Resentment is weak and lowers your self-esteem.
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.
More Barbara Sher Quotes
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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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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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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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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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You don’t have to get it right the first time.
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And our dreams are who we are.
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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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We are like violins. We can be used as doorstops, or we can make music.
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The environment that creates winners is almost always made up of winners.
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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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If you don’t know how you feel, you won’t know what you want.
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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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You cannot tell your heart what it wants. Your heart will tell you
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The first step is to find out what you love – and don’t be practical about it. The second step is to start doing what you love immediately, in any small way possible.
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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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