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.
STEVEN PRESSFIELDAlways attack. Even in defense, attack. The attacking arm possesses the initiative and thus commands the action. To attack makes men brave; to defend makes them timorous.
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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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The Principle of Priority states (a) you must know the difference between what is urgent and what is important, and (b) you must do what’s important first.
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As all born teachers, he was primarily a student.
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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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When we turn pro we stop running from our fears. We turn around and face them.
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It is one thing to study war and another to live the warrior’s life.
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Slay that dragon once, and he will never have power over you again.
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The opposite of fear is love – love of the challenge, love of the work, the pure joyous passion to take a shot at our dream and see if we can pull it off.
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Figure out what scares you the most and do that first.
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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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In my experience, depth of work consists of two components. The first is recklessness; the second is discipline.
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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 does not wait for inspiration; he acts in anticipation of it.
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The amateur tweets. The pro works.
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Be too dumb to quit and too stubborn to back off.
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