I believe the ultimate goal of living and refining your values is to identify and achieve congruence with universal principles.
STEVE PAVLINAWhen you live for a strong purpose, then hard work isn’t an option. It’s a necessity.
More Steve Pavlina Quotes
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The most intelligent thing you can possibly do with your life is to grow.
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If you can’t do what you love and make it profitable, you’ve either got a hobby or a headache, not a sustainable business. Don’t settle for anything less than passion and profit.
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Replace “Have to” with “Want to.”
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Don’t die without embracing the daring adventure your life is meant to be. You may go broke. You may experience failure and rejection repeatedly. You may endure multiple dysfunctional relationships. But these are all milestones along the path of a life lived courageously.
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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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I think the best friendships are those that can stand the test of time, where the friendship is based more on who you are than on what you do or what you have.
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One of my core beliefs is that belief itself is a choice that can be made of our own free will.
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Saying no isn’t easy, but it’s a required skill if you wish to have any degree of focus in your life. If you say yes too often, you’ll likely fall into the common trap of saying yes to the good while simultaneously saying no to the best.
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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 are too free and untamable to be labeled.
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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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For good or ill, your habits will make or break you.
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It’s a serious character weakness to think you can get something of value for little or nothing, to believe that life will flood you with abundance when you won’t commit yourself to delivering your best contribution in exchange.
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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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When you live for a strong purpose, then hard work isn’t an option. It’s a necessity.
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