When we see others beginning to live their authentic selves, it drives us crazy if we have not lived out our own.
STEVEN PRESSFIELDWhen 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 counterfeit innovator is wildly self-confident. The real one is scared to death.
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The professional respects his craft. He does not consider himself superior to it. He recognizes the contributions of those who have gone before him. He apprentices himself to them.
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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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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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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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The best and only thing that one artist can do for another is to serve as an example and an inspiration.
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Figure out what scares you the most and do that first.
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This man has conquered the world! What have you done?” The philosopher replied without an instant’s hesitation, “I have conquered the need to conquer the world.
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The professional does not wait for inspiration; he acts in anticipation of it.
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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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Our greatest battle is to become ourselves, in the face of adversity.
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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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Resistance by definition is self-sabotage.
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It’s one thing to lie to ourselves. It’s another thing to believe it.
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Be too dumb to quit and too stubborn to back off.
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