Quote

If you don’t take the time to get really clear about exactly what it is you’re trying to accomplish, then you’re forever doomed to spend your life achieving the goals of those who do.

Steve Pavlina

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Steve Pavlina
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: April 14
Author
Businessperson
Engineer
Programmer
Writer
Santa Monica
California
Life
Understanding
Goals
Goal
Accomplish
Purpose
Spending
Inspirational
Exactly
Take
Spend
Achieving
Trying
Achieve
Doomed
Really
Forever
Entrepreneur
Time
Clear
Aim

More quotes by Steve Pavlina

Image
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
Image
Our brains are fairly powerful, but our conscious minds are still extremely limited in their ability to hold onto multiple simultaneous thoughts
Steve Pavlina
Image
One of my core beliefs is that belief itself is a choice that can be made of our own free will.
Steve Pavlina
Image
Whatever happens to me during the course of my life - physically, socially, or financially - I can always choose to focus on giving. When I'm in that state, nothing else matters. I cease to exist as a separate being and merge into an expression of divine oneness.
Steve Pavlina
Image
If you experience chronic difficulties in a particular area of your life, there's a strong chance that the root of the problem is a failure to accept reality as it is.
Steve Pavlina
Image
Productivity = creating value and delivering it to people. All other busywork is unproductive fluff and should be minimized.
Steve Pavlina
Image
Your beliefs about reality become your beliefs about yourself.
Steve Pavlina
Image
Negative feelings mean you`re going the wrong way
Steve Pavlina
Image
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.
Steve Pavlina
Image
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.
Steve Pavlina
Image
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
Image
One of the fundamental choices you face in every encounter is the choice to approach or avoid.
Steve Pavlina
Image
If you want to experience abundance, then don't choose a path that ensures scarcity or limitation. Choose a path that has a shot of leading to prosperity. Say no to non-prosperous choices like a job with a fixed paycheck.
Steve Pavlina
Image
Courageous people are still afraid, but they don't let the fear paralyze them.
Steve Pavlina
Image
If you aren't working on your goals, you aren't working. You're just wasting time.
Steve Pavlina
Image
I believe we can proactively choose to believe whatever we want instead of merely letting our beliefs coalesce as reactions to events.
Steve Pavlina
Image
You must give before you can get.
Steve Pavlina
Image
Believing that you must do something perfectly is a recipe for stress, and you'll associate that stress with the task and thus condition yourself to avoid it
Steve Pavlina
Image
Using passion as your only fuel will no more assure you of success than being in love will ensure a successful long-term relationship.
Steve Pavlina
Image
Thought and action can be perceived as two different dimensions of who you are: the mental you and the physical you
Steve Pavlina