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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.

Steven Pressfield

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Research can become Resistance. We want to work, not prepare to work.
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The counterfeit innovator is wildly self-confident. The real one is scared to death.
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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 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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