Whatever your dreams are, start taking them very, very seriously.
BARBARA SHERFind out what you love. Do it because you love it. Stick with it. Start now.
More Barbara Sher Quotes
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Doing what you love isn’t a priviledge; it’s an obligation.
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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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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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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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When you start using senses you’ve neglected, your reward is to see the world with completely fresh eyes.
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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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You cannot tell your heart what it wants. Your heart will tell you
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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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Irreverence is a declaration of independence.
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Resentment is weak and lowers your self-esteem.
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It’s essential to distinguish between events that are really beyond your control and events you caused yourself.
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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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Find out what you love. Do it because you love it. Stick with it. Start now.
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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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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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Originality is genius. If you respect and care for it, it will take you on the ride of your life.
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Isolation is the dream killer.
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Time is clay; make something.
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A goal is the basic unit of life design.
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Down deep we really know our worth, but we don’t have easy access to that knowledge. We need to hear praise coming from outside ourselves or we won’t remember that we deserve it.
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And our dreams are who we are.
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Each destination you reach only opens out into wider horizons, new and undiscovered countries for you to explore.
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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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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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