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 SHEREveryone 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.
More Barbara Sher Quotes
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Being judgmental is cheap. Any fool can do it.
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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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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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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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Sometimes life isn’t about who you were or are, but it’s about who you are becoming.
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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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Resentment is weak and lowers your self-esteem.
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What you’re really supposed to be doing is whatever makes your heart sing.
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Time is clay; make something.
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Imaginary obstacles are insurmountable. Real ones aren’t.
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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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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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Each destination you reach only opens out into wider horizons, new and undiscovered countries for you to explore.
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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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Action helps you think and raises your self-esteem. Good luck happens when you’re in action. Ask yourself, “Does this go toward or away from what I want?” There’s an animal in us, and it has great instincts. Scan for a desire and follow it. Set a goal, any goal, and start doing everything you can think of to achieve it.
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