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“This is the other secret that real artists know and wannabe writers don’t. When we sit down each day and do our work, power concentrates around us. The Muse takes note of our dedication. She approves. We have earned favor in her sight. When we sit down and work, we become like a magnetized rod that attracts iron filings. Ideas come. Insights accrete.”

Book:The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles

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The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles

This book explores the challenges faced by artists and creatives in their pursuit of artistic expression, offering strategies to overcome internal obstacles and foster a productive creative mindset. more

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Steven Pressfield

Steven Pressfield, born in 1943, is a renowned author known for his historical and war novels. His works are highly appreciated for their deep historical insights and vivid depiction of war scenes. more

“We’re all pros already. 1) We show up every day 2) We show up no matter what 3) We stay on the job all day 4) We are committed over the long haul 5) The stakes for us are high and real 6) We accept remuneration for our labor 7) We do not overidentify with our jobs 8 ) We master the technique of our jobs 9) We have a sense of humor about our jobs 10) We receive praise or blame in the real world”

World Long Real Matter Shows Jobs Accepting Masters Labor Praise No Matter What Blame Committed Technique Sense Of Humor Real World Stakes Haul Long Haul Remuneration

Author:Steven Pressfield

“The Principle of Priority states (a) you must know the difference between what is urgent and what is important, and (b) you must do what’s important first.”

Knows Firsts Important States Differences Principles Priorities Urgent What's Important

Book:The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles

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“The professional has learned that success, like happiness, comes as a by-product of work. The professional concentrates on the work and allows rewards to come or not come, whatever they like.”

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Book:The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles

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“My God...it can think.”

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Author:Laurie R. King

“Ma'alesh; no matter; never mind; what can you do but accept things as they are? Ma'alesh, your pot overturned in the fire; ma'alesh, your prize mare died; ma'alesh, you lost all your possessions and half your family. The word was the everyday essence of Islam - which itself, after all, means "submission.”

Mind Mean Matter Lost Half Accepting Fire Essence Died Islam Everyday Possession Prize Pot Submission Mares

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“The hand of bone and sinew and flesh achieves its immortality in taking up a pen. The hand on a page wields a greater power than the fleshly hand ever could in life.”

Hands Greater Achieve Pages Bones Flesh Immortality Pens Greater Power

Author:Laurie R. King

“Nothing less will shake a man — or at any rate a man like me — out of his merely verbal thinking and his merely notional beliefs. He has to be knocked silly before he comes to his senses. Only torture will bring out the truth. Only under torture does he discover it himself.”

Thinking Men Doe Belief Rate Silly Senses Gods Will Like Me Torture Shakes Grief Observed

Author:C. S. Lewis

“Every day I discover more and more beautiful things. It’s enough to drive one mad. I have such a desire to do everything, my head is bursting with it.”

Enough Beautiful Desire Mad Beautiful Things Bursting

Author:Claude Monet

“I have only one friend, and that is echo. Why is it my friend? Because I love my sorrow, and echo does not take it away from me. I have only one confidant, and that is the silence of night. Why is it my confidant? Because it remains silent.”

Doe Night Silence Sorrow My Friends Remains Silent Echoes One Friend Confidant

Author:Soren Kierkegaard