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Slay that dragon once, and he will never have power over you again.

Steven Pressfield

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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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The professional loves her work. She is invested in it wholeheartedly. But she does not forget that the work is not her.
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The opposite of fear is love – love of the challenge, love of the work, the pure joyous passion to take a shot at our dream and see if we can pull it off.
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What finally convinced me to go ahead was simply that I was so unhappy not going ahead.
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Don’t cheat the world of your contribution. Give it what you’ve got.
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This man has conquered the world! What have you done?” The philosopher replied without an instant’s hesitation, “I have conquered the need to conquer the world.
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The amateur tweets. The pro works.
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We fear discovering that we are more than we think we are… That we actually have the guts, the perserverance, the capacity… because, if it’s true, then we become estranged from all we know.
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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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The most important thing about art is to work. Nothing else matters except sitting down every day and trying.
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The professional does not wait for inspiration; he acts in anticipation of it.
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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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Our greatest battle is to become ourselves, in the face of adversity.
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Seeking support from friends and and family is like having people gathered around at your deathbed. It’s nice, but when the ship sails, all they can do is stand on the dock waving goodbye.
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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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As all born teachers, he was primarily a student.
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