If you truly feared failure, you’d be very successful.
BARBARA SHERDoing what you love isn’t a priviledge; it’s an obligation.
More Barbara Sher Quotes
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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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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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Irreverence is a declaration of independence.
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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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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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Real obstacles don’t take you in circles. They can be overcome. Invented ones are like a maze.
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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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When you start using senses you’ve neglected, your reward is to see the world with completely fresh eyes.
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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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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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Find out what you love. Do it because you love it. Stick with it. Start now.
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You don’t have to get it right the first time.
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The cure for sorrow is to learn something.
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You 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.
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