Richie Norton Quotes

Confusion, when embraced, is the starting point for discovery, direction and decision.
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TIME: Today Is My Everything
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Work to enjoy life. Work to create value. Work to survive, strive and thrive. But do not work...to work.
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No more tomorrows. Today is the day.
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The pursuit of prosperity shouldn't stop you from the pursuit of happiness.
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True leadership is caring about the people who don’t care about things you care about.
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Selfishness at the expense of others is bad. Self-care for the betterment of others is good.
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Credibility comes from results. Everything else is just marketing.
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Marketing is safe. Sales is risky. UNLESS, marketing has done its job. Then sales is safe too.
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When you say the word marketing, do you think of serving? Until you do, you’re going to live far below your highest potential.
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Social media was designed to SHARE what you’re doing and who you are, not BE what you’re doing and be who you are.
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No one is in business for business’ sake. People are in business because their life is at stake.
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Life is too short not to start something stupid.
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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.
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You have to dig a well before you can draw water from it.
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If self-employment is the opposite of employed-by-other, than a job is outsourcing your freedom (time and talent) to a boss.
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Mission matching: an ask that creates synergistic congruence (aka win-win) between missions.
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Don't worry. You'll find your message in your mess.
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You can learn from those who have come down from the mountain, but you won’t have the same experience unless you climb yourself.
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Influence creates affluence. Affluence does not create influence. Affluence makes you more of who you already are.
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Jealousy in any form will cloud thinking and form bad habits. Jealousy is an addiction.
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If you want to trust yourself, make decisions that aregrounded in your authentic principles. Don’t lie. Don’tcheat. Don’t push others down to obtain success.
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Don't wait. Start stuff.
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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.
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It all starts with a tiny, stupid idea, then one thing leads to another, and suddenly, you find something amazing: yourself.
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Try it out yourself. Test your idea with an experimental project. See what works and what doesn't. Then move forward or move on.
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Stupid is the New Smart.
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It's called entrepreneurSHIP, not entrepreneurSTAY. Don't wait. Just ship.
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TZEDAKAH is a Hebrew word commonly translated as “charity.” One Jewish leader described tzedakah as having eight levels of charitable giving. The eighth and highest level of giving is described like this:“The highest form of charity is to help sustain a person before they become impoverished by offering a substantial gift in a dignified manner, or by extending a suitable loan, or by helping them find employment or establish themselves in business so as to make it unnecessary for them to become dependent on others.”Serve others in a way that helps them become self-reliant (or interdependent) and watch miracles happen for both you and them.
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Creators always have an advantage because they make the stuff we consume.
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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.
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Like creating a masterpiece, quitting is an art: you have to decide what to keep within the frame and what to keep out.
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Bad boss? Fire him/her. When you're interviewing for a job, You're job is to interview them. You are an equal.
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When we leverage, we aggregate and organize existing resources to achieve success.
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The key ingredient in engaging the power available from service is motive.
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Personal and private and public and professional lives are blended.Separating them is what makes a fraud, hypocrite, alter ego.
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Fear is the freaky troll under the bridge that leads to achievement.
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Act NOW on those ideas! As they say, you snooze you lose. Or as I say, if you BEGIN you WIN.
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Opportunities will come and go, but if you do nothing about them, so will you.
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Don't allow life to pass you by because you are afraid of [looking] stupid.
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You can be the most productive and most effective, but politics show up as ego, jealousy and sabotage from bosses who can’t perform.
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What's the difference between people who see and seek gaps and those that see and seek bridges? The first stops and stays on the side. The second, crosses and reaches new worlds.As soon as your mind identifies the bridge, the gap is gone...but the bridge was always there...you just had to see it.There are holes in the ground, yet a bridge (which is there, but may take time to see) filled it. That's where asking better questions comes in. Where is the bridge so I can cross? There is one. Believing there is a bridge from where you are to where you want to go is 99% of the battle. The other 1% is to cross it.But do I have to build the bridge? Maybe. But everything is first created in the mind and then in the world. The bridge is there. See it. Cross it.
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Urgency means paying the details the attention they deserve, with the respect they deserve, without delay.
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Don’t sell based on inventory. Inventory based on who you want to sell.A lot of people sell homes. They all have structure. Location, size, style, function, benefit, community, who stays (and leaves)...totally different. You can sell or do anything at a premium. It may be a home, but the type of clientele you work with is a choice. Don’t sell based on inventory. Inventory based on who you want to sell.Go to work.
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How you bring people into your home is just as important as when they walk through the door. Frame well. #marketing
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There is a very real danger present when we suppress our feelings to act on inspiration in exchange for the “safety” of the status quo. We risk sacrificing the opportunity to live a more fulfilling and purpose driven life. We risk sacrificing the opportunity to make a difference in the lives of others. We risk sacrificing the beautiful blessing of finding a greater sense of meaning in our own lives.In short, we run the very real risk living a life of regret.
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Every sunset is an opportunity to reset.
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There are literally hundreds of other micro-experiences and incredible experiences that help shape the book. But what really drove it home for me was not only hundreds of years of history that I went through to help formulate the concept of starting something stupid, but practicing it for myself and with hundreds of my own clients.
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It’s really simple. Sell high-value stuff to people who value high-value stuff.
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Don’t sell based on inventory. Inventory based on who you want to sell.
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Say no to everything, so you can say yes to the one thing.
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All too often people pretend to be professional. "Professionalism" is sometimes a facade for fraud. Be pro, but be real. Honesty and transparency combined with character, competence and real results is the key to being a true pro.
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Simplicity is complex. It's never simple to keep things simple. Simple solutions require the most advanced thinking.
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Life experience is the new work experience.
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If high aspirations = high fear, overcoming high fear = achieving high aspirations.
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Imagine what your life would be like if you were completely uninhibited by fear, pride, or procrastination. What would you be capable of? Anything.
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To accelerate success, we must get as close to our dreams as possible as soon as possible.
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It’s not about getting out of your comfort zone to reach your goal. It's about widening your comfort zone so far that your goal fits comfortably inside. Once you do that, hitting your goals will be like hitting 3s for Steph Curry.
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‪Widen your comfort zone so your goal fits comfortably inside. Do and you’ll hit goals like Steph Curry hits 3s.‬
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Optimism doesn't make you more persistent. Persistence makes you more optimistic.
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