Sometimes the only thing we do to avoid success is refuse to be energetic on our own behalf
BARBARA SHERBeing judgmental is cheap. Any fool can do it.
More Barbara Sher Quotes
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The environment that creates winners is almost always made up of winners.
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Doing what you love isn’t a priviledge; it’s an obligation.
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Imaginary obstacles are insurmountable. Real ones aren’t.
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You don’t have to get it right the first time.
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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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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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Change is not only likely, it’s inevitable.
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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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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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Each destination you reach only opens out into wider horizons, new and undiscovered countries for you to explore.
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Doing is a quantum leap from imagining.
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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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Resentment is weak and lowers your self-esteem.
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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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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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