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Our ordeal is harder. Because we’re alone.
We’ve got no friends, no fellow sufferers, no externally imposed structure. No one’s feeding us, housing us, or clothing us. We have no objective milestones or points of validation. We can’t tell whether we’re doing great or falling on our faces. When we finish, if we do, no one will be waiting to congratulate
we can’t explain to anybody or share with anybody or call in anybody to help.
Crashes are hell, but in the end they’re good for us.
A crash does not mean we are losers.
A crash means we’re at the threshold of learning something,
A crash compels us to figure out what works and what doesn’t work—and to understand the difference.
Our greatest
fear is fear of success.
When we experience panic, it means that we’re about to cross a threshold. We’re poised on the doorstep of
higher plane.
Her panic was momentary, a natural part of the process of growth.
Finding Fitzgerald is my practice book.
The problem is not us. The problem is the problem. Work the problem.
Wash, rinse, repeat.
A professional does not take success or failure personally.
Really?
That our project has crashed is not a reflection of our worth as human
It sure feels that way.
and a problem can be solved.
Doesn't feel that way.
We went wrong at the start because the problem was so hard (and the act of solving it was so painful) that we ducked and dodged and bypassed.
hoped it would go away. We hoped it would solve itself. A little voice warned us then, but we were too smart to listen.
not us. We are not worthless
or evil or crazy. We’re just us, facing a problem.
No matter how great a writer, artist, or entrepreneur, he is a mortal, he is fallible.
is not proof against Resistance.
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It takes balls of steel to ship.
We’ve got the monster down; now we have to drive a stake through its heart.
He knew that Resistance was strongest at the finish. He did what he had to do, no matter how nutty or unorthodox, to
finish and be ready to ship.
There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you.
There is me.
And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
I forget this part.
Fear of success is the essence of Resistance.
When we ship, we’re exposed.
So scary. Rejection awaits.
“You’re where you wanted to be, aren’t you? So you’re taking a few blows. That’s the price for being in the arena and not on the sidelines. Stop complaining and be grateful.”
When we ship, we open ourselves to judgment in the real world. Nothing is more empowering,
From the day I finally finished something, I’ve never had trouble finishing anything again.
This.
I stand in awe of anyone who hatches a dream and who shows the guts to hang tough, all alone, and see it through to reality.
for losing forty pounds, for kicking crack cocaine, for surviving the loss of someone you love, for facing any kind of adversity—internal or external—and slogging through. I come to attention when you walk past. I stand up for you like the spectators in the gallery stood up for Atticus Finch in To Kill A Mockingbird.
But the fellows of this society recognize one another. I recognize you. I salute you.
You’ve done something that millions talk about but only a handful actually perform. And if you can do it once, you can do it again.
Start (Again) Before You’re Ready
Then get back to work. Begin the next one tomorrow. Stay stupid. Trust the soup.
Procrastination is still the thief of time.
