Doing your own thing is a generous act. Being gifted creates obligations, which means you owe the world your best effort at the work you love. You too are a natural resource.
BARBARA SHERWe are like violins. We can be used as doorstops, or we can make music.
More Barbara Sher Quotes
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In the days before automobiles, people in horse-drawn wagons used to sleep if they were tired. They didn’t worry about getting lost, because the horse knew the way home. Your heart knows the way to your gifts. You can trust it to take you to them.
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The environment that creates winners is almost always made up of winners.
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Being judgmental about your own behavior is actually another cop-out because it makes you feel as though you’re doing something virtuous.
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And our dreams are who we are.
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Find out what you love. Do it because you love it. Stick with it. Start now.
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Being judgmental is cheap. Any fool can do it.
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You don’t need endless time and perfect conditions. Do it now. Do it today. Do it for twenty minutes and watch your heart start beating.
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Sometimes life isn’t about who you were or are, but it’s about who you are becoming.
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DO IT RIGHT, DO IT WRONG, BUT DO IT. Squeeze your eyes shut and jump. Because a wonderful thing happens then. Your focus shifts from yourself, your nervousness, and your imagined inadequacies to the task at hand.
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Originality is genius. If you respect and care for it, it will take you on the ride of your life.
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Your creativity is waiting for you like a dancing partner.
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Time is clay; make something.
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Whatever your dreams are, start taking them very, very seriously.
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It’s essential to distinguish between events that are really beyond your control and events you caused yourself.
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If you don’t know how you feel, you won’t know what you want.
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