Find out what you love. Do it because you love it. Stick with it. Start now.
BARBARA SHERHappy people have two things in common. They know exactly what they want and they feel they’re moving toward getting it.
More Barbara Sher Quotes
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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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If you don’t know how you feel, you won’t know what you want.
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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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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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I believe you can have whatever you really want in this life, in one form or another, sooner or later. All you have to do is take care of your health and be lucky enough to live for a while. But you can’t have it all at once and you can’t have it forever. No life has the room for everything in it, not on the same day.
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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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Real obstacles don’t take you in circles. They can be overcome. Invented ones are like a maze.
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Wishing and dreaming are the beginning of all human endeavor.
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We are like violins. We can be used as doorstops, or we can make music.
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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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The amount of good luck coming your way depends on your willingness to act.
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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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Irreverence is a declaration of independence.
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It’s only too late if you don’t start now.
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