A cavalryman’s horse should be smarter than he is. But the horse must never be allowed to know this.
STEVEN PRESSFIELDDon’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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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 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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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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The opposite of fear is love – love of the challenge, love of the work, the pure joyous passion to take a shot at our dream and see if we can pull it off.
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Resistance is greatest just before the finish line.
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When we turn pro we stop running from our fears. We turn around and face them.
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Long-term, we must begin to build our internal strengths. It isn’t just skills like computer technology. It’s the old-fashioned basics of self-reliance, self-motivation, self-reinforcement, self-discipline, self-command.
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Our greatest battle is to become ourselves, in the face of adversity.
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Research can become Resistance. We want to work, not prepare to work.
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Slay that dragon once, and he will never have power over you again.
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Resistance cannot be seen, touched, heard, or smelled. But it can be felt. We experince it as an energy field radiating from a work-in-potential… Its aim is to shove us away, distract us, prevent us from doing our work.
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Every sun casts a shadow, and genius’s shadow is Resistance.
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The professional does not wait for inspiration; he acts in anticipation of it.
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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 amateur tweets. The pro works.
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