If you look at high performers they are always the most passionate - in any industry.
Brendon BurchardWhen I was 19, I was in a horrific car accident, and it taught me that at the end of our life, we ask all these questions. And my questions, I discovered, were: Did I really live my life? Did I love? Did I matter? And I was unhappy with the answers.
Brendon BurchardWhy do we universally admire and respect a Gandhi, Mandela, Mother Teresa, Lincoln, or any other leader or legend from history's pantheon? It is because they were guided by integrity-based practices. They stood for something. They didn't break with the values they believed in just because they faced struggle.
Brendon BurchardThe more we are true to ourselves, the more we can connect with and contribute to the world.
Brendon BurchardA lot of people have the ambition, but they never ask themselves, Do I really believe I can do this?
Brendon BurchardThe charged life, then, usually calls to us after we have done what we were supposed to do, become who we thought we were supposed to be, lived as we thought we were supposed to live. Then the safety and comfort and compromise get to us, and a stirring of restlessness and revolution sends us off in search of greater adventures and meaning. From THE CHARGE
Brendon BurchardWe all have a life story and a message that can inspire others to live a better life or run a better business. Why not use that story and message to serve others and grow a real business doing it?
Brendon BurchardThe simple fact that you care, that you want to do your best, that you strive to enjoy life and love, this makes you so much more than enough.
Brendon BurchardTo inspire a singularity of focus, a challenge must be important to you and it must be something you feel you should do now in this moment. If it's trivial or not time-bound, you won't engage. So in selecting your next challenge in life, choose one that is meaningful and will demand your complete concentration.
Brendon BurchardDo yourself and your family a favor: Decide right now that you will write a self-help book someday. I'm serious. A self-help book is a great way to capture what you think makes a good person, a good life and a good world. It's also a "forever document" that you can pass down to future generations. We need more people sharing positive messages and books with the world. Why not be one of those people?
Brendon BurchardI have to laugh when I receive newsletters from major personalities and when you hit reply, you get a 'do-not-reply' address. It's ridiculous! Don't you want your customers to reply to you?
Brendon BurchardWell being, serenity and service to others are the ultimate measures of true wealth, success and power
Brendon BurchardFreedom requires responsibility to choose who we are above and beyond our immediate impulses, needs, and social pressures, so that we can genuinely express the type of person we want to be, live the life we truly want to live, leave the legacy we desire.
Brendon BurchardWe get to choose how we're going to live - what level of energy, what level of vibrancy, what level of excitement.
Brendon BurchardIf you create incredible value and information for others that can change their lives - and you always stay focused on that service - the financial success will follow.
Brendon BurchardAsk not what you are getting from the world but, rather, what you are giving to the world.
Brendon BurchardBeginning today, set an intention and a relentless focus on living your life as the greatest person you can be, in all situations. Demand that you demonstrate a strength of character in such a way that you find pride in who you are, and that others see you as a role model.
Brendon BurchardHave you ever played a video game that didn't have escalating levels of difficulty? Well, life can feel like play, too, when we purposefully engage in activities that demand we test and develop our skills.
Brendon BurchardYou have a clean slate every day you wake up. You have a chance every single morning to make that change and be the person you want to be. You just have to decide to do it. Decide today’s the day. Say it: this is going to be my day.
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