If you don’t know how you feel, you won’t know what you want.
BARBARA SHERA 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.
More Barbara Sher Quotes
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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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Doing what you love isn’t a priviledge; it’s an obligation.
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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.
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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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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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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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If you truly feared failure, you’d be very successful.
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Doing is a quantum leap from imagining.
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It’s only too late if you don’t start now.
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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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We all need to learn a new language for love – a language that speaks not in socks, pancakes, and paychecks, but in shared fascination with physics or poetry, delight in each other’s uniqueness, and mutual practical and emotional support.
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The first step is to find out what you love – and don’t be practical about it. The second step is to start doing what you love immediately, in any small way possible.
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The amount of good luck coming your way depends on your willingness to act.
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Your creativity is waiting for you like a dancing partner.
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What you’re really supposed to be doing is whatever makes your heart sing.
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