Don’t cheat the world of your contribution. Give it what you’ve got.
STEVEN PRESSFIELDLong-term, we must begin to build our internal strengths. It isn’t just skills like computer technology. It’s the old-fashioned basics of self-reliance, self-motivation, self-reinforcement, self-discipline, self-command.
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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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Research can become Resistance. We want to work, not prepare to work.
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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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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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The last thing we want is to remain as we are.
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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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Be too dumb to quit and too stubborn to back off.
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The amateur tweets. The pro works.
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The professional does not wait for inspiration; he acts in anticipation of it.
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Put your ass where your heart wants to be.
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The professional respects his craft. He does not consider himself superior to it. He recognizes the contributions of those who have gone before him. He apprentices himself to them.
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Stay stupid. Follow your unconventional crazy heart.
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The sign of the amateur is overglorification of and preoccupation with the mystery. The professional shuts up. She doesn’t talk about it. She does her work.
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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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To yield to Resistance deforms our spirit. It stunts us and makes us less than we are and were born to be.
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