Research can become Resistance. We want to work, not prepare to work.
STEVEN PRESSFIELDMost of us have two lives. The life we live, and the unlived life within us. Between the two stands Resistance.
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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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Courage is inseparable from love and leads to what may arguably be the noblest of all warrior virtues: selflessness.
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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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Resistance by definition is self-sabotage.
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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 professional tackles the project that will make him stretch. He takes on the assignment that will bear him into uncharted waters, compel him to explore unconscious parts of himself. Is he scared? Hell, yes. He’s petrified.
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The more fear we feel about a specific enterprise, the more certain we can be that that enterprise is important to us and to the growth of our soul.
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The counterfeit innovator is wildly self-confident. The real one is scared to death.
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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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It is one thing to study war and another to live the warrior’s life.
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The last thing we want is to remain as we are.
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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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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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Stay stupid. Follow your unconventional crazy heart.
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As all born teachers, he was primarily a student.
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