Being judgmental about your own behavior is actually another cop-out because it makes you feel as though you’re doing something virtuous.
BARBARA SHERYour creativity is waiting for you like a dancing partner.
More Barbara Sher Quotes
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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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Time is clay; make something.
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Change is not only likely, it’s inevitable.
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Irreverence is a declaration of independence.
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Isolation is a dream killer.
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Find what you love, because greatness is based on great gifts. If you love something, you can count on the fact that you are genetically gifted at it.
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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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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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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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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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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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Originality is genius. If you respect and care for it, it will take you on the ride of your life.
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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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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 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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