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 SHERFind out what you love. Do it because you love it. Stick with it. Start now.
More Barbara Sher Quotes
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Isolation is a dream killer.
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Irreverence is a declaration of independence.
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Whenever you do what you really love, your heart lifts, your mind opens, and everything changes. You wake up. That’s what true adventure really is.
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Unkind criticism is never part of a meaningful critique of you. Its purpose is not to teach or to help, its purpose is to punish.
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You cannot tell your heart what it wants. Your heart will tell you
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What you want is what you need. Your dearest wish comes straight from your core, loaded with vital information about who you are and who you can become.
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Doing is a quantum leap from imagining.
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Wishing and dreaming are the beginning of all human endeavor.
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The first step is to find out what you love – and don’t be practical about it. The second step is to start doing what you love immediately, in any small way possible.
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Find what you love, because greatness is based on great gifts. If you love something, you can count on the fact that you are genetically gifted at it.
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Change is not only likely, it’s inevitable.
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Isolation is the dream killer.
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And our dreams are who we are.
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Every single one of us can do things that no one else can do can love things that no one else can love. We are like violins. We can be used for doorstops, or we can make music.
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There is always a realistic way to fulfill any dream. There has never been a dream that you can’t have – at least, not the heart of it, not the part you love the most.
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Real obstacles don’t take you in circles. They can be overcome. Invented ones are like a maze.
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Real Dreams don’t require you to abandon your family, quit your job, and move to Tahiti with your paintbrush. They just require that you search your soul for that deep dream you put aside-and go for it. And watch your life light up.
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Whatever your dreams are, start taking them very, very seriously.
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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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Every time you have to make a choice about anything, think Does this go toward or away from what I want? Always choose what goes toward what you want.
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The environment that creates winners is almost always made up of winners.
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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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You can learn new things at any time in your life if you’re willing to be a beginner. If you actually learn to like being a beginner, the whole world opens up to you.
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Becoming mature means learning to accept what you cannot change, facing unresolved sorrows and learning to love life as it really happens, not as you would have it happen.
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A good work is a partnership between you and nature… Nature will help you every step of the way.
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Happy people have two things in common. They know exactly what they want and they feel they’re moving toward getting it.
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