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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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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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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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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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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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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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We are like violins. We can be used as doorstops, or we can make music.
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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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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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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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You cannot tell your heart what it wants. Your heart will tell you
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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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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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And our dreams are who we are.
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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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Originality is genius. If you respect and care for it, it will take you on the ride of your life.
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The environment that creates winners is almost always made up of winners.
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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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Imaginary obstacles are insurmountable. Real ones aren't.
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If you truly feared failure, you'd be very successful.
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