Happy people have two things in common. They know exactly what they want and they feel they’re moving toward getting it.
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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And our dreams are who we are.
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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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Whatever your dreams are, start taking them very, very seriously.
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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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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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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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Wishing and dreaming are the beginning of all human endeavor.
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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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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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Change is not only likely, it’s inevitable.
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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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Whenever you do what you really love, your heart lifts, your mind opens, and everything changes. You wake up. That’s what true adventure really is.
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We are like violins. We can be used as doorstops, or we can make music.
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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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Sometimes the only thing we do to avoid success is refuse to be energetic on our own behalf
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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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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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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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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 cure for sorrow is to learn something.
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A goal is the basic unit of life design.
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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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You don’t need endless time and perfect conditions. Do it now. Do it today. Do it for twenty minutes and watch your heart start beating.
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You don’t have to get it right the first time.
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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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