Be too dumb to quit and too stubborn to back off.
STEVEN PRESSFIELDAlways attack. Even in defense, attack. The attacking arm possesses the initiative and thus commands the action. To attack makes men brave; to defend makes them timorous.
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Do you love your idea? Does it feel right on instinct? Are you willing to bleed for it?
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The sign of the amateur is overglorification of and preoccupation with the mystery. The professional shuts up. She doesn’t talk about it. She does her work.
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Resistance cannot be seen, touched, heard, or smelled. But it can be felt. We experince it as an energy field radiating from a work-in-potential… Its aim is to shove us away, distract us, prevent us from doing our work.
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Our greatest battle is to become ourselves, in the face of adversity.
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We feed it [Resistance] with power by our fear of it. Master that fear and we conquer Resistance.
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Research can become Resistance. We want to work, not prepare to work.
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Most of us have two lives. The life we live, and the unlived life within us. Between the two stands Resistance.
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Resistance will tell you anything to keep you from doing your work.
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It’s one thing to lie to ourselves. It’s another thing to believe it.
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Those who will not govern themselves are condemned to find masters to govern over them.
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The last thing we want is to remain as we are.
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Creative work is not a selfish act or a bid for attention on the part of the actor. It’s a gift to the world and every being in it. Don’t cheat us of your contribution. Give us what you’ve got.
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The most pernicious aspect of procrastination is that it can become a habit. We don’t just put off our lives today; we put them off till our deathbed.
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Slay that dragon once, and he will never have power over you again.
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Put your ass where your heart wants to be.
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