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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.

Steven Pressfield

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Figure out what scares you the most and do that first.
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The amateur tweets. The pro works.
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Our greatest battle is to become ourselves, in the face of adversity.
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The most pernicious aspect of procrastination is that it can become a habit. We don’t just put off our lives today; we put them off till our deathbed.
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Be too dumb to quit and too stubborn to back off.
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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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As all born teachers, he was primarily a student.
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Always attack. Even in defense, attack. The attacking arm possesses the initiative and thus commands the action. To attack makes men brave; to defend makes them timorous.
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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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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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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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A cavalryman’s horse should be smarter than he is. But the horse must never be allowed to know this.
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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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Every sun casts a shadow, and genius’s shadow is 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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It’s better to be in the arena, getting stomped by the bull, than to be up in the stands or out in the parking lot.
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The more scared we are of a work or calling, the more sure we can be that we have to do it.
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The last thing we want is to remain as we are.
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Don’t cheat the world of your contribution. Give it what you’ve got.
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Put your ass where your heart wants to be.
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The professional does not wait for inspiration; he acts in anticipation of it.
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I wrote in the War of Art that I could divide my life neatly into two parts: before turning pro and after. After is better.
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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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Resistance is greatest just before the finish line.
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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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