Byrne Rhonda - Hero (The Secret)

Don’t get to the end of your life and regret all the things you didn’t do. Your life is precious. If you sell yourself out you won’t find the happiness you desperately seek, because true happiness comes from fulfilling your dreams. Imagine what it would be like to get to the end of your life with no regrets. Imagine reflecting back on everything you did, and you are filled with the greatest feeling of satisfaction.

LIZ MURRAY

You know that saying, “Don’t die with your music still inside of you”? People have things they dream of when they lay their head on the pillow at night. And if you don’t honor that voice, it doesn’t go anywhere. It’s an energy that lives inside of you. You can’t negate that energy. It’s part of the fiber of who you are as a person. So if you put your head down on the pillow at night and you are called to do something in this world and you ignore that, then that dream is still locked inside of you. To me that’s the worst thing… to die with your music inside of you.

A friend of mine worked for many years in the administration area of television, and through changes in the company she worked for she was pushed out of her job. She knew what she wanted to do more than anything, which was to be a movie director, and she started to make plans for a new life of living her dream. But just before she had seized the opportunity and put her new life into action as a movie director, she was offered a well-paying job back in television administration. She took the job, and just like that her dreams and the possibility of her new life vanished.

MICHAEL ACTON SMITH

I don’t want to get to the end of my life and be sitting in a nursing home and look back and wish I could have done all these things differently.

ANASTASIA SOARE

What do you have to lose? You have to try it. You’ll then live a life without knowing that you were able to do it. That’s painful... to me, that’s painful.

PAUL ORFALEA

I always tell students to start your business out of college. What’s the worst thing that can happen to you? You can go live with your parents. It is not about experience – just stick your neck out and start your business.

MASTIN KIPP

Most people won’t take the leap, because they’re not experiencing enough pain. Usually they will take action once they’re so fed up, once they’re so sick and tired, that they’re like, “I can’t take this anymore.”

PAUL ORFALEA

Even if you’re stuck in a job or a profession you don’t like, you’ve got a better shot than ever in human history to end up doing something that really satisfies you.

Don’t wait until you get to the point where you can’t take it anymore before you make a change. Change your life now! Anything but true happiness and fulfillment is not good enough for you, so don’t settle for anything less. Even if you think the tentacles of security have already wrapped themselves around you and you can’t move because of your obligations, it’s never too late – there are always unlimited ways to follow your dreams, and it is much easier than you think.

PETER FOYO

The absolute frustration of humankind – what do I do with my life?

LAYNE BEACHLEY

What do you want? Put your hand on your heart and ask yourself, what do I want? The first thing that comes to mind is always the right one.

Try and let go of the opinions, beliefs, and conclusions you have about yourself, because they’re the very things that have prevented you from seeing your dream. Don’t compare yourself with anyone else, because you have potential inside you that no one else on the planet has. Let go of all the limiting thoughts of what you think is possible for you, and open your mind to all possibilities. If you could let go of all the baggage you’ve accumulated in your life and wake up in the morning as though brand new, with a clean slate, every incredible possibility would be free to pour into your life!

LAYNE BEACHLEY

People look outside of themselves, but you know once you look inside yourself.

JOHN PAUL DEJORIA

We don’t always know what we want, but we sure know what we don’t want. Stop doing or thinking about what you don’t want, and move on. It’s like, if the train ride’s a bad one, get off. You’ll never experience anything else if you don’t get off that train. Then you leave yourself open to something else.

MASTIN KIPP

Look at those moments where you’re feeling blissful, moments when time just flies by, when you really feel lit up, when you really feel inspired. Think about, “Where have I been most inspired? Where have I really been happy?” Even if it was a few moments in your life, those are doorways showing you what your dream is about.

G. M. RAO

Some people will hit upon their big dream the moment they start thinking about their future.

What would you do if you could do anything? What would you do if money weren’t a consideration at all? What would you do if success were guaranteed? When you ask any question, or you ask a question about your purpose, the Universe will transmit the answer to you. The answer doesn’t come from your conscious mind; otherwise you would already know it. The answer comes from the Universal Mind.

LAYNE BEACHLEY

Most of us go through life not knowing what our dream is or what our purpose is, because we’ve never made the time to ask ourselves. It’s important people take the time to identify what they love. If you don’t, you’re just a rudderless boat.

Before you ask any question, get yourself relaxed and in a calm state of mind. Then simply ask a question, like, “What is my purpose in life?” Or, “What am I meant to do?” Or, “What is my reason for being here?” Don’t try and answer the question with your mind, but leave the question hanging in the air. Remain quiet for a minute, pay attention to anything that comes to you, and then take particular notice of what you’re inspired to do during the day.

The answer will come into your mind in a flash, most likely when you’re focused on something else altogether. Don’t second-guess the answer when you get it, but think of one small step you can take toward it.

LAIRD HAMILTON

It’s about listening to yourself, going inside, and being still. Go into the forest or go into the sea; be in a place where you can hear it. You’ll be told by your own subconscious. You have it in you, and it’s always been there, you’ve just put it someplace deep inside.

JOHN PAUL DEJORIA

Eventually if you open yourself up to the Universe it’ll come to you.

A woman called Sara Blakely knew that she wanted to have a multimillion-dollar business, and that’s all she knew. So Sara asked for a multimillion-dollar idea. One day while encountering a problem with her clothes when she was getting dressed, Sara got a brilliant idea for a new kind of women’s underwear, and that idea became Spanx – now a multibillion-dollar global company.

PETER BURWASH

The other way is, go in the direction of the real entrepreneur, which is asking: “What does the world need and what does the world want at this particular point in time?”

MASTIN KIPP

“How could I solve a problem or some issue that people have?” Asking that question and figuring out whether that lines up with what you’re passionate about is the key to success. That’s the sweet spot spiritually, emotionally, and also financially.

PAUL ORFALEA

Kinko’s started with a question. If you’ve stopped asking questions, start asking them again.

Like Paul Orfalea, who created Kinko’s, and Sara Blakely, who created Spanx, entrepreneurs ask questions. It’s how entrepreneurs get a perfect idea at the perfect time, and it’s exactly what the world needs. By simply asking a question they receive an idea, and from that idea they go on to create hugely successful companies.