Before and After Turning Pro

From Steven Pressfield's Turning Pro: 

"Before we turn pro, our life is dominated by fear and Resistance. We live in a state of denial. We're denying the voice in our heads. We're denying our calling. We're denying who we really are.

We're fleeing from our fear into an addiction or a shadow career. What changes when we turn pro is we stop fleeing.

Be brave, my heart [ wrote the poet and mercenary, Archilochus]. Plant your feet and square your shoulders to the enemy. Meet him among the man-killing spears. Hold your ground. 

When we turn pro, we stop running from our fears. We turn around and face them."
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Pressfield, Steven (2012-05-30). Turning Pro (p. 71). Black Irish Books. Kindle Edition.