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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More Barbara Sher Quotes
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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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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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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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Whatever your dreams are, start taking them very, very seriously.
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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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Becoming mature means learning to accept what you cannot change, facing unresolved sorrows and learning to love life as it really happens, not as you would have it happen.
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Irreverence is a declaration of independence.
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If you truly feared failure, you’d be very successful.
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Your creativity is waiting for you like a dancing partner.
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If you don’t know how you feel, you won’t know what you want.
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Change is not only likely, it’s inevitable.
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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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We are like violins. We can be used as doorstops, or we can make music.
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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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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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