The amateur tweets. The pro works.
STEVEN PRESSFIELDOur greatest battle is to become ourselves, in the face of adversity.
More Steven Pressfield Quotes
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This man has conquered the world! What have you done?” The philosopher replied without an instant’s hesitation, “I have conquered the need to conquer the world.
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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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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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We feed it [Resistance] with power by our fear of it. Master that fear and we conquer Resistance.
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It’s one thing to lie to ourselves. It’s another thing to believe it.
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To yield to Resistance deforms our spirit. It stunts us and makes us less than we are and were born to be.
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The last thing we want is to remain as we are.
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Put your ass where your heart wants to be.
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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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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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Resistance will tell you anything to keep you from doing your work.
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When we turn pro we stop running from our fears. We turn around and face them.
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Those who will not govern themselves are condemned to find masters to govern over them.
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The sign of the amateur is overglorification of and preoccupation with the mystery. The professional shuts up. She doesn’t talk about it. She does her work.
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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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