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Barbara Sher
Age: 84 †
Born: 1935
Born: August 14
Died: 2020
Died: May 10
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Motivational Speaker
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Michigan
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What you're really supposed to be doing is whatever makes your heart sing.
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Unkind criticism is never part of a meaningful critique of you. Its purpose is not to teach or to help, its purpose is to punish.
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Doing is a quantum leap from imagining.
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But who you are is not a concept in the sky, and it's not a record of you accomplishments either. The most original and creative side of you can re-emerge only when you get time of your own, free time, wide-open time, uncommitted time, time in which to go after dreams or do absolutely nothing if you choose. Without it you can't have a self.
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Real Dreams don't require you to abandon your family, quit your job, and move to Tahiti with your paintbrush. They just require that you search your soul for that deep dream you put aside-and go for it. And watch your life light up.
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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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Originality is genius. If you respect and care for it, it will take you on the ride of your life.
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Whatever your dreams are, start taking them very, very seriously.
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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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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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If you truly feared failure, you'd be very successful.
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Imaginary obstacles are insurmountable. Real ones aren't.
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Find out what you love. Do it because you love it. Stick with it. Start now.
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Every single one of us can do things that no one else can do can love things that no one else can love. We are like violins. We can be used for doorstops, or we can make music.
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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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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.
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Each destination you reach only opens out into wider horizons, new and undiscovered countries for you to explore.
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Isolation is the dream killer.
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It's only too late if you don't start now.
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And our dreams are who we are.
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