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“He knew that Resistance was strongest at the finish. He did what he had to do, no matter how nutty or unorthodox, to finish and be ready to ship.”
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“Like the monk and the mystic, the artist enters a mental space. He becomes a child. She becomes a vessel. They tune in to the Cosmic Radio Station and listen to whatever song is being broadcast specifically to them.”
Steven Pressfield

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Nobody Wants to Read Your Sh*t

Nobody Wants to Read Your Sh*t

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“Creative work can be hell, but it can be heaven too. What could be better than beating our brains out on a problem that’s exactly the problem you need to solve to get better? We learn by increments. One word, one image, one piece of code at a time.”
Steven Pressfield

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“Narrative device is supremely important in self-help. You, the writer, *are* the reader. The reader will hear you and listen to you only to the extent that she knows you know what you’re talking about and that you are there only to help.”
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“I don’t care of you fail with this project. I don’t care if you fail a thousand times. You have done what only mothers and gods do: you have created new life.”
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“When we experience panic, it means that we’re about to cross a threshold. We’re poised on the doorstep of a higher plane.”
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“From the day I finally finished something, I’ve never had trouble finishing anything again. I always deliver. I always ship.”
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