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You don't have to get it right the first time.

Barbara Sher

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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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Detroit
Michigan
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Firsts
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Right
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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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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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Doing is a quantum leap from imagining.
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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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Whatever your dreams are, start taking them very, very seriously.
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When you play it too safe, you're taking the biggest risk of your life. Time is the only wealth we're given.
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Every time you worry that you could get trapped in some kind of work you don't care about, you're dealing with the problem of meaningfulness. I guarantee that in the back of your mind is the thought that somehow you have to make a contribution to something, be acknowledged, do something that matters-or you're just fooling around.
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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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We are like violins. We can be used as doorstops, or we can make music.
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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're really supposed to be doing is whatever makes your heart sing.
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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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Isolation is a dream killer.
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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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Find out what you love. Do it because you love it. Stick with it. Start now.
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It's only too late if you don't start now.
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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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In the rush of daily living it's easy to forget all the remarkable people, real or fictional, who have been a part of your life. But if you just imagine they are near for a moment, you will realize that anyone who ever touched your heart is always with you, patiently waiting to emanate warmth and support whenever you remember to think of them.
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A goal is the basic unit of life design.
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If you truly feared failure, you'd be very successful.
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