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.
STEVEN PRESSFIELDWhen we see others beginning to live their authentic selves, it drives us crazy if we have not lived out our own.
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Resistance by definition is self-sabotage.
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Stay stupid. Follow your unconventional crazy heart.
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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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What finally convinced me to go ahead was simply that I was so unhappy not going ahead.
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As all born teachers, he was primarily a student.
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The counterfeit innovator is wildly self-confident. The real one is scared to death.
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Those who will not govern themselves are condemned to find masters to govern over them.
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Defeating Resistance is like giving birth. It seems absolutely impossible until you remember that women have been pulling it off successfully, with support and without, for fifty million years.
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The amateur tweets. The pro works.
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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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Never forget: This very moment, we can change our lives. There never was a moment, and never will be, when we are without the power to alter our destiny.
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Figure out what scares you the most and do that first.
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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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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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It’s one thing to lie to ourselves. It’s another thing to believe it.
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