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Doing is a quantum leap from imagining.

Barbara Sher

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Barbara Sher
Age: 84 †
Born: 1935
Born: August 14
Died: 2020
Died: May 10
Author
Essayist
Motivational Speaker
Writer
Detroit
Michigan
Quantum
Leap
Leadership
Imagining

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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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Isolation is a dream killer.
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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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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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The environment that creates winners is almost always made up of winners.
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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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Real obstacles don't take you in circles. They can be overcome. Invented ones are like a maze.
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Imaginary obstacles are insurmountable. Real ones aren't.
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Isolation is the dream killer.
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If you truly feared failure, you'd be very successful.
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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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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.
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And our dreams are who we are.
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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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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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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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Wishing and dreaming are the beginning of all human endeavor.
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What you're really supposed to be doing is whatever makes your heart sing.
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