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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.

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
Moving
Two
Feel
Feels
Exactly
Things
Toward
People
Getting
Common
Happy

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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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A goal is the basic unit of life design.
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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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Doing is a quantum leap from imagining.
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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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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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Whatever your dreams are, start taking them very, very seriously.
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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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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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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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There is always a realistic way to fulfill any dream. There has never been a dream that you can't have - at least, not the heart of it, not the part you love the most.
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A good work is a partnership between you and nature... Nature will help you every step of the way.
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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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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 obstacles don't take you in circles. They can be overcome. Invented ones are like a maze.
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Find out what you love. Do it because you love it. Stick with it. Start now.
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The amount of good luck coming your way depends on your willingness to act.
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