Every single one of us can do things that no one else can do can love things that no one else can love. We are like violins. We can be used for doorstops, or we can make music.
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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Real obstacles don’t take you in circles. They can be overcome. Invented ones are like a maze.
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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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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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You cannot tell your heart what it wants. Your heart will tell you
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Irreverence is a declaration of independence.
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You don’t have to get it right the first time.
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Being judgmental is cheap. Any fool can do it.
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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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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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Sometimes life isn’t about who you were or are, but it’s about who you are becoming.
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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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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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A good work is a partnership between you and nature… Nature will help you every step of the way.
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The environment that creates winners is almost always made up of winners.
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