To work effectively you need uninterrupted blocks of time in which you can complete meaningful work… I’ve found that a minimum of 90 minutes is ideal for a single block.
STEVE PAVLINAI 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.
More Steve Pavlina Quotes
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Replace “Have to” with “Want to.”
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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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You are too free and untamable to be labeled.
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Any relationships that would reject you for being true to yourself are – by definition – abusive relationships. You’ll be much better off when you let them go.
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For good or ill, your habits will make or break you.
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Spiritual development requires the freedom to connect with different parts of reality in order to understand them more fully.
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We primarily grow as human beings by discovering new truths about ourselves and our reality.
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To abandon a comfortable lifestyle that isn’t deeply fulfilling is to abandon nothing.
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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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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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Tackling challenges that are too big for you is what makes you grow as a human being.
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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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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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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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Fear is not your enemy. It is a compass pointing you to the areas where you need to grow.
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