Brendon Burchard

There is no veil of ease about the extraordinary effort required to be free. Breaking from conformity and pursuing our own dreams will bring some discord upon us. There will be personal struggle and sacrifice, fear and misfortune, as we try to exert ourselves in the world once more. A vital dedication to our genuine nature and our dreams will annoy people or raise their ire; it will injure egos, step on toes, split relationships, and force interventions with those who try to limit us or stop our march. We might have to confront the bullies, break up with the jerks, leave the poisonous work environment, and challenge others to higher standards.

We must overcome social- and self-oppression if we are ever to join the ranks of the free souls who love their lives and lead their people.

No matter your position, circumstances, or opportunities in life, you always have the freedom of mind to choose how you experience, interpret, and, ultimately, shape your world.

Do not give your ear to a lazy person, as he will surely pour fear and apathy into your soul.

There are two types of people. One walks into the room and announces, ‘Here I am!’ The other walks in and says, ‘Oh, there you are!

How many souls have failed to soar because they were suffocated in a loved one’s worry?

To succeed, always remember that the main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.

Every decision and action of humankind stems from a hope to attain Personal Freedom.

I like to remind people that creativity also isn't a spark; it's a slog. Every artist, inventor, designer, writer, or other creative in the world will talk about his work being an iterative experience. He'll start with one idea, shape it, move it, combine it, break it, begin anew, discover something within himself, see a new vision, go at it again, test it, share it, fix it, break it, hone it, hone it, hone it, hone it. This might sound like common sense, but it's not common practice, and that's why so many people are terribly uncreative - they're not willing to do the work required to create something that's beautiful, useful, desirable, celebrated. No masterpiece was shaped or written in a day. It's a long slog to get something right. This knowledge and willingness to iterate is what makes the world's most creative people so creative (and successful).

Most people would feel guilty for destroying someone else’s property. Yet they wreck the very temple their Creator gifted them.

This must be our day to define the best of who we are and what we will stand for. Tonight, in the glow of gratitude for our free will, let us write down the words and phrases that describe our ideal identity. Put them on beautiful paper and in ink. Carry them everywhere. Look at these words, memorize them, verbalize them — become them. The more we align our actions with this identity, the more free, motivated, and whole we shall become. Life will feel brighter and more our own, more deep and satisfying. Destiny will smile on us and we will be welcomed into the gates of heaven as people of purpose and integrity.

You let the themes in your life become your beliefs, and you let those beliefs guide your behaviors.

Are you not more than your tiny worries about inconvenience? Isn’t a better life worth some struggle?

What we do with what we have tends to be far more important than what we have in the first place.

Grant me the strength to focus this week, to be mindful and present, to serve with excellence, to be a force of love.