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We will have to choose between the life we want for our future and the life we have left behind.
Steven Pressfield
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Steven Pressfield
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: September 1
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Defeating Resistance is like giving birth. It seems absolutely impossible until you remember that women have been pulling it off successfully, with support and without, for fifty million years.
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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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Resistance cannot be seen, touched, heard, or smelled. But it can be felt.
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A work-in-progress generates its own energy field. You, the artist or entrepreneur, are pouring love into the work you are suffusing it with passion and intention and hope.
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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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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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Nothing is as empowering as real-world validation, even if it's for failure.
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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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