Do the Work

by Steven Pressfield

Don’t think. Act.

When we conquer our fears, we discover a boundless, bottomless, inexhaustible well of passion.

Start Before You’re Ready Don’t prepare. Begin.

“Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.” Begin it now.

We can never eliminate Resistance. It will never go away. But we can outsmart it, and we can enlist allies that are as powerful as it is.

Research can be fun. It can be seductive. That’s its danger. We need it, we love it. But we must never forget that research can become Resistance.

Only one thing matters in this initial draft: get SOMETHING done, however flawed or imperfect. You are not allowed to judge yourself.

When an idea pops into our head and we think, “No, this is too crazy,” … that’s the idea we want.