Put Your Ass Where Your Heart Wants to Be
1) Write. There is no substitute. Write what you most passionately want to write, not blogs, posts, tweets or all the disposable bubblewrap in which modern life is cushioned. But start small: write a good sentence, then a good paragraph, and don’t be dreaming about writing the great American novel or what you’ll wear at the awards ceremony becaus
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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
Design is hope made visible.
You can live your life as the result of history and what came before, or you can live your life as the cause of what’s to come. You choose.
When talent doesn’t hustle, hustle beats talent. But when talent hustles, watch out.
When you work only for money, without any love for what you do in and of itself, your work will lac... See more