Creative work is not a selfish act or a bid for attention on the part of the actor. It’s a gift to the world and every being in it. Don’t cheat us of your contribution. Give us what you’ve got.
STEVEN PRESSFIELDThe 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.
More Steven Pressfield Quotes
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Our greatest battle is to become ourselves, in the face of adversity.
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Stay stupid. Follow your unconventional crazy heart.
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Don’t cheat the world of your contribution. Give it what you’ve got.
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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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What finally convinced me to go ahead was simply that I was so unhappy not going ahead.
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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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Fear doesn’t go away. The warrior and the artist live by the same code of necessity, which dictates that the battle must be fought anew every day.
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The last thing we want is to remain as we are.
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It’s better to be in the arena, getting stomped by the bull, than to be up in the stands or out in the parking lot.
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The amateur tweets. The pro works.
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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 loves her work. She is invested in it wholeheartedly. But she does not forget that the work is not her.
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Most of us have two lives. The life we live, and the unlived life within us. Between the two stands Resistance.
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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 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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