Our greatest battle is to become ourselves, in the face of adversity.
STEVEN PRESSFIELDResistance 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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We feed it [Resistance] with power by our fear of it. Master that fear and we conquer Resistance.
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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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Figure out what scares you the most and do that first.
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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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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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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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When we turn pro we stop running from our fears. We turn around and face them.
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Resistance is greatest just before the finish line.
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The professional will not tolerate disorder… He wants the carpet vacuumed and the threshold swept, so the Muse may enter and not soil her gown.
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Those who will not govern themselves are condemned to find masters to govern over them.
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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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The more fear we feel about a specific enterprise, the more certain we can be that that enterprise is important to us and to the growth of our soul.
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It is one thing to study war and another to live the warrior’s life.
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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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Be too dumb to quit and too stubborn to back off.
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