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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.

Steven Pressfield

The professional does not wait for inspiration; he acts in anticipation of it.
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Act Himself Inspirational Professional Wait
There’s a secret that real writers know that wannabe writers don’t, and the secret is this: It’s not the writing part that’s hard. What’s hard is sitting down to write. What keeps us from sitting down is Resistance.
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Reality Resistance Secret Writing
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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Life Live Resistance Stand
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
Those who will not govern themselves are condemned to find masters to govern over them.
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Government Master
Don’t cheat the world of your contribution. Give it what you’ve got.
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Cheating Contribute World 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
The most important thing about art is to work. Nothing else matters except sitting down every day and trying.
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Art Day Exception Important Try Work
It’s one thing to lie to ourselves. It’s another thing to believe it.
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Believe Lying Ourselves
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
Stay stupid. Follow your unconventional crazy heart.
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Crazy Heart Stay Stupidity Yourself
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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Artist Believe Effort Inspirational Life Production
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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Amateur Glory Hereslf Mystery Occupation Professional Talk Work
Figure out what scares you the most and do that first.
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Act Brave Fear Inspirational Scare Yourself
What finally convinced me to go ahead was simply that I was so unhappy not going ahead.
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Happiness Myself Simplicity
The professional tackles the project that will make him stretch. He takes on the assignment that will bear him into uncharted waters, compel him to explore unconscious parts of himself. Is he scared? Hell, yes. He’s petrified.
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Exploration Himself Professional Project Water

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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