You must assume 100% responsibility for your financial life. If you’re going to improve your situation, you have to put the full burden of doing so squarely on your own shoulders. First and foremost, you must hold yourself responsible.
STEVE PAVLINARealize that you earn income by providing value – not time – so find a way to provide your best value to others, and charge a fair price for it.
More Steve Pavlina Quotes
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Regardless of others’ reactions, do your best to stay true to yourself. Make the choices that allow you to look in the mirror and feel good about the person gazing back at you.
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Achieving meaningful goals requires that you commit your entire ass, not just one cheek.
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If you want to achieve some really big and interesting goals, you have to learn to fall in love with hard work.
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I believe we can proactively choose to believe whatever we want instead of merely letting our beliefs coalesce as reactions to events.
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When you live for a strong purpose, then hard work isn’t an option. It’s a necessity.
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I realized that my bliss and my heartbreak both point in the same direction. I follow my joy and my heartbreak simultaneously because they’re two sides of the same coin.
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Productivity = creating value and delivering it to people. All other busywork is unproductive fluff and should be minimized.
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If you enjoy your volunteering and charitable activities more than your career, it means your career is in serious need of an upgrade. In my opinion your career should be your best outlet for giving.
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Using passion as your only fuel will no more assure you of success than being in love will ensure a successful long-term relationship.
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Security is worthless if you have to sacrifice growth to get it
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Network selectively. Nothing says “business newbie” like shotgun networking. “You never know when someone might say yes” is marketing for dummies.
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If you experience chronic difficulties in a particular area of your life, there’s a strong chance that the root of the problem is a failure to accept reality as it is.
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I want my life to have had more value than just acquiring stuff and living comfortably. I may die rich, or I may die broke. But I won’t die with my music still in me.
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Think for yourself. Unplug yourself from follow-the-follower groupthink, and virtually ignore what everyone else in your industry is saying (except the ones everyone agrees is crazy).
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Courageous people are still afraid, but they don’t let the fear paralyze them.
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