We feed it [Resistance] with power by our fear of it. Master that fear and we conquer Resistance.
STEVEN PRESSFIELDSlay that dragon once, and he will never have power over you again.
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It’s one thing to lie to ourselves. It’s another thing to believe it.
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Resistance is greatest just before the finish line.
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There’s a secret that real writers know that wannabe writers don’t, and the secret is this: It’s not the writing part that’s hard. What’s hard is sitting down to write. What keeps us from sitting down is Resistance.
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Fear doesn’t go away. The warrior and the artist live by the same code of necessity, which dictates that the battle must be fought anew every day.
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The Principle of Priority states (a) you must know the difference between what is urgent and what is important, and (b) you must do what’s important first.
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In my experience, depth of work consists of two components. The first is recklessness; the second is discipline.
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Our job in this lifetime is not to shape ourselves into some ideal we imagine we ought to be, but to find out who we already are and become it.
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The counterfeit innovator is wildly self-confident. The real one is scared to death.
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Those who will not govern themselves are condemned to find masters to govern over them.
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Our greatest battle is to become ourselves, in the face of adversity.
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To yield to Resistance deforms our spirit. It stunts us and makes us less than we are and were born to be.
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We come into this world with a specific, personal destiny. We have a job to do, a calling to enact, a self to become. We are who we are from the cradle, and we’re stuck with it.
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Resistance is not a peripheral opponent. Resistance arises from within. It is self-generated and self-perpetuated. resistance is the enemy within.
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The professional respects his craft. He does not consider himself superior to it. He recognizes the contributions of those who have gone before him. He apprentices himself to them.
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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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Courage is inseparable from love and leads to what may arguably be the noblest of all warrior virtues: selflessness.
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When we see others beginning to live their authentic selves, it drives us crazy if we have not lived out our own.
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Be too dumb to quit and too stubborn to back off.
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Don’t prepare. Begin. Our enemy is not lack of preparation. The enemy is resistance, our chattering brain producing excuses. Start before you are ready.
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The most important thing about art is to work. Nothing else matters except sitting down every day and trying.
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Slay that dragon once, and he will never have power over you again.
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The professional does not wait for inspiration; he acts in anticipation of it.
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The more scared we are of a work or calling, the more sure we can be that we have to do it.
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Put your ass where your heart wants to be.
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The best and only thing that one artist can do for another is to serve as an example and an inspiration.
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Figure out what scares you the most and do that first.
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