A goal is the basic unit of life design.
BARBARA SHERAnd our dreams are who we are.
More Barbara Sher Quotes
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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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You cannot tell your heart what it wants. Your heart will tell you
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What you’re really supposed to be doing is whatever makes your heart sing.
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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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Resentment is weak and lowers your self-esteem.
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The environment that creates winners is almost always made up of winners.
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Time is clay; make something.
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Doing is a quantum leap from imagining.
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Being judgmental is cheap. Any fool can do it.
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If you truly feared failure, you’d be very successful.
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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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Your creativity is waiting for you like a dancing partner.
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The cure for sorrow is to learn something.
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Imaginary obstacles are insurmountable. Real ones aren’t.
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It’s only too late if you don’t start now.
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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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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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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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Wishing and dreaming are the beginning of all human endeavor.
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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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Isolation is a 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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When you start using senses you’ve neglected, your reward is to see the world with completely fresh eyes.
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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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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.
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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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