Network selectively. Nothing says “business newbie” like shotgun networking. “You never know when someone might say yes” is marketing for dummies.
STEVE PAVLINATreat your business relationships like friendships (or potential friendships). Formality puts up walls, and walls don’t foster good business relationships. No one is loyal to a wall… except the one in China.
More Steve Pavlina Quotes
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Everyone you meet in your life – even total strangers – are already intimately connected to you. The idea that we are all separate and distinct beings is nothing but an illusion. We are all parts of a larger whole, like individual cells in a body.
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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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To abandon a comfortable lifestyle that isn’t deeply fulfilling is to abandon nothing.
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It’s been said that the first hour is the rudder of the day. I’ve found this to be very true in my own life. If I’m lazy or haphazard in my actions during the first hour after I wake up, I tend to have a fairly lazy and unfocused day.
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People often overestimate what they can reasonably achieve in a year. But they vastly underestimate what they can achieve in 5 years.
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In fact, it’s a safe bet that you’ll subconsciously sabotage yourself from being in such a place for long. You won’t allow yourself to receive what you don’t feel you’ve earned. To receive life’s bounty, you must know without a doubt that you deserve it.
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It’s funny that when people reach a certain age, such as after graduating college, they assume it’s time to go out and get a job. But like many things the masses do, just because everyone does it doesn’t mean it’s a good idea.
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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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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.
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The universe cannot show you anything which you’ve intentionally chosen to block from your reality.
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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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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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You must give before you can get.
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Tackling challenges that are too big for you is what makes you grow as a human being.
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Spiritual development requires the freedom to connect with different parts of reality in order to understand them more fully.
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