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.
STEVEN PRESSFIELDResistance will tell you anything to keep you from doing your work.
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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 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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If you were meant to cure cancer or write a symphony or crack cold fusion and you don’t do it, you not only hurt yourself, even destroy yourself. You hurt your children. You hurt me. You hurt the planet.
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Do you love your idea? Does it feel right on instinct? Are you willing to bleed for 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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The critic hates most that which he would have done himself if he had had the guts.
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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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Resistance will tell you anything to keep you from doing your work.
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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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Stay stupid. Follow your unconventional crazy heart.
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Resistance is greatest just before the finish line.
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Resistance by definition is self-sabotage.
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The amateur tweets. The pro works.
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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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Long-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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