Richie Norton

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

Life isn't about having, it's about experiencing.

Better to teach a man to fish who already loves to fish.

You can disagree with an idea without attacking the person who shared it.

You may forget the toys you buy and break, but you'll always remember the experiences and memories you create.

WE MAY FEEL...BUT WE DON'TWe may feel the need to change employment, but we don__.We may feel the need to start a specific project, but we don__.We may feel the need to pursue higher education, but we don__We may feel the need to heal a broken relationship, but we don__.We may feel the need to work to improve our spiritual lives, but we don__.We may feel the need to take steps toward a healthier physical or emotional life for ourselves and/or our family, but again, we don__.(This list could likely go on for eternity.)The desire for progression is innate, but the problem we face is that the actual act of progression is also a choice.Without embracing our inherent need for progress, for positive growth and/or change, we__l still go on living....But at what cost?

What story will your life tell? Love your story. Live your story. Lead your story.

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

College does not equal job security. Entrepreneurship does not equal job security. For heaven's sake, "job security" does not equal job security. So what do you do? Don't be a one-trick pony. Add real value in everything you do. But most of all, study and apply business models. No matter what discipline you come from. Learn how to add value so that value can flow in the form of money to you. That, my friends, is job security. Learn where money comes from and you'll know where to turn when life throws a curve.

Building a family is an entrepreneurial experience.

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

If only 1 out of 10 businesses succeeds, start 10 businesses. Just sayin.

Share your success stories with others. Don't brag, but don't hide your light. People want (and need) to be inspired and instructed. I know I want to follow and learn from successful people. Isn't that the basis for every business and self-help book? People will also give you good ideas to build on your own wins when you share openly. And when you write out your wins to an audience, your own ideas start to grow within you. Will you try? What's a win you've had lately? Don't be shy about it.

Always err on the side of generosity.

What is good customer service about then?One word: caring.Bad customer service happens when the employee doesn't care.You could chalk it up to low wages or getting paid regardless of results. But that's not it either.Hiring managers need to do two things and two things only:1. Hire employees that ALREADY care and are ALREADY motivated.2. Repeat step 1.When this is done, everything changes. People are happy on both sides of the table.Costs for management and training plummet

The Great Wall of Facebook:Having just visited the Great Wall of China, I'm thinking about the walls we build on FB. They are real. They keep people in and others out.Build your wall carefully by answering this question:What are you building your wall around?

Is it weird that when I see a cool t shirt or pick up a toothbrush or see a new car I don't think about the product itself? I think about the thousands of people and dollars to make it.I think about how the retailer that took the risk to buy and resell it. Then I work backwards to the store costs, the distributer who got it there, the shipping company that brought it over from China, the factory workers that made it, the people that sourced the materials and the people that harvested the raw materials, and on and on...The global economy is amazing. Your $20 t-shirt is a freaking miracle.

What are you will to sacrifice for success? Whatever it is, don't sacrifice your values, your morals, your principles. Not worth it.