Research can become Resistance. We want to work, not prepare to work.
STEVEN PRESSFIELDResearch can become Resistance. We want to work, not prepare to work.
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Resistance by definition is self-sabotage.
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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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Resistance will tell you anything to keep you from doing your work.
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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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We feed it [Resistance] with power by our fear of it. Master that fear and we conquer Resistance.
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It is one thing to study war and another to live the warrior’s life.
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Ignorance and arrogance are the artist’s and entrepreneur’s indispensable allies. She must be clueless enough to have no idea how difficult her enterprise is going to be and cocky enough to believe she can pull it off anyway.”
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As all born teachers, he was primarily a student.
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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 tweets. The pro works.
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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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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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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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Resistance is greatest just before the finish line.
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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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