It’s essential to distinguish between events that are really beyond your control and events you caused yourself.
BARBARA SHERHappy people have two things in common. They know exactly what they want and they feel they’re moving toward getting it.
More Barbara Sher Quotes
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Isolation is the dream killer.
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Find out what you love. Do it because you love it. Stick with it. Start now.
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Being judgmental about your own behavior is actually another cop-out because it makes you feel as though you’re doing something virtuous.
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Change is not only likely, it’s inevitable.
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You cannot tell your heart what it wants. Your heart will tell you
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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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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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Originality is genius. If you respect and care for it, it will take you on the ride of your life.
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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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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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The environment that creates winners is almost always made up of winners.
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It’s only too late if you don’t start now.
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Irreverence is a declaration of independence.
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Time is clay; make something.
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Doing is a quantum leap from imagining.
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You don’t need endless time and perfect conditions. Do it now. Do it today. Do it for twenty minutes and watch your heart start beating.
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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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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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You don’t have to get it right the first time.
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Every 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.
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The cure for sorrow is to learn something.
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The amount of good luck coming your way depends on your willingness to act.
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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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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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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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If you don’t know how you feel, you won’t know what you want.
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