Figure out what scares you the most and do that first.
STEVEN PRESSFIELDWe will have to choose between the life we want for our future and the life we have left behind.
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Slay that dragon once, and he will never have power over you again.
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The amateur tweets. The pro works.
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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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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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The last thing we want is to remain as we are.
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It is one thing to study war and another to live the warrior’s life.
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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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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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What finally convinced me to go ahead was simply that I was so unhappy not going ahead.
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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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When we turn pro we stop running from our fears. We turn around and face them.
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The professional does not wait for inspiration; he acts in anticipation of it.
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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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Ignorance and arrogance are the artist’s and entrepreneur’s indispensable allies. She must be clueless enough to have no idea how difficult her enterprise is going to be and cocky enough to believe she can pull it off anyway.”
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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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