Richie Norton Quotes

To escape fear, you have to go through it, not around.

Every sunset is an opportunity to reset.

Intentional living is the art of making our own choices before others' choices make us.

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

Simplicity is complex. It's never simple to keep things simple. Simple solutions require the most advanced thinking.

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

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.

If everyone waited to become an expert before starting, no one would become an expert. To become an EXPERT, you must have EXPERIENCE. To get EXPERIENCE, you must EXPERIMENT! Stop waiting. Start stuff.

You don't feel like your best self when you fall apart, but you have to fall apart to become your best self.

Some people say they have 20 years experience, when in reality, they have 1 year's experience repeated 20 times. (Stephen M R Covey to Richie Norton when Norton asked if he was too young to train older executives for Covey.)

TIME: Today Is My Everything

If you want to trust yourself, make decisions that are grounded in your authentic principles. Don’t lie. Don’t cheat. Don’t push others down to obtain success.

You gotta make it a priority to make your priorities a priority.

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.

You can overcome your circumstances or you can let your circumstances overcome you.

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.

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

Accepting that life is insane, that bad things happen to good people and that you can find the courage to be grateful for the good in every situation and still move forward is hard (even terrifying), but heroic.

Confusion, when embraced, is the starting point for discovery, direction and decision.

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.

Have the courage to do what you're not ready to do.

Express gratitude for the greatness of small things.

If you can dream it up, you can team it up.

Like creating a masterpiece, quitting is an art: you have to decide what to keep within the frame and what to keep out.

Say no to everything, so you can say yes to the one thing.

Life is too short not to start something stupid.

Home is where your people are.

It's called entrepreneurSHIP, not entrepreneurSIT. Don't wait. Just ship.

Urgency means paying the details the attention they deserve, with the respect they deserve, without delay.

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

No more tomorrows. Today is the day.

Entrepreneurs don't have weekends or birthdays or holidays. Every day is my weekend, my birthday, my holiday. OR, every day is my work day. Mostly it's a choice.

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.

Overcoming procrastination is not, I repeat, not about cramming additional work into your day . . . overcoming procrastination is about simplifying your life to make space for the activities that matter most.

START: Serve, Thank, Ask, Receive, Trust

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

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

Action is the bridge between thought and reality.

People LOVE change (when it's about changing others). People HATE change (when it's about changing themselves).

Don't just create art to make money. Make money so you can create more art.

Don't worry. You'll find your message in your mess.

A little piece of everywhere I go becomes a big part of everything I do.

Freedom rings when you realize you can become what you never thought you could become.

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

You can't expect the level of excitement of your audience to be greater than your own.

Just because you have baggage doesn't mean you have to lug it around.

Storm? Shine your light and make a rainbow.

Whatever is triggering you, is on you.

Questions open a space in your mind that allow better answers to breathe.

If you want an incredibly passionate, happy, ALIVE business…don’t overcomplicate things. Once all is said and done, the foundational elements of a successful business are very simple: respect, service, value and sales. Comparatively, everything else is froth.

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.

Don't wait to be compelled to do great work.

Sometimes blessings come in ugly wrapping paper.

To travel is to live. Breathe some life into your life and go outside!

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

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.

Procrastination threatens to rob us of those things that are most important in our lives.

Freedom on the inside comes when validation from the outside doesn’t matter.

At the end of the day, if you’re wasting your time by not investing in yourself, you’re going to waste away—and that would be the greatest waste of all.

Rhetorical question: Did you get to where you are by accepting the status quo? I didn't.

You can't judge a man by the way he reacts when things go right, but by the way he reacts when things go wrong.

Some people just love to stir the pot, but don't realize they're cooking themselves.

MOM = Maker of Miracles

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.

Normal is never one of a kind. One of a kind is never normal.

Mentors change lives, but students change mentors’ lives more.

When it comes to getting a job or client, congruent value is aligning the employer's need with your value add.

Sell the results, not the nuts and bolts.

You can’t change and be somebody else in the future unless you start becoming a little better at being that future person today.⁣⁣

To be humble is to be teachable. Meek, not weak. The most humble people are the most aggressive leaders. Aggressive because to be truly taught, is to sincerely do. To lead. To start. To achieve. Willingly and urgently doing the work to make change.

People who say "it's just business" are lying. It's a deceptive and manipulative tactic used by weak minds. Anyone who has ever run or been in business knows that a business will fail if the relationships are not healthy. Business is the business of relationships. That is all.

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

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

There's room at the top because so few are willing to pay the extra price to get there.

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

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

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

Life is about doing things that matter first, not last.

You can be the most productive and most effective, but politics show up as ego, jealousy and sabotage from bosses who can’t perform.

How to "change the world" in two words: S.T.A.R.T. N.O.W. 1. START - Serve. Thank. Ask. Receive. Trust. 2. NOW - No Opportunity Wasted

Ignorance paired with arrogance (naïveté) is logical, but arrogance paired with awareness (ego) is toxic.

Selfishness at the expense of others is bad. Self-care for the betterment of others is good.

Stay centered on what matters by keeping what matters at the center.

Dig a well before you’re thirsty, but dig over water.

Sometimes success is the source of your happiness, but sometimes happiness can be the source of your success.

If you don’t have haters, you aren’t loving hard enough. If you don’t stand for something, you stand for nothing.

People try to understand me and what I do. I don’t want to be understood. Don’t put me in a box until I’m dead.

If you’re not scared every day, you’re not pushing hard enough.

Perfectionism is a disease. Procrastination is a disease. ACTION is the cure.

Sunrises and sunsets denote beginnings and ends. Very few see a sunrise but crowds gather for a sunset. Such is life. Very few have the courage to start, but everyone loves to join the party when you succeed.

Another year older, but am I wiser? Wisdom comes from learning and changing for the better. Sometimes we just go through life living the same day over and over and never gaining true wisdom. Let that never be me.

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

Trust. And be trusted.

Attempting to succeed without embracing the tools immediately available for your success is no less absurd than trying to row a boat by drawing only your hands through the water or trying to unscrew a screw using nothing more than your fingernail.

Two questions I'm pondering: 1. If money didn't exist, would you still chase your dreams? 2. If money didn't exist, would you still keep your job? If the answer is "YES" to both, you're on track. If the answer is "NO" to either, what needs to change?

The way to be irreplaceable is to become a social innovator. Start projects that motivate you to save the world and simultaneously make you money (and create mindshare) for your company. Social innovation makes magic happen.

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.

Breakdowns create breakthroughs. Breakthroughs create more breakthroughs. More breakthroughs create friction because idiots be jealous or don’t get it or protect their little corner and act out of spite. So you breakdown for another breakthrough. If you’re about to break, go for broke. If you’re not breaking, you’re not really living.

Dreams hit the fan? Life unexpectedly take a turn for the worst? Here’s what you do: First thing I think is to realize God didn’t do this to you. It’s just life. Second, know that it sucks. It does. Third, it’s a tunnel not a cave. Fourth, it still sucks. Fifth, it’s not hopeless. Assign meaning to it. Choose for these horrible things to bring you closer to family and god and not farther apart. Praying for you

IT'S TIME TO LEARN YOUR A.B.C.s Always BE CONFIDENT Confidence is a feeling, feel it. Always BE CREATIVE Creativity is an ability, enable it. Always BE CURIOUS Curiosity is a desire, desire it. Always BE COMPASSIONATE Compassion is an awareness, be aware. Always BE CHARITABLE Charity is generous, be generous. Always BE CONSIDERATE Consideration is thoughtful, think. Always BE COURTEOUS Courtesy is a mindset, be mindful. Always BE COACHABLE Coachability is a willingness, be willing. Always BE COMMITTED Commitment is purpose, live on purpose. Always BE CARING Caring is giving, give.