Research can become Resistance. We want to work, not prepare to work.
STEVEN PRESSFIELDSlay that dragon once, and he will never have power over you again.
More Steven Pressfield Quotes
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When we turn pro we stop running from our fears. We turn around and face them.
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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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Resistance is greatest just before the finish line.
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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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The more fear we feel about a specific enterprise, the more certain we can be that that enterprise is important to us and to the growth of our soul.
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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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Don’t cheat the world of your contribution. Give it what you’ve got.
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Fear 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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What finally convinced me to go ahead was simply that I was so unhappy not going ahead.
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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 most important thing about art is to work. Nothing else matters except sitting down every day and trying.
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Resistance by definition is self-sabotage.
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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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In my experience, depth of work consists of two components. The first is recklessness; the second is discipline.
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I wrote in the War of Art that I could divide my life neatly into two parts: before turning pro and after. After is better.
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