In my experience, depth of work consists of two components. The first is recklessness; the second is discipline.
STEVEN PRESSFIELDStay stupid. Follow your unconventional crazy heart.
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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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Those who will not govern themselves are condemned to find masters to govern over them.
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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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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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Never forget: This very moment, we can change our lives. There never was a moment, and never will be, when we are without the power to alter our destiny.
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The professional tackles the project that will make him stretch. He takes on the assignment that will bear him into uncharted waters, compel him to explore unconscious parts of himself. Is he scared? Hell, yes. He’s petrified.
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Be too dumb to quit and too stubborn to back off.
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We fear discovering that we are more than we think we are… That we actually have the guts, the perserverance, the capacity… because, if it’s true, then we become estranged from all we know.
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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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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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It’s one thing to lie to ourselves. It’s another thing to believe it.
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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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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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Resistance by definition is self-sabotage.
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