Isolation is a dream killer.
BARBARA SHERAction 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.
More Barbara Sher Quotes
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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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Imaginary obstacles are insurmountable. Real ones aren’t.
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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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Being judgmental is cheap. Any fool can do it.
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Doing what you love isn’t a priviledge; it’s an obligation.
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Not fulfilling your dreams will be a loss to the world, because the world needs everyone’s gift – yours and mine.
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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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And our dreams are who we are.
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Your creativity is waiting for you like a dancing partner.
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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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It’s only too late if you don’t start now.
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The cure for sorrow is to learn something.
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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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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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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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What you’re really supposed to be doing is whatever makes your heart sing.
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If you don’t know how you feel, you won’t know what you want.
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If you truly feared failure, you’d be very successful.
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Isolation is the dream killer.
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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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You don’t have to get it right the first time.
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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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Now is the operative word. Everything you put in your way is just a method of putting off the hour when you could actually be doing your dream.
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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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When you start using senses you’ve neglected, your reward is to see the world with completely fresh eyes.
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Resentment is weak and lowers your self-esteem.
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