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He who whets his steel, whets his courage
Steven Pressfield
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Steven Pressfield
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: September 1
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The song we’re composing already exists in potential. Our work is to find it.
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The professional does not permit himself to become hidebound within one incarnation, however comfortable or successful. Like a transmigrating soul, he shucks his outworn body and dons a new one. He continues his journey.
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When we turn pro we stop running from our fears. We turn around and face them.
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When a novelist or screenwriter is looking for a subject, the element he's seeking is conflict. Conflict makes drama. Conflict produces great characters and memorable scenes. So war is a natural topic.
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The amateur believes he must first overcome his fear then he can do his work. The professional knows that fear can never be overcome. He knows there is no such thing as a fearless warrior or a dread-free artist.
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Resistance by definition is self-sabotage.
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We will have to choose between the life we want for our future and the life we have left behind.
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What finally convinced me to go ahead was simply that I was so unhappy not going ahead.
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Don't prepare. Begin. Our enemy is not lack of preparation. The enemy is resistance, our chattering brain producing excuses. Start before you are ready.
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These are not easy questions. Who am I? Why am I here? They're not easy because the human being isn't wired to function as an individual.
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Turning pro is a mindset. If we are struggling with fear, self-sabotage, procrastination, self-doubt, etc., the problem is, we’re thinking like amateurs. Amateurs don’t show up. Amateurs crap out. Amateurs let adversity defeat them. The pro thinks differently. He shows up, he does his work, he keeps on truckin’, no matter what.
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Next morning I went over to Paul’s for coffee and told him I had finished. “Good for you,” he said without looking up. “Start the next one today.
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We show up. We do our best. Good things happen.
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What force is yanking at our sleeves? This process of self-revision and self-correction is so common we don't even notice. But it's a miracle.
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The amateur tweets. The pro works.
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Thr principle of organization is built into nature. Chaos itself is self-organizing. Out of primordial disorder, stars find their orbit rivers make their way to the sea.
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If you find yourself asking yourself (and your friends), Am I really a writer? Am I really an artist? chances are you are. The counterfeit innovator is wildly self-confident. The real one is scared to death.
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When we conquer our fears, we discover a boundless, bottomless, inexhaustible well of passion.
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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.
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We cannot let external criticism, even if it's true, fortify our internal foe. That foe is strong enough already.
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