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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.”

Steven Pressfield

When we’re living as amateurs, we’re running away from our calling – meaning our work, our destiny, the obligation to become our truest and highest selves.
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Amateur Call Live Meaning Run True Work
Put your ass where your heart wants to be.
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Heart Hustle Inspirational Motivational Yourself
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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Day Force Mystery Purpose Start
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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Art Better Division Life Myself War Writing
It is one thing to study war and another to live the warrior’s life.
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Life Oneself Study War
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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Attack Brave Defense Man Possession
Resistance will tell you anything to keep you from doing your work.
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Resistance Work Yourself
Those who will not govern themselves are condemned to find masters to govern over them.
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Government Master
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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Call Scare Work
The critic hates most that which he would have done himself if he had had the guts.
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Action Brave Criticism Hate Himself
When we turn pro we stop running from our fears. We turn around and face them.
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Face Fears Run Stop
The best and only thing that one artist can do for another is to serve as an example and an inspiration.
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Artist Best Inspirational Service
Figure out what scares you the most and do that first.
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Act Brave Fear Inspirational Scare Yourself
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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Arrogant Artist Believe Difficult Enough Entrepreneur Herself Ignorance
Slay that dragon once, and he will never have power over you again.
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Fantasy Fight Inspirational Win Yourself
A cavalryman’s horse should be smarter than he is. But the horse must never be allowed to know this.
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Animal Home Man Smart

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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