142 Quotes by Barbara Sher

Time is clay; make something.

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.

Isolation is the dream killer.

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.

Being judgmental about your own behavior is actually another cop-out because it makes you feel as though you're doing something virtuous.

Irreverence is a declaration of independence.

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.

Originality is genius. If you respect and care for it, it will take you on the ride of your life.

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.