When we see others beginning to live their authentic selves, it drives us crazy if we have not lived out our own.
STEVEN PRESSFIELDI 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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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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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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As all born teachers, he was primarily a student.
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Our greatest battle is to become ourselves, in the face of adversity.
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The professional does not wait for inspiration; he acts in anticipation of it.
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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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Resistance will tell you anything to keep you from doing your work.
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Stay stupid. Follow your unconventional crazy heart.
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The amateur tweets. The pro works.
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It’s one thing to lie to ourselves. It’s another thing to believe it.
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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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A cavalryman’s horse should be smarter than he is. But the horse must never be allowed to know this.
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There’s a secret that real writers know that wannabe writers don’t, and the secret is this: It’s not the writing part that’s hard. What’s hard is sitting down to write. What keeps us from sitting down is Resistance.
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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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