The last thing we want is to remain as we are.
STEVEN PRESSFIELDIt’s one thing to lie to ourselves. It’s another thing to believe it.
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Slay that dragon once, and he will never have power over you again.
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Figure out what scares you the most and do that first.
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Always attack. Even in defense, attack. The attacking arm possesses the initiative and thus commands the action. To attack makes men brave; to defend makes them timorous.
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It is one thing to study war and another to live the warrior’s life.
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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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It’s one thing to lie to ourselves. It’s another thing to believe it.
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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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Research can become Resistance. We want to work, not prepare to work.
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Resistance will tell you anything to keep you from doing your 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 best and only thing that one artist can do for another is to serve as an example and an inspiration.
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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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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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Our job in this lifetime is not to shape ourselves into some ideal we imagine we ought to be, but to find out who we already are and become it.
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As all born teachers, he was primarily a student.
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