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.
STEVEN PRESSFIELDTo 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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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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The most pernicious aspect of procrastination is that it can become a habit. We don’t just put off our lives today; we put them off till our deathbed.
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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 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 professional loves her work. She is invested in it wholeheartedly. But she does not forget that the work is not her.
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Resistance is greatest just before the finish line.
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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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When we see others beginning to live their authentic selves, it drives us crazy if we have not lived out our own.
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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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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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Stay stupid. Follow your unconventional crazy heart.
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Don’t cheat the world of your contribution. Give it what you’ve got.
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The last thing we want is to remain as we are.
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The amateur tweets. The pro works.
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