Tuesday, November 19, 2013

"How Your Mind Changes When You Turn Pro"

From Steven Pressfield's Turning Pro:

"Turning pro is like kicking a drug habit or stopping drinking. It's a decision, a decision to which we must re-commit every day.

Twelve-step programs say "One Day at a Time." The professional says the same thing.

Each day, the professional understands, he will wake up facing the same demons, the same Resistance, the same self-sabotage, the same tendencies to shadow activities and amateurism that he has always faced.

The difference is that now he will not yield to those temptations. He will have mastered them, and he will continue to master them."

Pressfield, Steven (2012-05-30). Turning Pro (p. 74). Black Irish Books. Kindle Edition.

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