Barbara Sher
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
heart want
You cannot tell your heart what it wants. Your heart will tell you
fool judgmental can-do
Being judgmental is cheap. Any fool can do it.
clay
Time is clay; make something.
self-esteem good-luck thinking
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.
dream killers isolation
Isolation is the dream killer.
eye hands focus
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.
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.
unique destiny purpose
What you are is a human being, sensitive and alive, with genius inside of you. Not only that, but you are one of a kind. There has never been anyone like you before. You see the world in a unique way because you have unique gifts. That's the way nature made you. And it will feel like nothing less than fulfilling your destiny to follow those gifts to a rich and exciting life, full of purpose and meaning and enjoyment.
care genius originality
Originality is genius. If you respect and care for it, it will take you on the ride of your life.
greatness love-is facts
Find what you love, because greatness is based on great gifts. If you love something, you can count on the fact that you are genetically gifted at it.
successful ifs
If you truly feared failure, you'd be very successful.
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.
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.