We feed it [Resistance] with power by our fear of it. Master that fear and we conquer Resistance.
STEVEN PRESSFIELDThe 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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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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Stay stupid. Follow your unconventional crazy heart.
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Slay that dragon once, and he will never have power over you again.
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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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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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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 professional does not wait for inspiration; he acts in anticipation of it.
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The Principle of Priority states (a) you must know the difference between what is urgent and what is important, and (b) you must do what’s important first.
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Research can become Resistance. We want to work, not prepare to work.
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Resistance is greatest just before the finish line.
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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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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 will tell you anything to keep you from doing your work.
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It’s one thing to lie to ourselves. It’s another thing to believe it.
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The opposite of fear is love – love of the challenge, love of the work, the pure joyous passion to take a shot at our dream and see if we can pull it off.
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