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

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. Richie Norton

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

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. Richie Norton

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

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. Richie Norton

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

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. Richie Norton

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

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. Richie Norton

START: Serve, Thank, Ask, Receive, Trust Richie Norton

Trust. And be trusted. Richie Norton

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. Richie Norton

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

Dreams don’t get done until they are due. Richie Norton

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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. Richie Norton

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. Richie Norton

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

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

Stupid is the New Smart. Richie Norton

Don't wait. Start stuff. Richie Norton

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

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

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. Richie Norton

Life is too short not to start something stupid. Richie Norton

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

No more tomorrows. Today is the day. Richie Norton