You don’t have to get it right the first time.
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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Being judgmental about your own behavior is actually another cop-out because it makes you feel as though you’re doing something virtuous.
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When you start using senses you’ve neglected, your reward is to see the world with completely fresh eyes.
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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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Originality is genius. If you respect and care for it, it will take you on the ride of your life.
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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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Time is clay; make something.
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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 amount of good luck coming your way depends on your willingness to act.
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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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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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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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If you truly feared failure, you’d be very successful.
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Doing is a quantum leap from imagining.
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