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Inspirational Quotes by Susan Jeffers (American Self-Help Author)

Inspirational Quotations by Susan Jeffers (American Self-Help Author)

Susan Jeffers (1938–2012,) née Gildenberg, was an American psychologist. The author of Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway and other popular self-help literature, she was also a sought-after public speaker.

Born to a Jewish family in Hazleton, Pennsylvania, Jeffers got a bachelor’s degree from Hunter College in New York City, and a master’s and a doctorate in psychology from Columbia University.

Jeffers is well known for her first self-help book, Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway (1987; revised 2006.) Initially rejected by several publishers, it sold some 15 million copies in 100 countries and was translated into more than 35 languages. Jeffers also established a thriving training and consulting business, recruiting hundreds of accredited trainers all over the world.

Jeffers wrote 17 other self-help books, including End the Struggle and Dance with Life (1996,) I’m Okay, You’re a Brat! (2001,) and Embracing Uncertainty (2003.)

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Taking responsibility means being aware of where and when you are NOT taking responsibility so that you can eventually change.
—Susan Jeffers
Topics: Fear, Feel, War, Change, Responsibility

The truth is:If you knew you could handle anything that came your way, what would you have to fear?The answer is: NOTHING!
—Susan Jeffers
Topics: Fear, Power

I’ve created the concept of a holi-hour, a shortened version of a holi-day. I allow myself at least an hour each day to relax totally.
—Susan Jeffers
Topics: Feel, Fear, Create

We have been taught to believe that negative equals realistic and positive equals unrealistic.
—Susan Jeffers

Most of us do not “sculpt” our lives. We accept what comes our way…then we gripe about it.
—Susan Jeffers
Topics: Fear, Feel, Live

Every time you encounter something that forces you to “handle it,” your self-esteem is raised considerably. You learn to trust that you will survive, no matter what happens. And in this way your fears are diminished immeasurably.
—Susan Jeffers
Topics: Learn, Will, Trust, Feel, Fear, Time

If you are focused on “the way it’s supposed to be,” you might miss the opportunity to enjoy the way it is or to have it be wonderful in a totally different way from what you imagined.
—Susan Jeffers
Topics: Joy, Opportunity, Focus, Feel, Rent, Fear

As I correct what needs to be handled in my life, all my anger toward others dissipates.
—Susan Jeffers
Topics: War, Anger, Life, Feel, Fear

So, instead of wanting to throttle your loved ones when they give you a hard time, it is better to look at them as mirrors of what you still need to work on in terms of our personal growth.
—Susan Jeffers
Topics: Work, Better, Persona, Growth, Fear, Feel, Love, Give, Time

So commit! Commit yourself to pushing through the fear and becoming more than you are at the present moment. The you that could be is absolutely colossal.
—Susan Jeffers
Topics: Feel, Fear

When you give your subsconscious the message “I can’t,” your subconscious really believes you and registers on its computer: WEAK… WEAK… WEAK…
—Susan Jeffers
Topics: Fear, Age, Give, Feel, Believe

You are innately designed to use your personal power. When you don’t, you experience a sense of helplessness, paralysis, and depression—which is your clue that something is not working as it could. You, like all of us, deserve everything that is wonderful and exciting in life. And those feelings emerge only when you get in touch with your powerful self.
—Susan Jeffers
Topics: Persona, Work, Power, Life, Fear, Experience, Depression, Feel, Feelings

All you have to do to change your world is change the way you think about it.
—Susan Jeffers
Topics: Fear, World, Change, Feel, Think

Take a risk a day—one small or bold stroke that will make you feel great once you’ve done it. Even if it doesn’t work out the way you wanted it to, at least you’ve tried. You didn’t sit back…powerless. Watch what starts to happen when you expand your comfort zone…with each risk you take, each time you move out of what feels comfortable, you become more powerful… As your power builds, so does your confidence, so that stretching your comfort zone becomes easier and easier, despite any fear you may experiencing. The magnitude of the risks you take also expands.
—Susan Jeffers
Topics: Risk, Become, Feel, Fear, Power, Great, Work, Will, Confidence, Time

Are you a “victim,” or are you taking responsibility for your life?
—Susan Jeffers
Topics: Feel, Fear, Responsibility, Life

THE TRUTH IS THAT YOU REALLY ARE IN CONTROL—IN TOTAL CONTROL.
—Susan Jeffers
Topics: Control, Truth, Fear, Feel

Fear of particular situations dissolved when I finally confronted them. The “doing it” comes before the fear goes away.
—Susan Jeffers
Topics: Feel, Fear, Doing

Why be miserable when you can be happy?
—Susan Jeffers
Topics: Feel, Happy, Fear

When a difficult situation comes into your life, it is possible to tune in to your mind and say, “Okay, choose”. Are you going to make yourself miserable or content? Are you going to visualize scarcity or abundance? Are you going to put yourself down for getting angry with your husband or are you simply going to notice what insecurity you were feeling at the time and discuss it with him? The choice is definitely yours. Pick the one that contributes most to your aliveness and growth.
—Susan Jeffers
Topics: Life, Feel, Live, Time, Growth, Dance, Security, Abundance, Choice, Fear, Mind

You don’t become powerful without concentrating your power.
—Susan Jeffers
Topics: Become, Power, Fear, Feel

If you’ve truly committed yourself to something, given it all you’ve got, and then concluded that it is not for you—move on to something else.
—Susan Jeffers
Topics: Fear, Feel, Give

By now you’ve gotten the picture. We can’t escape fear. We can only transform it into a companion that accompanies us in all our exciting adventures; it is not an anchor holding us transfixed to one spot.
—Susan Jeffers
Topics: Now, Adventure, Feel, Fear

The biggest pitfall as you make your way through your life is impatience.
—Susan Jeffers
Topics: Patience, Fear, Feel, Life

When we wake up to the potential power within, our impulse is to grab it all “quick”. The more we grab, the more it seems to elude us. There is no quick. There are quick—and wonderful—seminars, workshops, books, and audios that give you tools, but they are not quick tools. They are to be used and mastered throughout a lifetime.
—Susan Jeffers
Topics: Life, Time, Fear, Master, Power, Work, Give, Potential, Feel

Five Truths about FearTruth 1. The fear will never go away as long as I continue to grow.Truth 2. The only way to get rid of the fear of doing something is to go out and do it.Truth 3. The only way to feel better about myself is to go out… and do it.Truth 4. Not only am I going to experience fear whenever I’m on unfamiliar territory, but so is everyone else.Truth 5. Pushing through fear is less frightening than living with the underlying fear that comes from a feeling of helplessness.
—Susan Jeffers
Topics: Fear, Courage, Growth

Anger is your clue that you are not taking responsibility.
—Susan Jeffers
Topics: Fear, Feel, Responsibility, Anger

You must become what you want to attract. Be the kind of person you would want to surround yourself with.
—Susan Jeffers
Topics: Fear, Feel, Become, Act, Kind

Say YES to life. Participate. Move. Act. Write. Read. Sign up. Take a stand. Or do whatever it takes for you. Get involved in the process. As Rollo May wrote in Man’s Search for Himself: “Every organism has one and only one central need in life, to fulfill its own potentialities”.
—Susan Jeffers
Topics: Act, Fear, Potential, Life, Feel

In a sense, your need to please shows you what you have to work on—and that is: letting go emotionally of the role of child and stepping into the role of adult.
—Susan Jeffers
Topics: Fear, Feel, Work

Determine what you want on your life and act on it.
—Susan Jeffers
Topics: Feel, Life, Fear, Act

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