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.
BARBARA SHERWhat you love is as unique to you as your fingerprints. You need to know that because nothing will make you really happy but doing what you love.
More Barbara Sher Quotes
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If you don’t know how you feel, you won’t know what you want.
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When you start using senses you’ve neglected, your reward is to see the world with completely fresh eyes.
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A goal is the basic unit of life design.
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Imaginary obstacles are insurmountable. Real ones aren’t.
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Everyone has unique gifts and talents. What you love is what you’re gifted at. To be completely happy, to live a completely fulfilled life, you have to do what you love.
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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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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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Isolation is the dream killer.
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A direct statement about yourself is considered objective only if it is negative. If it’s positive, it is considered subjective. And ‘objective’ means it is accurate, and ‘subjective’ means it is conceited self-delusion.
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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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It’s essential to distinguish between events that are really beyond your control and events you caused yourself.
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Find out what you love. Do it because you love it. Stick with it. Start now.
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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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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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Doing is a quantum leap from imagining.
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