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.
STEVE PAVLINABy all means listen to other people’s advice, but when in doubt go with your gut instinct.
More Steve Pavlina Quotes
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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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One of the secrets to success is recognizing that motivation follows action.
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It’s important to note that you don’t have to earn money from all of your interests. If you just dive in and pursue what you enjoy, you may be surprised to find out which interests help you generate income and which don’t.
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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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Productivity = creating value and delivering it to people. All other busywork is unproductive fluff and should be minimized.
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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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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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Courageous people are still afraid, but they don’t let the fear paralyze them.
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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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Are you one of those people who notices the problems of the world and says … somebody ought to do something about that? Why not you? If you feel a strong urge to see a problem fixed, then why not act on it?
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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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You must give before you can get.
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The universe cannot show you anything which you’ve intentionally chosen to block from your reality.
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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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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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