Our enemy is not lack of preparation; it’s not the difficulty of the project or the state of … - Steven Pressfield

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Books are a hard-bound drug with no danger of an overdose. I am the happy victim of books.

Steven Pressfield

Our enemy is not lack of preparation; it’s not the difficulty of the project or the state of the marketplace or the emptiness of our bank account. The enemy is our chattering brain, which, if we give it so much as a nanosecond, will start producing excuses, alibis, transparent self-justifications and a million reasons why we can’t
shouldn’t
won’t do what we know we need to do.

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Are you paralyzed with fear? That’s a good sign. Fear is good. Like self-doubt, fear is an indicator. Fear tells us what we have to do. Remember one rule of thumb: 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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Don't cheat the world of your contribution. Give it what you've got.

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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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In the hierarchy, the artist faces outward. Meeting someone new he asks himself, What can this person do for me? How can this person advance my standing? In the hierarchy, the artist looks up and looks down. The one place he can't look is that place he must: within.

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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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