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41 " about things you merely like? Would you rather learn how to plant a garden, work with friends to paint a house, or just have a great day with "
― Barbara Sher , Refuse to Choose!: Use All of Your Interests, Passions, and Hobbies to Create the Life and Career of Your Dreams
42 " Although it may not seem finished to anyone else, it’s finished to you. It’s your project. You did it by choice. You have the right to decide when you’re done. "
43 " And you’re probably spending too much time in a job that doesn’t mean anything to you. A person who can’t make a choice often works far below her capabilities to avoid making a commitment and to send out the message that her present job is only temporary. "
― Barbara Sher , I Could Do Anything If I Only Knew What It Was: How to Discover What You Really Want and How to Get It
44 " No, being too busy isn’t your reason for keeping clutter in your life. Uncomfortable though it may be to have so much unfinished work surrounding you, you keep those magazines and broken antiques because all that potential feels nice. Now take one more step in your thinking and what you’ll find is a tiny but powerful fear of commitment. "
― Barbara Sher , Live the Life You Love: In Ten Easy Step-By Step Lessons
45 " Mary Oliver should know; few tribes encourage and teach children to be poets. In her poem “Journey” she wrote: One day you finally knew what you had to do, and began, though the voices around you kept shouting their bad advice … little by little, as you left their voices behind, the stars began to burn through the sheets of clouds, and there was a new voice which you slowly recognized as your own, that kept you company as you strode deeper and deeper into the world … "
46 " In your fantasies you imagine that you’d love to have all the clutter gone so you could relax, but in fact, nobody really wants to relax. Not for very long, anyway. Everybody needs something to do. "
47 " Frustration is supposed to create action, not make you give up. "
48 " Let’s end the notion that ideas have no value unless they turn into a business or have some other practical use. "
49 " If you feel defined by any job, your self-image isn't solid enough. "
50 " I don’t believe you live the good life by doing what you can do; you live it by doing what you want to do. I don’t even think your greatest talents necessarily show up in your skills. All of us are good at things we’re not madly in love with. And all of us have talents we’ve never used. Relying on your skills to guide you is simply unacceptable. That’s why I don’t intend to give you personality tests or skills assessments to find out what you should be doing. I know what you should be doing. You should be doing what you love. What you love is what you are gifted at. Only love will give you the drive to stick to something until you develop your gift. "
51 " I think there’s a special saint who protects unfinished projects. Unfinished projects are just as valuable to us as the projects we finish. "
52 " Parents have their own dreams—and it’s those dreams they’re pushing, not yours. "
53 " Remember, whenever too many people fail a requirement, there’s nothing wrong with them, there’s something wrong with the requirement. "
54 " Remember: “Doing your own thing” is a generous act. Being gifted creates obligations, which means that you owe the world your best effort at the work you love. You too are a natural resource. "
55 " Boredom is the mind’s way of rejecting anything that lacks nutrients. "
56 " If you’re unhappy, something important is going on. When your body hurts, it needs attention. When your heart hurts, it needs just as much attention. Your mind knows what you’ve been taught, but your heart knows who you really are. "
57 " The problem is that most of us have limited our imagination to what we have been told is possible—and usually we’ve been told by people without much experience. "
58 " Through all the world there goes one long cry from the heart of the artist: Only give me the chance to do my very best! "
― Barbara Sher , What Do I Do When I Want To Do Everything?: A Revolutionary Programme For Doing Everything That You Love
59 " 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. "
60 " Start small. Start now. Start everything. And don’t bother to finish any of it. "