If something is important enough to you that you feel the urge to donate your money or time to it, I think it’s best to try to express that form of giving through your career, not just as something you do on the side.
STEVE PAVLINAAre 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?
More Steve Pavlina Quotes
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You must give before you can get.
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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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The most intelligent thing you can possibly do with your life is to grow.
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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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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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We primarily grow as human beings by discovering new truths about ourselves and our 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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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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It should feel genuinely good to earn income from your blog – you should be driven by a healthy ambition to succeed. If your blog provides genuine value, you fully deserve to earn income from it.
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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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Tackling challenges that are too big for you is what makes you grow as a human being.
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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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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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When you fail you discover your boundaries. You map out the edges of your capabilities. And this allows you to eventually move beyond them. Being wrong eventually leads to being right. And even where it doesn’t, it’s still a more interesting path than being nothing.
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Achieving meaningful goals requires that you commit your entire ass, not just one cheek.
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