Artists, writers and people in creative fields are entrepreneurs by necessity. Nobody gives them a paycheck or picks up their medical insurance. The ones who succeed learn to think and act like 'indep...
It's not the writing part that's hard. What's hard is sitting down to write.What keeps us from sitting down is Resistance.
I'm keenly aware of the Principle of Priority, which states (a) you must know the difference between what is urgent and what is important, and (b) you must do what's important first.
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. Ama...
The working artist will not tolerate trouble in her life because she knows trouble prevents her from doing her work.
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 enemy is Resistance.
Resistance by definition is self-sabotage.
The awakening an artist must be ruthless, not only with herself but with others.
Nothing is as empowering as real-world validation, even if it's for failure.
I thought of you when I read this quote from The War of Art by Steven Pressfield, Shawn Coyne -Most of us have two lives. The life we live, and the unlived life within us. Between the two stands Resis...
A thousand years from now Leonidas declared, two thousand, three thousand years hence, men a hundred generations yet unborn may, for their private purposes, make journey to our country. They will come...
— Juro, companheiros, [os persas] eram tão numerosos que ao lançarem os projéteis a massa de flechas bloqueava o sol!Os olhos do boateiro estavam inflamados de prazer. Virou-se para o meu senhor, como...
Fear is good. Like self-doubt, fear is an indicator. Fear tells us what we have to do. Remember our rule of thumb: The more scared we are of a work or calling, the more sure we can be that we have to...
Fame Imperishable and glory that will never die -- that is what we march for!
A writer writes with his genius; an artist paints with hers; everyone who creates operates from this sacramental center.
She (the artist, the writer) doesn't wait for inspiration, she acts in the anticipation of its apparition.
The working artist will not tolerate trouble in her life because she knows trouble prevents her from doing her work. The working artist banishes from her world all sources of trouble. She harnesses th...
The sign of the amateur is overglorification of and preoccupation with the mystery. The professional shuts up. She doesn't talk about it. She does her work.
The artist committing himself to his calling has volunteered for hell.