Richie Norton, The Power of Starting Something Stupid: How to Crush Fear, Make Dreams Happen, and Live without Regret
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"To crush fear doesn't mean you eliminate it; crushing fear means you literally crush it down into smaller, more manageable parts and tackle one piece at a time."
"It all starts with a tiny, stupid idea, then one thing leads to another, and suddenly, you find something amazing: yourself."
"Try it out yourself. Test your idea with an experimental project. See what works and what doesn't. Then move forward or move on."
"Wouldn't it be amazing if you could travel into the future, see where you messed up, and then go back in time to rearrange things in order to make your future better? You can. If you can foresee regret, you can mind-travel to the future. If you can train yourself to mind-travel effectively, you can intentionally affect your future by doing something about it today."
"Gavin's Law: Live to start. Start to live."
"Your life should consist of more than commuting, working, eating, surfing the Internet, sleeping and watching TV. Your life should be filled with purpose-driven experiences and projects that bring excitement, passion, energy, and authentic meaning and joy into your life."
"It’s not the circumstances that we should feel threatened by, it’s the fear of the circumstances that poses the real threat."
"Live to start your stupid ideas, and start to live a life without regret--a life filled with meaning, freedom, happiness, fun, authenticity, and influence."
"The willingness to be a champion for stupid ideas is the key to greater creativity, innovation, fulfillment, inspiration, motivation and success."
"Creativity is at the heart of every stupid idea . . . creativity and stupid are interchangeable . . . because everything inherent to that kind of creativity requires breaking away from the norm, going against the grain, and leaning into risk and fear."
"You can’t let fear and indecision sink your creativity—they do not easily release their hold."
"Overcome the prideful need to measure your worth by how much more successful you are than others, by operating from a core belief grounded in abundance."
"START: Serve, Thank, Ask, Receive, Trust"
"There is power born of humility . . . Humility, in business and in life, is a powerful asset and does not denote lowliness, unimportance, or self-deprecation."
"If someone thinks your ideas, the dreams bubbling up inside of you, are stupid, welcome to the Club."
"Dreams don’t get done until they are due."
"Imagine what your life would be like if you were completely uninhibited by fear, pride, or procrastination. What would you be capable of? Anything."
"To accelerate success, we must get as close to our dreams as possible as soon as possible."
"If high aspirations = high fear, overcoming high fear = achieving high aspirations."
"Don't allow life to pass you by because you are afraid of [looking] stupid."
"Opportunities will come and go, but if you do nothing about them, so will you."
"Fear is the freaky troll under the bridge that leads to achievement."