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.
BARBARA SHERThe cure for sorrow is to learn something.
More Barbara Sher Quotes
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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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You don’t need endless time and perfect conditions. Do it now. Do it today. Do it for twenty minutes and watch your heart start beating.
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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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Real obstacles don’t take you in circles. They can be overcome. Invented ones are like a maze.
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Becoming mature means learning to accept what you cannot change, facing unresolved sorrows and learning to love life as it really happens, not as you would have it happen.
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Time is clay; make something.
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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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It’s only too late if you don’t start now.
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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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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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Not fulfilling your dreams will be a loss to the world, because the world needs everyone’s gift – yours and mine.
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Isolation is the dream killer.
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A goal is the basic unit of life design.
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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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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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What you’re really supposed to be doing is whatever makes your heart sing.
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You don’t have to get it right the first time.
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Imaginary obstacles are insurmountable. Real ones aren’t.
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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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Find out what you love. Do it because you love it. Stick with it. Start now.
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There is always a realistic way to fulfill any dream. There has never been a dream that you can’t have – at least, not the heart of it, not the part you love the most.
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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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Wishing and dreaming are the beginning of all human endeavor.
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Irreverence is a declaration of independence.
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The amount of good luck coming your way depends on your willingness to act.
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In the days before automobiles, people in horse-drawn wagons used to sleep if they were tired. They didn’t worry about getting lost, because the horse knew the way home. Your heart knows the way to your gifts. You can trust it to take you to them.
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