Down deep we really know our worth, but we don’t have easy access to that knowledge. We need to hear praise coming from outside ourselves or we won’t remember that we deserve it.
BARBARA SHERYou 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.
More Barbara Sher Quotes
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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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Thinking about swimming isn’t much like actually getting in the water. Actually getting in the water can take your breath away.
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We are like violins. We can be used as doorstops, or we can make music.
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Doing what you love isn’t a priviledge; it’s an obligation.
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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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When you play it too safe, you’re taking the biggest risk of your life. Time is the only wealth we’re given.
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We all need to learn a new language for love – a language that speaks not in socks, pancakes, and paychecks, but in shared fascination with physics or poetry, delight in each other’s uniqueness, and mutual practical and emotional support.
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Isolation is a dream killer.
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Action helps you think and raises your self-esteem. Good luck happens when you’re in action. Ask yourself, “Does this go toward or away from what I want?” There’s an animal in us, and it has great instincts. Scan for a desire and follow it. Set a goal, any goal, and start doing everything you can think of to achieve it.
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The environment that creates winners is almost always made up of winners.
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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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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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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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If you don’t know how you feel, you won’t know what you want.
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Whatever your dreams are, start taking them very, very seriously.
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