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.
BARBARA SHEREvery 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.
More Barbara Sher Quotes
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Isolation is a dream killer.
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Your creativity is waiting for you like a dancing partner.
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A goal is the basic unit of life design.
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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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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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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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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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Being judgmental is cheap. Any fool can do it.
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What you’re really supposed to be doing is whatever makes your heart sing.
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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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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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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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We are like violins. We can be used as doorstops, or we can make music.
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You cannot tell your heart what it wants. Your heart will tell you
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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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