Originality is genius. If you respect and care for it, it will take you on the ride of your life.
BARBARA SHEROriginality is genius. If you respect and care for it, it will take you on the ride of your life.
BARBARA SHEREvery 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.
BARBARA SHERI believe you can have whatever you really want in this life, in one form or another, sooner or later. All you have to do is take care of your health and be lucky enough to live for a while. But you can’t have it all at once and you can’t have it forever. No life has the room for everything in it, not on the same day.
BARBARA SHERWhenever 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.
BARBARA SHERIsolation is a dream killer.
BARBARA SHERResentment is weak and lowers your self-esteem.
BARBARA SHERWhatever your dreams are, start taking them very, very seriously.
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.
BARBARA SHERDoing 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 SHERBecoming 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.
BARBARA SHEREvery 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 SHERIf you don’t know how you feel, you won’t know what you want.
BARBARA SHERFind 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.
BARBARA SHERA 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.
BARBARA SHERIt’s only too late if you don’t start now.
BARBARA SHERReal obstacles don’t take you in circles. They can be overcome. Invented ones are like a maze.
BARBARA SHER