The professional arms himself with patience, not only to give the stars time to align in his career, but to keep himself from flaming out in each individual work.
The problem with friends and family is that they know us as we are. They are invested in maintaining us as we are. The last thing we want is to remain as we are.
The pro keeps coming on. He beats Resistance at its own game by being even more resolute and even more implacable than it is.
The payoff of living in the past or the future is you never have to do your work in the present.
The payoff for a life of adversity is freedom.
The most pernicious aspect of procrastination is that it can become a habit. We don't just put off our lives today; we put them off till our deathbed. Never forget: This very moment, we can change our...
The amateur dreads becoming who she really is because she fears that this new person will be judged by others as different. The tribe will declare us weird or queer or crazy. The tribe will reject us....
The Spartans do not ask how many are the enemy but where are they. —Plutarch Sayings of the Spartans
The American people... have had enough of sacrificing their sons and daughters in the name of some illusory world order; they want someone else’s sons and daughters to bear the burden. The American pe...
THE MAGIC OF MAKING A START Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation) there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definit...
Stay stupid. Follow your unconventional, crazy heart.
Sometimes on Wednesday I’ll read something that I wrote on Tuesday and I’ll think, This is crap. I hate it and I hate myself. Then I’ll re-read the identical passage on Thursday. To my astonishment, i...
Someone once asked Somerset Maughham if he wrote on a schedule or only when struck by inspiration. I write only when inspiration strikes, he replied. Fortunately it strikes every morning at nine o'clo...
So if you're paralyzed with fear, it's a good sign. It shows you what you have to do.
Similarly the call to growth can be conceptualized as personal (a daimon or genius, an angel or a muse) or as impersonal, like the tides or the transiting of Venus. Either way works, as long as we're...
Rule of thumb: The more important a call or action is to our soul’s evolution, the more Resistance we will feel
Resistance. I'm not sure why. Maybe it's easier to endow our partner with the power that we in fact possess but are afraid to act upon. Maybe it's less threatening to believe that our beloved spouse i...
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,...
Panic Is Good Creative panic is good. Here’s why: Our greatest fear is fear of success. When we are succeeding—that is, when we have begun to overcome our self-doubt and self-sabotage, when we are adv...
Our team has zero; has he got Close Air Support, drones, anything?