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 PAVLINAI 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.
More Steve Pavlina Quotes
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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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It’s funny that when people reach a certain age, such as after graduating college, they assume it’s time to go out and get a job. But like many things the masses do, just because everyone does it doesn’t mean it’s a good idea.
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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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When you live for a strong purpose, then hard work isn’t an option. It’s a necessity.
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Replace “Have to” with “Want to.”
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Realize that you earn income by providing value – not time – so find a way to provide your best value to others, and charge a fair price for it.
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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.
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Security is worthless if you have to sacrifice growth to get it
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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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Hard work is painful when life is devoid of purpose. But when you live for something greater than yourself and the gratification of your own ego, then hard work becomes a labor of love.
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One of the secrets to success is recognizing that motivation follows action.
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It’s important to note that you don’t have to earn money from all of your interests. If you just dive in and pursue what you enjoy, you may be surprised to find out which interests help you generate income and which don’t.
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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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Productivity = creating value and delivering it to people. All other busywork is unproductive fluff and should be minimized.
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I believe the ultimate goal of living and refining your values is to identify and achieve congruence with universal principles.
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