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.
STEVEN PRESSFIELDWe 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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When we turn pro we stop running from our fears. We turn around and face them.
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Stay stupid. Follow your unconventional crazy heart.
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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.
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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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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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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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The counterfeit innovator is wildly self-confident. The real one is scared to death.
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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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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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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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Resistance is greatest just before the finish line.
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Every sun casts a shadow, and genius’s shadow is Resistance.
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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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As all born teachers, he was primarily a student.
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