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.
STEVE PAVLINATo abandon a comfortable lifestyle that isn’t deeply fulfilling is to abandon nothing.
More Steve Pavlina Quotes
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For good or ill, your habits will make or break you.
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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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It’s a serious character weakness to think you can get something of value for little or nothing, to believe that life will flood you with abundance when you won’t commit yourself to delivering your best contribution in exchange.
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The universe cannot show you anything which you’ve intentionally chosen to block from your reality.
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You are too free and untamable to be labeled.
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Do what you love, but be damned sure it’s profitable. If you do work you love, but it doesn’t generate income, your business will fail. If you do work you hate, but it generates income, your health will fail… and your business along with it.
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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.
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Courageous people are still afraid, but they don’t let the fear paralyze them.
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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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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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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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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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By all means listen to other people’s advice, but when in doubt go with your gut instinct.
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Achieving meaningful goals requires that you commit your entire ass, not just one cheek.
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I realized that my bliss and my heartbreak both point in the same direction. I follow my joy and my heartbreak simultaneously because they’re two sides of the same coin.
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