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The counterfeit innovator is wildly self-confident. The real one is scared to death.
Steven Pressfield
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Steven Pressfield
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: September 1
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Resistance is directly proportional to love. If you’re feeling massive Resistance, the good news is, it means there’s tremendous love there too. If you didn’t love the project that is terrifying you, you wouldn’t feel anything. The opposite of love isn’t hate it’s indifference.
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A writer writes with his genius an artist paints with hers everyone who creates operates from this sacramental center.
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