The counterfeit innovator is wildly self-confident. The real one is scared to death.
STEVEN PRESSFIELDFear doesn’t go away. The warrior and the artist live by the same code of necessity, which dictates that the battle must be fought anew every day.
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The amateur tweets. The pro works.
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Resistance by definition is self-sabotage.
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The last thing we want is to remain as we are.
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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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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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Figure out what scares you the most and do that first.
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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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The professional does not wait for inspiration; he acts in anticipation of it.
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We come into this world with a specific, personal destiny. We have a job to do, a calling to enact, a self to become. We are who we are from the cradle, and we’re stuck with it.
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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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It is one thing to study war and another to live the warrior’s life.
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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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Be too dumb to quit and too stubborn to back off.
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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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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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