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A goal is the basic unit of life design.

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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
Basic
Design
Goal
Life
Unit
Units

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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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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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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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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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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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Isolation is the dream killer.
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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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The amount of good luck coming your way depends on your willingness to act.
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If you truly feared failure, you'd be very successful.
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Isolation is a dream killer.
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In the rush of daily living it's easy to forget all the remarkable people, real or fictional, who have been a part of your life. But if you just imagine they are near for a moment, you will realize that anyone who ever touched your heart is always with you, patiently waiting to emanate warmth and support whenever you remember to think of them.
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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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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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And our dreams are who we are.
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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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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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Sometimes life isn't about who you were or are, but it's about who you are becoming.
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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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Whatever your dreams are, start taking them very, very seriously.
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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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