I wrote in the War of Art that I could divide my life neatly into two parts: before turning pro and after. After is better.
STEVEN PRESSFIELDResistance is greatest just before the finish line.
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Ignorance and arrogance are the artist’s and entrepreneur’s indispensable allies. She must be clueless enough to have no idea how difficult her enterprise is going to be and cocky enough to believe she can pull it off anyway.”
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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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It’s better to be in the arena, getting stomped by the bull, than to be up in the stands or out in the parking lot.
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Put your ass where your heart wants to be.
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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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Don’t prepare, do. Don’t let Resistance sucker you into wasting months on background, foundation, planning. All that can come later.
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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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When we turn pro we stop running from our fears. We turn around and face them.
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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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Figure out what scares you the most and do that first.
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As all born teachers, he was primarily a student.
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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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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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Be too dumb to quit and too stubborn to back off.
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Never forget: This very moment, we can change our lives. There never was a moment, and never will be, when we are without the power to alter our destiny.
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