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Creative work is not a selfish act or a bid for attention on the part of the actor. It’s a gift to the world and every being in it. Don’t cheat us of your contribution. Give us what you’ve got.

Steven Pressfield

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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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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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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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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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In my experience, depth of work consists of two components. The first is recklessness; the second is discipline.
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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 critic hates most that which he would have done himself if he had had the guts.
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Creative work is not a selfish act or a bid for attention on the part of the actor. It’s a gift to the world and every being in it. Don’t cheat us of your contribution. Give us what you’ve got.
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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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When we’re living as amateurs, we’re running away from our calling – meaning our work, our destiny, the obligation to become our truest and highest selves.
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Resistance will tell you anything to keep you from doing your work.
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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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Do you love your idea? Does it feel right on instinct? Are you willing to bleed for it?
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Research can become Resistance. We want to work, not prepare to work.
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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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