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.
STEVE PAVLINAI believe the ultimate goal of living and refining your values is to identify and achieve congruence with universal principles.
More Steve Pavlina Quotes
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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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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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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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You must give before you can get.
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Network selectively. Nothing says “business newbie” like shotgun networking. “You never know when someone might say yes” is marketing for dummies.
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We primarily grow as human beings by discovering new truths about ourselves and our reality.
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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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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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Curiosity is more flexible and practical than belief.
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Don’t die without embracing the daring adventure your life is meant to be.
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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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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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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.
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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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Risk the stuff. It’s worthless anyway. But don’t make the insane choice of sacrificing your happiness for stuff.
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