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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
Imagining
Quantum
Leap
Leadership

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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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Not fulfilling your dreams will be a loss to the world, because the world needs everyone's gift - yours and mine.
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You don't have to get it right the first time.
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What you're really supposed to be doing is whatever makes your heart sing.
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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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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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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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It's only too late if you don't start now.
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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 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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Isolation is a dream killer.
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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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Each destination you reach only opens out into wider horizons, new and undiscovered countries for you to explore.
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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 out what you love. Do it because you love it. Stick with it. Start now.
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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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The environment that creates winners is almost always made up of winners.
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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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