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.
STEVE PAVLINAIf you want to achieve some really big and interesting goals, you have to learn to fall in love with hard work.
More Steve Pavlina Quotes
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Security is worthless if you have to sacrifice growth to get it
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By all means listen to other people’s advice, but when in doubt go with your gut instinct.
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Passion and purpose go hand in hand. When you discover your purpose, you will normally find it’s something you’re tremendously passionate about.
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Any relationships that would reject you for being true to yourself are – by definition – abusive relationships. You’ll be much better off when you let them go.
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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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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 the ultimate goal of living and refining your values is to identify and achieve congruence with universal principles.
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Imaginary testing is unreliable, and in many cases, it’s a huge waste of time and energy. In truth you just don’t know what will happen until you try.
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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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The most intelligent thing you can possibly do with your life is to grow.
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To abandon a comfortable lifestyle that isn’t deeply fulfilling is to abandon nothing.
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Courageous people are still afraid, but they don’t let the fear paralyze them.
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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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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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Spend time cultivating your deepest desires, no matter how impractical or impossible they seem. It’s perfectly OK to want the impossible. It’s not OK to pretend that your desires don’t matter.
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Our brains are fairly powerful, but our conscious minds are still extremely limited in their ability to hold onto multiple simultaneous thoughts
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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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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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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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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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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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You are too free and untamable to be labeled.
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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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