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.
STEVEN PRESSFIELDPut your ass where your heart wants to be.
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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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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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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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Stay stupid. Follow your unconventional crazy heart.
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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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Resistance by definition is self-sabotage.
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We will have to choose between the life we want for our future and the life we have left behind.
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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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Slay that dragon once, and he will never have power over you again.
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When we turn pro we stop running from our fears. We turn around and face them.
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The amateur tweets. The pro works.
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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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Every sun casts a shadow, and genius’s shadow is Resistance.
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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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Research can become Resistance. We want to work, not prepare to work.
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