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.
BARBARA SHERIf you truly feared failure, you’d be very successful.
More Barbara Sher Quotes
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Sometimes life isn’t about who you were or are, but it’s about who you are becoming.
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Whatever your dreams are, start taking them very, very seriously.
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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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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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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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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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There is always a realistic way to fulfill any dream. There has never been a dream that you can’t have – at least, not the heart of it, not the part you love the most.
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Irreverence is a declaration of independence.
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The environment that creates winners is almost always made up of winners.
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What you love is as unique to you as your fingerprints. You need to know that because nothing will make you really happy but doing what you love.
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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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A goal is the basic unit of life design.
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I 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.
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Find out what you love. Do it because you love it. Stick with it. Start now.
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Isolation is a dream killer.
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