One of my core beliefs is that belief itself is a choice that can be made of our own free will.
I believe we can proactively choose to believe whatever we want instead of merely letting our beliefs coalesce as reactions to events.
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.
The only thing stopping you is fear, and the only thing that will get you past it is courage. What you do with your life isn’t up to your parents, your boss, or your spouse. It’s up to you and you alone.
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.
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.
I learned that accepting others and accepting myself are two sides of the same coin; you can’t love and accept yourself without doing the same for others.
Saying no isn’t easy, but it’s a required skill if you wish to have any degree of focus in your life. If you say yes too often, you’ll likely fall into the common trap of saying yes to the good while simultaneously saying no to the best.
Risk the stuff. It’s worthless anyway. But don’t make the insane choice of sacrificing your happiness for stuff.
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.
If you try to impress an alarm clock, it will simply tell you the time.
Security is worthless if you have to sacrifice growth to get it.
Your beliefs about reality become your beliefs about yourself.
Courageous people are still afraid, but they don’t let the fear paralyze them.
The momentum of continuous action fuels motivation, while procrastination kills motivation.
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.
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.
When in doubt, act boldly, as if it were impossible to fail. In essence it is.
Curiosity is more flexible and practical than belief.
Your environment will eat your goals and plans for breakfast.