Richie Norton quotes:

Action is the bridge between thought and reality.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

No more tomorrows. Today is the day.

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.

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

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.

if you begin, you win.

Every sunset is an opportunity to reset.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

When everyone has a microphone, you can't hear anything. Choose one voice carefully and listen in.

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

Act NOW on those ideas! As they say, you snooze you lose. Or as I say, if you BEGIN you WIN.

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

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

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.