Richie Norton Quotes

“Storm? Shine your light and make a rainbow.”
― Richie Norton

“Believing there is a bridge from where you are to where you want to go is 99% of the battle. The other 1% is to cross it.”
― Richie Norton

“Freedom on the inside comes when validation from the outside doesn’t matter.”
― Richie Norton

“Mentors change lives, but students change mentors’ lives more.”
― Richie Norton

“All too often people pretend to be professional. "Professionalism" is sometimes a facade for fraud. Be pro, but be real. Honesty and transparency combined with character, competence and real results is the key to being a true pro.”
― Richie Norton

“Doing good and dealing with intentional idiots far out weighs sitting back and relaxing.”
― Richie Norton

“Companies preach creativity, hire for conformity and call consultants when they fail who tell them to be more creative.”
― Richie Norton

“Success is not about age, it's about action.”
― Richie Norton

“Never trust a person that tries to sell you by how righteous they are. I'm telling your right now, it's a scam.”
― Richie Norton

“Credibility comes from results. Everything else is just marketing.”
― Richie Norton

“A little conflict can create a lot of creativity.”
― Richie Norton

“Where there is no integrity, there is no unity.”
― Richie Norton

“If you want to double your productively, shorten the timeline to by 50%.”
― Richie Norton

“Turn your self-hell into self-help.”
― Richie Norton

“Personal and private and public and professional lives are blended.

Separating them is what makes a fraud, hypocrite, alter ego.”
― Richie Norton

“TZEDAKAH is a Hebrew word commonly translated as “charity.”

One Jewish leader described tzedakah as having eight levels of charitable giving. The eighth and highest level of giving is described like this:

“The highest form of charity is to help sustain a person before they become impoverished by offering a substantial gift in a dignified manner, or by extending a suitable loan, or by helping them find employment or establish themselves in business so as to make it unnecessary for them to become dependent on others.”

Serve others in a way that helps them become self-reliant (or interdependent) and watch miracles happen for both you and them.”
― Richie Norton

“Truth is the greatest marketing campaign.”
― Richie Norton

“Jealousy in any form will cloud thinking and form bad habits. Jealousy is an addiction.”
― Richie Norton

“The more you try to do good stuff, the more resistance you'll get.”
― Richie Norton

“The rewards are far better IN the arena than in the stands.”
― Richie Norton

“I'm always amazed that people will stand around books for hours and only look at the spine. I think I should write a book called "the power of having a spine" - #metaphor”
― Richie Norton

“Trust isn't just the greatest currency, it's the only currency. Once trust is gone in any form of currency, the value is gone.”
― Richie Norton

“Marketing is safe. Sales is risky. UNLESS, marketing has done its job. Then sales is safe too.”
― Richie Norton

“Exponential business growth comes from personal development.”
― Richie Norton

“Want creativity? Diversify your experience to develop your creative muscles.”
― Richie Norton

“The parents of politics are lack of control and seeking to control.

The parents of leadership are influence and trust.”
― Richie Norton

“Entrepreneurs get distracted by productivity and miss profits.

Corporate folk get distracted by efficiencies and miss effectiveness.

But ballers? Ballers know the difference between a hack and a hoop every time.

Take your shot.”
― Richie Norton

“When you say the word marketing, do you think of serving? Until you do, you’re going to live far below your highest potential.”
― Richie Norton

“LEADERSHIP is your org chart turned upside down.”
― Richie Norton

“There are literally hundreds of other micro-experiences and incredible experiences that help shape the book. But what really drove it home for me was not only hundreds of years of history that I went through to help formulate the concept of starting something stupid, but practicing it for myself and with hundreds of my own clients.”
― Richie Norton