Doing is a quantum leap from imagining.
BARBARA SHERWhen you start using senses you’ve neglected, your reward is to see the world with completely fresh eyes.
More Barbara Sher Quotes
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A goal is the basic unit of life design.
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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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Change is not only likely, it’s inevitable.
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Doing what you love isn’t a priviledge; it’s an obligation.
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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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Unkind criticism is never part of a meaningful critique of you. Its purpose is not to teach or to help, its purpose is to punish.
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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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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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Each destination you reach only opens out into wider horizons, new and undiscovered countries for you to explore.
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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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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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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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Real obstacles don’t take you in circles. They can be overcome. Invented ones are like a maze.
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When you play it too safe, you’re taking the biggest risk of your life. Time is the only wealth we’re given.
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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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