The professional loves her work. She is invested in it wholeheartedly. But she does not forget that the work is not her.
STEVEN PRESSFIELDDon’t prepare, do. Don’t let Resistance sucker you into wasting months on background, foundation, planning. All that can come later.
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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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It’s one thing to lie to ourselves. It’s another thing to believe it.
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Slay that dragon once, and he will never have power over you again.
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Defeating Resistance is like giving birth. It seems absolutely impossible until you remember that women have been pulling it off successfully, with support and without, for fifty million years.
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Don’t prepare, do. Don’t let Resistance sucker you into wasting months on background, foundation, planning. All that can come later.
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Figure out what scares you the most and do that first.
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Most of us have two lives. The life we live, and the unlived life within us. Between the two stands Resistance.
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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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Resistance by definition is self-sabotage.
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When 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 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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Stay stupid. Follow your unconventional crazy heart.
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What finally convinced me to go ahead was simply that I was so unhappy not going ahead.
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When we sit down day after day and keep grinding, something mysterious starts to happen… Unseen forces enlist in our cause; serendipity reinforces our purpose.
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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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