Most of us have two lives. The life we live, and the unlived life within us. Between the two stands Resistance.
STEVEN PRESSFIELDThe 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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Slay that dragon once, and he will never have power over you again.
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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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In my experience, depth of work consists of two components. The first is recklessness; the second is discipline.
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When we turn pro we stop running from our fears. We turn around and face them.
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Don’t cheat the world of your contribution. Give it what you’ve got.
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The amateur tweets. The pro works.
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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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The counterfeit innovator is wildly self-confident. The real one is scared to death.
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Long-term, we must begin to build our internal strengths. It isn’t just skills like computer technology. It’s the old-fashioned basics of self-reliance, self-motivation, self-reinforcement, self-discipline, self-command.
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A cavalryman’s horse should be smarter than he is. But the horse must never be allowed to know this.
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Playing the game for money produces the proper professional attitude. It inculcates the lunch-pail state of mind that shows up for work despite rain or snow or dark of night and slugs it out day after day.
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Our greatest battle is to become ourselves, in the face of adversity.
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Resistance is greatest just before the finish line.
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A child has no trouble believing the unbelievable, nor does the genius or the madman. It’s only you and I, with our big brains and our tiny hearts, who doubt and overthink and hesitate.
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The artist cannot look to others to validate his efforts or his calling. If you don’t believe me, ask Van Gogh, who produced masterpiece after masterpiece and never found a buyer in his whole life.
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