We feed it [Resistance] with power by our fear of it. Master that fear and we conquer Resistance.
STEVEN PRESSFIELDNever 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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The amateur tweets. The pro works.
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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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What finally convinced me to go ahead was simply that I was so unhappy not going ahead.
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As all born teachers, he was primarily a student.
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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 tackles the project that will make him stretch. He takes on the assignment that will bear him into uncharted waters, compel him to explore unconscious parts of himself. Is he scared? Hell, yes. He’s petrified.
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When we’re living as amateurs, we’re running away from our calling – meaning our work, our destiny, the obligation to become our truest and highest selves.
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Resistance is not a peripheral opponent. Resistance arises from within. It is self-generated and self-perpetuated. resistance is the enemy within.
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The counterfeit innovator is wildly self-confident. The real one is scared to death.
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It’s better to be in the arena, getting stomped by the bull, than to be up in the stands or out in the parking lot.
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The professional does not wait for inspiration; he acts in anticipation of it.
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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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We will have to choose between the life we want for our future and the life we have left behind.
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Resistance by definition is self-sabotage.
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