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 PRESSFIELDIt is one thing to study war and another to live the warrior’s life.
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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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In my experience, depth of work consists of two components. The first is recklessness; the second is discipline.
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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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Don’t prepare. Begin. Our enemy is not lack of preparation. The enemy is resistance, our chattering brain producing excuses. Start before you are ready.
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We come into this world with a specific, personal destiny. We have a job to do, a calling to enact, a self to become. We are who we are from the cradle, and we’re stuck with it.
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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 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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A cavalryman’s horse should be smarter than he is. But the horse must never be allowed to know this.
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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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We feed it [Resistance] with power by our fear of it. Master that fear and we conquer Resistance.
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When we sit down day after day and keep grinding, something mysterious starts to happen… Unseen forces enlist in our cause; serendipity reinforces our purpose.
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Resistance by definition is self-sabotage.
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Resistance cannot be seen, touched, heard, or smelled. But it can be felt. We experince it as an energy field radiating from a work-in-potential… Its aim is to shove us away, distract us, prevent us from doing our work.
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The counterfeit innovator is wildly self-confident. The real one is scared to death.
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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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