Research can become Resistance. We want to work, not prepare to work.
STEVEN PRESSFIELDThere’s a secret that real writers know that wannabe writers don’t, and the secret is this: It’s not the writing part that’s hard. What’s hard is sitting down to write. What keeps us from sitting down is Resistance.
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This man has conquered the world! What have you done?” The philosopher replied without an instant’s hesitation, “I have conquered the need to conquer the world.
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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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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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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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When we turn pro we stop running from our fears. We turn around and face them.
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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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The amateur tweets. The pro works.
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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 cavalryman’s horse should be smarter than he is. But the horse must never be allowed to know this.
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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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Be too dumb to quit and too stubborn to back off.
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The critic hates most that which he would have done himself if he had had the guts.
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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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Put your ass where your heart wants to be.
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The professional does not wait for inspiration; he acts in anticipation of it.
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