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.
BARBARA SHERDoing 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.
More Barbara Sher Quotes
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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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The cure for sorrow is to learn something.
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Doing what you love isn’t a priviledge; it’s an obligation.
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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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Irreverence is a declaration of independence.
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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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Isolation is a dream killer.
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What you’re really supposed to be doing is whatever makes your heart sing.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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