As all born teachers, he was primarily a student.
STEVEN PRESSFIELDResistance will tell you anything to keep you from doing your work.
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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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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 amateur tweets. The pro works.
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The Spartans say that any army may win while it still has legs under it; the real test comes when all strength is fled and the men must produce victory on will alone.
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Resistance is greatest just before the finish line.
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The counterfeit innovator is wildly self-confident. The real one is scared to death.
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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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Don’t cheat the world of your contribution. Give it what you’ve got.
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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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Stay stupid. Follow your unconventional crazy heart.
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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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The critic hates most that which he would have done himself if he had had the guts.
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The last thing we want is to remain as we are.
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Seeking support from friends and and family is like having people gathered around at your deathbed. It’s nice, but when the ship sails, all they can do is stand on the dock waving goodbye.
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It’s one thing to lie to ourselves. It’s another thing to believe it.
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