Richie Norton, The Power Of Starting Something Stupid: How To Crush Fear, Make Dreams Happen, And Live Without Regret Quotes

Opportunities will come and go, but if you do nothing about them, so will you.

No more tomorrows. Today is the day.

The pursuit of prosperity shouldn't stop you from the pursuit of happiness.

Life is too short not to start something stupid.

A principle is not merely a fundamental truth, but principles must serve as the very first source of every decision we make along the road to success.

You have to dig a well before you can draw water from it.

Mission matching: an ask that creates synergistic congruence (aka win-win) between missions.

Don't wait. Start stuff.

Stupid is the New Smart.

Try it out yourself. Test your idea with an experimental project. See what works and what doesn't. Then move forward or move on.

It all starts with a tiny, stupid idea, then one thing leads to another, and suddenly, you find something amazing: yourself.

Truly being authentic is knowing what matters to you, on the deepest level of who you are, and committing always to act from that authentic center.

When we leverage, we aggregate and organize existing resources to achieve success.

The key ingredient in engaging the power available from service is motive.

Fear is the freaky troll under the bridge that leads to achievement.

Gavin's Law: Live to start. Start to live.

Don't allow life to pass you by because you are afraid of [looking] stupid.

If high aspirations = high fear, overcoming high fear = achieving high aspirations.

To accelerate success, we must get as close to our dreams as possible as soon as possible.

Imagine what your life would be like if you were completely uninhibited by fear, pride, or procrastination. What would you be capable of? Anything.

Dreams don’t get done until they are due.

If someone thinks your ideas, the dreams bubbling up inside of you, are stupid, welcome to the Club.

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.

Trust. And be trusted.

START: Serve, Thank, Ask, Receive, Trust

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.

You can’t let fear and indecision sink your creativity—they do not easily release their hold.

The willingness to be a champion for stupid ideas is the key to greater creativity, innovation, fulfillment, inspiration, motivation and success.

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.

It’s not the circumstances that we should feel threatened by, it’s the fear of the circumstances that poses the real threat.