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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.

Steven Pressfield

Playing the game for money produces the proper professional attitude. It inculcates the lunch-pail state of mind that shows up for work despite rain or snow or dark of night and slugs it out day after day.
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Attitude Day Game Mindset Night Play Production Professional
The professional does not wait for inspiration; he acts in anticipation of it.
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Act Himself Inspirational Professional Wait
When we turn pro we stop running from our fears. We turn around and face them.
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Face Fears Run Stop
It is one thing to study war and another to live the warrior’s life.
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Life Oneself Study War
Always attack. Even in defense, attack. The attacking arm possesses the initiative and thus commands the action. To attack makes men brave; to defend makes them timorous.
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Attack Brave Defense Man Possession
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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Born Limitation Ourselves Resistance Spirit Worth
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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Challenge Dreams Fear Joy Love Ourselves Passion See Work
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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Herself Investment Love Professional Work
Be too dumb to quit and too stubborn to back off.
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Attitude Inspirational Quit Stubborn Success
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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Art Contribution Himself Professional Recognition Respect Superior
Don’t cheat the world of your contribution. Give it what you’ve got.
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Cheating Contribute World Yourself
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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Capacity Discover Fear Perseverance Thinking
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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Call Scare Work
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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Amateur Glory Hereslf Mystery Occupation Professional Talk Work
We feed it [Resistance] with power by our fear of it. Master that fear and we conquer Resistance.
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Feed Food Resistance
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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Arrogant Artist Believe Difficult Enough Entrepreneur Herself Ignorance

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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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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