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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.

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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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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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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Doing is a quantum leap from imagining.
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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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We are like violins. We can be used as doorstops, or we can make music.
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You cannot tell your heart what it wants. Your heart will tell you
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The amount of good luck coming your way depends on your willingness to act.
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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.
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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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Isolation is a dream killer.
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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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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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Each destination you reach only opens out into wider horizons, new and undiscovered countries for you to explore.
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It's only too late if you don't start now.
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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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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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