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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. (Steven Pressfield)
Socrates demonstrated long ago, that the truly free individual is free only to the extent of his own self-mastery. View quote
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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. View quote
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A great trick that I learned having worked as a screenwriter for many years, the way screenwriters work, is they break the project down into three-act structure: Act 1, Act 2, Act 3. I think that is a great way to break down any project, whether it's a new business or anything at all. View quote
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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. View quote
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Courage is inseparable from love and leads to what may arguably be the noblest of all warrior virtues: selflessness. View quote
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Our greatest battle is to become ourselves, in the face of adversity. View quote
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Resistance is greatest just before the finish line. View quote
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The essence of professionalism is the focus upon the work and its demands, while we are doing it, to the exclusion of all else. View quote
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Like a magnetized needle floating on a surface of oil, Resistance will unfailingly point to true North--meaning that calling or action it most wants to stop us from doing. We can use this. We can use it as a compass. We can navigate by Resistance, letting it guide us to that calling or action that we must follow before all others. Rule of thumb: The more important a call or action is to our soul's evolution, the more Resistance we will feel toward pursuing it. View quote
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Put your ass where your heart wants to be. (Steven Pressfield)
It is one thing to study war and another to live the warrior's life. View quote
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When we make our art a practice, when we make our workspace sacred and enter it daily with respect and high intention, then we elevate our actions (even if they're taking place within the profane arena of commerce) beyond ego and above gimme-gimme ambition. View quote
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Slay that dragon once, and he will never have power over you again. View quote
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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. View quote
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Every sun casts a shadow, and genius's shadow is Resistance. View quote
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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. View quote
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When we sit down to work, we become like a magnetized rod that attracts iron filings. Ideas come. Insights accrete. View quote
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We cannot let external criticism, even if it's true, fortify our internal foe. That foe is strong enough already. View quote
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Nothing is as empowering as real-world validation, even if it's for failure. View quote
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Fame Imperishable and glory that will never die -- that is what we march for! (Steven Pressfield)
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. View quote
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Playing the game for money produces the proper professional attitude. It inculcates the lunch-pail state of mind that shows up for work despite rain or snow or dark of night and slugs it out day after day. View quote
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When we conquer our fears, we discover a boundless, bottomless, inexhaustible well of passion. View quote
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We feed it [Resistance] with power by our fear of it. Master that fear and we conquer Resistance. View quote
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