Being judgmental about your own behavior is actually another cop-out because it makes you feel as though you’re doing something virtuous.
BARBARA SHERThe cure for sorrow is to learn something.
More Barbara Sher Quotes
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Change is not only likely, it’s inevitable.
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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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Real obstacles don’t take you in circles. They can be overcome. Invented ones are like a maze.
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Find out what you love. Do it because you love it. Stick with it. Start now.
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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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Imaginary obstacles are insurmountable. Real ones aren’t.
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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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Sometimes the only thing we do to avoid success is refuse to be energetic on our own behalf
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Isolation is a dream killer.
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It’s only too late if you don’t start now.
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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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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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You cannot tell your heart what it wants. Your heart will tell you
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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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It’s essential to distinguish between events that are really beyond your control and events you caused yourself.
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