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.
BARBARA SHERReal obstacles don’t take you in circles. They can be overcome. Invented ones are like a maze.
More Barbara Sher Quotes
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Change is not only likely, it’s inevitable.
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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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You don’t have to get it right the first time.
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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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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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Each destination you reach only opens out into wider horizons, new and undiscovered countries for you to explore.
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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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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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Wishing and dreaming are the beginning of all human endeavor.
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Isolation is the dream killer.
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Find out what you love. Do it because you love it. Stick with it. Start now.
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Irreverence is a declaration of independence.
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It’s only too late if you don’t start now.
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