Doing 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.
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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Time is clay; make something.
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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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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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Imaginary obstacles are insurmountable. Real ones aren’t.
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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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Whatever your dreams are, start taking them very, very seriously.
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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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Change is not only likely, it’s inevitable.
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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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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.
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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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A good work is a partnership between you and nature… Nature will help you every step of the way.
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Doing is a quantum leap from imagining.
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You don’t have to get it right the first time.
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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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