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When we conquer our fears, we discover a boundless, bottomless, inexhaustible well of passion.

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Steven Pressfield
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: September 1
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We feed it [Resistance] with power by our fear of it. Master that fear and we conquer Resistance.
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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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A cavalryman's horse should be smarter than he is. But the horse must never be alowed to know this.
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Socrates demonstrated long ago, that the truly free individual is free only to the extent of his own self-mastery.
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Do I really believe that my work is crucial to the planet's survival? Of course not. But it's as important to me as catching that mouse is to the hawk circling outside my window. He's hungry. He needs a kill. So do I.
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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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The only intercourse possible between the knight and the dragon is battle.
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Resistance by definition is self-sabotage.
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Our greatest battle is to become ourselves, in the face of adversity.
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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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The professional loves her work. She is invested in it wholeheartedly. But she does not forget that the work is not her.
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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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When we sit down each day and do our work, power concentrates around us... Ideas come. Insights accrete.
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As all born teachers, he was primarily a student.
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