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.”
STEVEN PRESSFIELDCourage is inseparable from love and leads to what may arguably be the noblest of all warrior virtues: selflessness.
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The more scared we are of a work or calling, the more sure we can be that we have to do it.
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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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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 most important thing about art is to work. Nothing else matters except sitting down every day and trying.
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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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Do you love your idea? Does it feel right on instinct? Are you willing to bleed for it?
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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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Don’t cheat the world of your contribution. Give it what you’ve got.
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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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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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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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Our job in this lifetime is not to shape ourselves into some ideal we imagine we ought to be, but to find out who we already are and become it.
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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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Resistance by definition is self-sabotage.
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Resistance is greatest just before the finish line.
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