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If you truly feared failure, you'd be very successful.

Barbara Sher

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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
Feared
Failure
Truly
Successful

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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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Real obstacles don't take you in circles. They can be overcome. Invented ones are like a maze.
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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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And our dreams are who we are.
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What you're really supposed to be doing is whatever makes your heart sing.
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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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