It’s one thing to lie to ourselves. It’s another thing to believe it.
STEVEN PRESSFIELDWhen we sit down day after day and keep grinding, something mysterious starts to happen… Unseen forces enlist in our cause; serendipity reinforces our purpose.
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Those who will not govern themselves are condemned to find masters to govern over them.
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Courage is inseparable from love and leads to what may arguably be the noblest of all warrior virtues: selflessness.
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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.
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Don’t cheat the world of your contribution. Give it what you’ve got.
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The amateur believes he must first overcome his fear; then he can do his work. The professional knows that fear can never be overcome. He knows there is no such thing as a fearless warrior or a dread-free artist.
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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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The professional does not wait for inspiration; he acts in anticipation of it.
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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.
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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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I wrote in the War of Art that I could divide my life neatly into two parts: before turning pro and after. After is better.
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The most pernicious aspect of procrastination is that it can become a habit. We don’t just put off our lives today; we put them off till our deathbed.
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The last thing we want is to remain as we are.
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Put your ass where your heart wants to be.
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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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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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When we’re living as amateurs, we’re running away from our calling – meaning our work, our destiny, the obligation to become our truest and highest selves.
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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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Be too dumb to quit and too stubborn to back off.
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Resistance by definition is self-sabotage.
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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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Defeating Resistance is like giving birth. It seems absolutely impossible until you remember that women have been pulling it off successfully, with support and without, for fifty million years.
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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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We will have to choose between the life we want for our future and the life we have left behind.
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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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When we sit down day after day and keep grinding, something mysterious starts to happen… Unseen forces enlist in our cause; serendipity reinforces our purpose.
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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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