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.
Barbara SherRead
Find out what you love._x000D_ Do it because you love it._x000D_ Stick with it._x000D_ Start now.
Interpretation
This quote encourages individuals to pursue their passions and commit to them wholeheartedly.
Barbara Sher's quote emphasizes the importance of discovering one's passions and dedicating oneself to pursuing those interests. It highlights that true fulfillment comes from engaging in activities we love, and it encourages immediate action towards those pursuits with a commitment to see them through, suggesting that starting right away is crucial to achieving personal satisfaction and success.
In practice
During a motivational speech to inspire students about choosing their careers.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Not only strike while the iron is hot, but make it hot by striking.
I can't never stop nobody, can't knock nobody hustle.
You are important enough to ask and you are blessed enough to receive back.
I honestly believe that if you are willing to out-condition the opponent, have confidence in your ability, be more aggressive than your opponent and have a genuine desire for team victory, you will become the national champions. If you have all the above, you will acquire confidence and poise, and you will have those intangibles that win the close ones.
Anytime you write something, you go through so many phases. You go through the 'I'm a Fraud' phase. You go through the 'I'll Never Finish' phase. And every once in a while you think, 'What if I actually have created what I set out to create, and it's received as such?'
I taught myself confidence. When I'd walk into a room and feel scared to death, I'd tell myself, 'I'm not afraid of anybody.' And people believed me. You've got to teach yourself to take over the world.
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