Refuse to Choose!: Use All of Your Interests, Passions, and Hobbies to Create the Life and Career of Your Dreams
Barbara Sher
Top 10 Best Quotes
“Doing what you love isn't a priviledge; it's an obligation.”
“You can waste a perfectly good life trying to meet the standards of someone who thinks you’re not good enough because they can’t understand who you are.”
“Start small. Start now. Start everything. And don’t bother to finish any of it.”
“When you lose interest in something, you must always consider the possibility that you’ve gotten what you came for; you have completed your mission.”
“You see, you’re not someone without direction; you’re an investigator, and the whole investigative process consists of learning a little bit about everything that looks interesting to you. If you respect your natural curiosity, you’ll come to trust your enthusiasm. It knows something about you. Your trail of enthusiasms is the most precise instrument you have for locating where you’d find the deepest satisfaction in your life.”
“Let’s end the notion that ideas have no value unless they turn into a business or have some other practical use. Save them all in a beautiful book like Leonardo did. You might want to give them away someday, perhaps to someone who needs an idea. Or your great-great-grandchildren might love knowing what a fascinating mind you had. Or your biographer might be very happy after you’re gone.”
“You can wonder forever how many teeth a horse has - or you can find a horse, open its mouth, and count its teeth.”
“Maybe coming up with ideas is just the way your brain dances. Instead of thinking “This could be a great opportunity for success!” why not enlarge the meaning of “opportunity” to include the Good Feeling? As in: “This could be a great opportunity for my brain to boogie!”
“You might find the perfect combination of all your interests and have a very enjoyable career. Or you might discover that what you really love is learning itself.”
“This feeling is the cause of every Scanner’s unexpected ending. The dread of being locked away from their main source of energy and joy—learning, discovering, sleuthing, creating—makes Scanners pull back from every job or project, no matter how hard they try to stay.”
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ideas, identity, start, perfectionism, scanners, projects, journaling, writing, creativity, inspirational, renaissance-souls, finish, leonardo-da-vinci, criticism
