If your guard is up, let it down. If you've constructed a defensive wall to protect yourself and keep all the bad guys out, don't forget who that wall also prevents from getting in - the good guys. Brendon Burchard More Quotes by Brendon Burchard More Quotes From Brendon Burchard The charged life, then, usually calls to us after we have done what we were supposed to do, become who we thought we were supposed to be, lived as we thought we were supposed to live. Then the safety and comfort and compromise get to us, and a stirring of restlessness and revolution sends us off in search of greater adventures and meaning. From THE CHARGE Brendon Burchard safety comfort adventure Beginning today, set an intention and a relentless focus on living your life as the greatest person you can be, in all situations. Demand that you demonstrate a strength of character in such a way that you find pride in who you are, and that others see you as a role model. Brendon Burchard role-models pride character No matter how small you start, start something that matters. Brendon Burchard matter Your ultimate life experience and legacy is being built moment by moment, day by day. Your story is being crafted by your every action, all leading somewhere, all leading to what one hopes will be a magnificent crescendo. Brendon Burchard legacy stories action There comes a time in the lives of those destined for greatness when we must stand before the mirror of meaning and ask: Why, having been endowed with the courageous heart of a lion, do we live as mice? Brendon Burchard greatness mirrors heart People say, "I wish I had more motivation today, because then I would try something." But our thinking is backward. The way our brain works is that dopamine - the so-called feel-good chemical - is released the second we actually do something. So the motivation doesn't come before, it comes after. Brendon Burchard motivation people thinking You have a clean slate every day you wake up. You have a chance every single morning to make that change and be the person you want to be. You just have to decide to do it. Decide today’s the day. Say it: this is going to be my day. Brendon Burchard wake-up want morning There are only two types of change: Something new comes into your life, or something new comes out of you. Brendon Burchard type something-new two The top experts in the world are ardent students. The day you stop learning, you're definitely not an expert. Brendon Burchard students experts world Optimists are happier in life for a reason. Brendon Burchard optimist reason Successful people take their current limitation and put it on their agenda as a job to do, as a thing to figure out and make happen. Brendon Burchard successful jobs people When I was 19, I was in a horrific car accident, and it taught me that at the end of our life, we ask all these questions. And my questions, I discovered, were: Did I really live my life? Did I love? Did I matter? And I was unhappy with the answers. Brendon Burchard car unhappy answers No matter your position, circumstances, or opportunities in life, you always have the freedom of mind to choose how you experience, interpret, and, ultimately, shape your world. Brendon Burchard mind opportunity world Ask not what you are getting from the world but, rather, what you are giving to the world. Brendon Burchard asks giving world Grant me the stormy seas over a life of ease, the toil and madness of a life of effort, and adventure , and meaning. The safe harbor is not for me, not for long. Let the fearful stand at the shore and point as we head into the unknown, toward that vast horizon where the bold become legend. Brendon Burchard positive-thinking sea adventure Ambition has to be joined with expectancy. A sense that you have a dream for yourself that you believe can happen. Brendon Burchard ambition dream believe I've seen that phenomenally successful people believe they can learn something from everybody. I call them 'mavericks with mentors.' Richard Branson, for instance, is a total maverick but he surrounds himself with incredibly successful, smart people and he listens to them. Brendon Burchard smart successful believe The time you want the map... is before you enter the woods Brendon Burchard maps business want The more we are true to ourselves, the more we can connect with and contribute to the world. Brendon Burchard world When you knock on the door of opportunity, do not be surprised that it is Work who will answer. Brendon Burchard answers opportunity doors
