Whatever your dreams are, start taking them very, very seriously.
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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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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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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The environment that creates winners is almost always made up of winners.
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What you want is what you need. Your dearest wish comes straight from your core, loaded with vital information about who you are and who you can become.
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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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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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Everyone 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.
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And our dreams are who we are.
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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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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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Every time you have to make a choice about anything, think Does this go toward or away from what I want? Always choose what goes toward what you want.
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Being judgmental is cheap. Any fool can do it.
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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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Originality is genius. If you respect and care for it, it will take you on the ride of your life.
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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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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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Irreverence is a declaration of independence.
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Your creativity is waiting for you like a dancing partner.
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The amount of good luck coming your way depends on your willingness to act.
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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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Sometimes life isn’t about who you were or are, but it’s about who you are becoming.
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It’s only too late if you don’t start now.
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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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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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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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