Dylan O'Sullivan @DylanoA4
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Dylan O'Sullivan @DylanoA4
This is the process and emotional experience of pursuing a big dream. You’ll be stretching, growing, and moving while most other people are overwhelmed by the distance between mile marker 1 and 50. While they’re staring at the forest from a distance, you’re winding your way through the trees. And soon enough, you’ll be on the other side.
Benjamin Hardy • Willpower Doesn't Work: Discover the Hidden Keys to Success
When we conceive an enterprise and commit to it in the face of our fears, something wonderful happens. A crack appears in the membrane. Like the first craze when a chick pecks at the inside of its shell. Angel midwives congregate around us; they assist as we give birth to ourselves, to that person we were born to be, to the one whose destiny was en
... See moreSteven Pressfield • The War of Art
2. People Who Believe In Themselves Prepare For Success
I'd hate for something I make to go viral and then watch as nothing changes afterwards. No new fans, followers, or subscribers even though that ONE thing I did hit so hard.
I'd hate to get a big opportunity—like a celebrity shoutout, or being introduced to someone who can change my life—and then... See more
if you really believed in yourself
By the end of the year, it was clear to everyone that The Alchemist wasn’t working. My original publisher decided to cut me loose and cancelled our contract. They wiped their hands of the project and let me take the book with me. I was forty-one and desperate. But I never lost faith in the book or ever wavered in my vision. Why? Because it was me i
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