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.
BARBARA SHERIn the days before automobiles, people in horse-drawn wagons used to sleep if they were tired. They didn’t worry about getting lost, because the horse knew the way home. Your heart knows the way to your gifts. You can trust it to take you to them.
More Barbara Sher Quotes
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Your creativity is waiting for you like a dancing partner.
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Real Dreams don’t require you to abandon your family, quit your job, and move to Tahiti with your paintbrush. They just require that you search your soul for that deep dream you put aside-and go for it. And watch your life light up.
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Find out what you love. Do it because you love it. Stick with it. Start now.
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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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What you’re really supposed to be doing is whatever makes your heart sing.
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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 what you love isn’t a priviledge; it’s an obligation.
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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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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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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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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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Each destination you reach only opens out into wider horizons, new and undiscovered countries for you to explore.
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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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And our dreams are who we are.
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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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