Fuzzy thinking leads to hesitancy in acting. Clear thinking makes it easier to act boldly and consistently. Steve Pavlina More Quotes by Steve Pavlina More Quotes From Steve Pavlina I believe we can proactively choose to believe whatever we want instead of merely letting our beliefs coalesce as reactions to events. Steve Pavlina events want believe In reading the biographies of very successful men and women, one theme frequently surfaces: such people have a strong bias for action. Those who achieve high levels of success in some areas of life tend to take a LOT more action than those who settle for average or below average results. Steve Pavlina strong reading successful 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? Steve Pavlina thought-provoking strong people Spend time cultivating your deepest desires, no matter how impractical or impossible they seem. It's perfectly OK to want the impossible. It's not OK to pretend that your desires don't matter. Steve Pavlina thought-provoking want desire Risk the stuff. It's worthless anyway. But don't make the insane choice of sacrificing your happiness for stuff. Steve Pavlina thought-provoking sacrifice choices 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. Steve Pavlina money responsibility firsts I got screwed over in some bad business deals, but as long as I focused on those past problems, I couldn't move forward. I had to let all of that go and forgive everyone and everything first. Steve Pavlina money moving-forward past 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. They are your private victories, carving a deeper space within you to be filled with an abundance of joy, happiness, and fulfillment. So go ahead and feel the fear. Then summon the courage to follow your dreams anyway. Steve Pavlina dream monday adventure Hard work pays off. When someone tells you otherwise, beware the sales pitch for something "fast and easy" that's about to come next. The greater your capacity for hard work, the more rewards fall within your grasp. The deeper you can dig, the more treasure you can potentially find. Steve Pavlina discipline hard-work fall The exact process you use to build courage isn't important. What's important is that you consciously do it. Just as your muscles will atrophy if you don't regularly stress them, your courage will atrophy if you don't consistently challenge yourself to face down your fears. 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. Steve Pavlina stress fear exercise If you try to impress an alarm clock, it will simply tell you the time. Steve Pavlina alarms awakening trying Imaginary testing is unreliable, and in many cases, it's a huge waste of time and energy. In truth you just don't know what will happen until you try. You may start a business, and it could take off in ways no one could predict. Or it could be a complete failure. You could ask for a date and end up with the partner of your dreams. Or you could be rejected cold. It's great to visualize what you want, but you never really know what's going to happen until you act. Steve Pavlina dream trying way 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. Steve Pavlina jobs funny mean 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. 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. Steve Pavlina work mean thinking Negative feelings mean you`re going the wrong way Steve Pavlina feelings mean negative If you want to express your creativity, then don't choose a path where someone else tells you what to do and how to do it. Choose a path where creativity is rewarded, not punished. Steve Pavlina innovation creativity ideas One of the fundamental choices you face in every encounter is the choice to approach or avoid. Steve Pavlina encounters choices fundamentals Security is worthless if you have to sacrifice growth to get it Steve Pavlina sacrifice growth ifs Courageous people are still afraid, but they don't let the fear paralyze them. Steve Pavlina courageous stills people The momentum of continuous action fuels motivation, while procrastination kills motivation. Steve Pavlina momentum procrastination motivation
