Every sun casts a shadow, and genius’s shadow is Resistance.
STEVEN PRESSFIELDIt’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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Resistance is greatest just before the finish line.
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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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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 will not tolerate disorder… He wants the carpet vacuumed and the threshold swept, so the Muse may enter and not soil her gown.
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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 fear discovering that we are more than we think we are… That we actually have the guts, the perserverance, the capacity… because, if it’s true, then we become estranged from all we know.
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Our greatest battle is to become ourselves, in the face of adversity.
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Put your ass where your heart wants to be.
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Stay stupid. Follow your unconventional crazy heart.
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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 artist cannot look to others to validate his efforts or his calling. If you don’t believe me, ask Van Gogh, who produced masterpiece after masterpiece and never found a buyer in his whole life.
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Research can become Resistance. We want to work, not prepare to work.
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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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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 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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