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
nature way steps
A good work is a partnership between you and nature... Nature will help you every step of the way.
dream way hours
Now is the operative word. Everything you put in your way is just a method of putting off the hour when you could actually be doing your dream.
love marriage way
The first step is to find out what you love - and don't be practical about it. The second step is to start doing what you love immediately, in any small way possible.
good-luck way lucky
The amount of good luck coming your way depends on your willingness to act.
love single
Every single one of us can do things that no one else can, love things that no one else can love...We are like violins. We can be used for doorstops, or we can make music. You know what to do.
best creates effort generous gifted means natural owe work
'Doing your own thing'' is a generous act. Being gifted creates obligations, which means you owe the world your best effort at the work you love. You too are a natural resource.
time firsts simile
You don't have to get it right the first time.
music violin used
We are like violins. We can be used as doorstops, or we can make music.
silly self-worth sea
Human beings are not comparable. You can't compare us any more than you can compare roses and oranges, or mountains and the sea. You might prefer living by the sea to living in the mountains. You certainly like some people better than you like others. Preferences are perfectly valid...they're just your style asserting itself again. But you'd feel pretty silly saying 'The sea is better than the mountains.' It's every bit as silly to go around saying 'I'm better than Mary, but Joe is better than me.'
country horizon destination
Each destination you reach only opens out into wider horizons, new and undiscovered countries for you to explore.
goal design units
A goal is the basic unit of life design.
horse tired heart
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.
desire wish needs
What you want is what you need. Your dearest wish comes straight from your core, loaded with vital information about who you are and who you can become.
dream who-we-are our-dreams
And our dreams are who we are.