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.
STEVEN PRESSFIELDIn my experience, depth of work consists of two components. The first is recklessness; the second is discipline.
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Be too dumb to quit and too stubborn to back off.
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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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The critic hates most that which he would have done himself if he had had the guts.
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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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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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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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We feed it [Resistance] with power by our fear of it. Master that fear and we conquer Resistance.
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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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Seeking support from friends and and family is like having people gathered around at your deathbed. It’s nice, but when the ship sails, all they can do is stand on the dock waving goodbye.
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A cavalryman’s horse should be smarter than he is. But the horse must never be allowed to know this.
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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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Figure out what scares you the most and do that first.
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Our greatest battle is to become ourselves, in the face of adversity.
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Slay that dragon once, and he will never have power over you again.
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The artist cannot look to others to validate his efforts or his calling. If you don’t believe me, ask Van Gogh, who produced masterpiece after masterpiece and never found a buyer in his whole life.
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