 Fifth NYC
  • Monster Energy
  • Masters of LXRY
20+
years building companies, from zero, more than onceyears building
100k+
monthly listeners on the radio station he co-foundedmonthly listeners
Monaco
to New York, from a small Dutch villageto New York

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Your starting point

Phase I · Clarity

Start where the book starts: see the script that was written for you, before you try to rewrite it.

Start with Law 1 · Break Free from the Script

Your next steps

  1. 1Read chapter one tonight: the introduction and Law 1.
  2. 2Live Law 1 · Break Free from the Script for thirty days.
  3. 3Stuck on one decision? Book a Private Session.

Your starting point

Phase II · Discipline

Your problem is not motivation. Build the architecture that holds your life up, day after day.

Start with Law 7 · Discipline Requires No Permission

Your next steps

  1. 1Read chapter one tonight: the introduction and Law 1.
  2. 2Live Law 7 · Discipline Requires No Permission for thirty days.
  3. 3Stuck on one decision? Book a Private Session.

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Phase III · Power

Learn to move among people without losing yourself: in rooms, deals and relationships.

Start with Law 18 · Stop Tolerating What Makes You Small

Your next steps

  1. 1Read chapter one tonight: the introduction and Law 1.
  2. 2Live Law 18 · Stop Tolerating What Makes You Small for thirty days.
  3. 3Stuck on one decision? Book a Private Session.

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Phase IV · Independence

Widen your freedom, so nobody else holds the pen.

Start with Law 24 · Don’t Let Comfort Own You

Your next steps

  1. 1Read chapter one tonight: the introduction and Law 1.
  2. 2Live Law 24 · Don’t Let Comfort Own You for thirty days.
  3. 3Stuck on one decision? Book a Private Session.

Your starting point

Phase V · Legacy

Build what remains: work and a name that outlive the moment.

Start with Law 33 · Create What Outlives You

Your next steps

  1. 1Read chapter one tonight: the introduction and Law 1.
  2. 2Live Law 33 · Create What Outlives You for thirty days.
  3. 3Stuck on one decision? Book a Private Session.

Inside the book

Thirty-three laws. Five phases.

Each law grounded in history, philosophy and hard-won experience. Not soft suggestions. Instruction.

Break Free from the Script · Guard What You Let In · Be Worth Following · Create What Outlives You · and 29 more.See all 33 laws

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John Silvera crossing Times Square at night

Everything I had to learn the hard way, reduced to 33 laws.

John SilveraFounder · Artist · Author
Amsterdam · Monaco · New York

The author

He needed laws. So he built them.

John Silvera grew up in a small Dutch village, a long way from the life he had in mind. There was no blueprint for where he wanted to go, so he wrote one. Failure and debt forced him to rebuild, from a friend’s spare room all the way to Monaco and New York. What he learned on the way became 33 laws.

The village
A small Dutch village and a script that was already written.
The fall
Over €50,000 in debt. Starting over in a friend’s spare room.
The build
A radio station built from nothing with his friend Jasper, all the way to Monaco.
The rooms
The Monaco Grand Prix. Rooftops in New York. Companies across borders.
The laws
Everything he had to learn the hard way, reduced to 33 laws.

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