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 PAVLINAEveryone 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.
More Steve Pavlina Quotes
-
-
Security is worthless if you have to sacrifice growth to get it
STEVE PAVLINA -
Risk the stuff. It’s worthless anyway. But don’t make the insane choice of sacrificing your happiness for stuff.
STEVE PAVLINA -
In the absence of this kind of conscious conditioning, you’ll automatically become weak in both body and mind. If you aren’t regularly exercising your courage, then you are strengthening your fear by default; there is no middle ground.
STEVE PAVLINA -
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 PAVLINA -
The universe cannot show you anything which you’ve intentionally chosen to block from your reality.
STEVE PAVLINA -
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.
STEVE PAVLINA -
If you dislike the answers you’re getting from life, try asking better questions.
STEVE PAVLINA -
Our brains are fairly powerful, but our conscious minds are still extremely limited in their ability to hold onto multiple simultaneous thoughts
STEVE PAVLINA -
Network selectively. Nothing says “business newbie” like shotgun networking. “You never know when someone might say yes” is marketing for dummies.
STEVE PAVLINA -
Treat 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.
STEVE PAVLINA -
Using passion as your only fuel will no more assure you of success than being in love will ensure a successful long-term relationship.
STEVE PAVLINA -
I believe the ultimate goal of living and refining your values is to identify and achieve congruence with universal principles.
STEVE PAVLINA -
You must give before you can get.
STEVE PAVLINA -
We primarily grow as human beings by discovering new truths about ourselves and our reality.
STEVE PAVLINA -
Achieving meaningful goals requires that you commit your entire ass, not just one cheek.
STEVE PAVLINA