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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
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Essayist
Motivational Speaker
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Detroit
Michigan
Leadership
Imagining
Quantum
Leap

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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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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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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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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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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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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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Originality is genius. If you respect and care for it, it will take you on the ride of your life.
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Find out what you love. Do it because you love it. Stick with it. Start now.
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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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Action helps you think and raises your self-esteem. Good luck happens when you're in action. Ask yourself, Does this go toward or away from what I want? There's an animal in us, and it has great instincts. Scan for a desire and follow it. Set a goal, any goal, and start doing everything you can think of to achieve it.
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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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Real obstacles don't take you in circles. They can be overcome. Invented ones are like a maze.
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The amount of good luck coming your way depends on your willingness to act.
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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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We all need to learn a new language for love - a language that speaks not in socks, pancakes, and paychecks, but in shared fascination with physics or poetry, delight in each other's uniqueness, and mutual practical and emotional support.
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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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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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Wishing and dreaming are the beginning of all human endeavor.
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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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What you're really supposed to be doing is whatever makes your heart sing.
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