Barbara Sher
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Barbara Sher
Barbara Sheris a speaker, career/lifestyle coach, and best-selling author of seven books on goal achievement. Her books have sold millions of copies and been translated into many languages. She has appeared on Oprah, The Today Show, 60 Minutes, CNN, and Good Morning America and her public television specials air regularly in the United States. Sher lectures at universities, Fortune 100 companies and professional conferences all over the world...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinesswoman
CountryUnited States of America
inspirational new-beginnings learning
You can learn new things at any time in your life if you're willing to be a beginner. If you actually learn to like being a beginner, the whole world opens up to you.
heart new-beginnings endless-time
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.
courage real ignorance
Imaginary obstacles are insurmountable. Real ones aren't. But you can't tell the difference when you have no real information. Fear can create even more imaginary obstacles than ignorance can. That's why the smallest step away from speculation and into reality can be an amazing relief...The Reality Solution means: Do it before you're ready.
appreciation needs remember
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.
happiness unique love-is
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.
passion love-is doing-what-you-love
Doing what you love isn't a priviledge; it's an obligation.
leadership real circles
Real obstacles don't take you in circles. They can be overcome. Invented ones are like a maze.
meaningful criticism purpose
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.
too-late late ifs
It's only too late if you don't start now.
emotional support needs
We all need to learn a new language for love - a language that speaks not in socks, pancakes, and paychecks, but in shared fascination with physics or poetry, delight in each other's uniqueness, and mutual practical and emotional support.
happiness unique love-is
What you love is as unique to you as your fingerprints. You need to know that because nothing will make you really happy but doing what you love.
successful ifs
If you truly feared failure, you'd be very successful.
judgmental cop behavior
Being judgmental about your own behavior is actually another cop-out because it makes you feel as though you're doing something virtuous.
independence irreverence declaration-of-independence
Irreverence is a declaration of independence.