Resistance will tell you anything to keep you from doing your work.
STEVEN PRESSFIELDOur job in this lifetime is not to shape ourselves into some ideal we imagine we ought to be, but to find out who we already are and become it.
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Our job in this lifetime is not to shape ourselves into some ideal we imagine we ought to be, but to find out who we already are and become 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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When we turn pro we stop running from our fears. We turn around and face them.
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Put your ass where your heart wants to be.
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Do you love your idea? Does it feel right on instinct? Are you willing to bleed for it?
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Stay stupid. Follow your unconventional crazy heart.
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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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Figure out what scares you the most and do that first.
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Every sun casts a shadow, and genius’s shadow is 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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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 counterfeit innovator is wildly self-confident. The real one is scared to death.
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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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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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In my experience, depth of work consists of two components. The first is recklessness; the second is discipline.
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