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When we conquer our fears, we discover a boundless, bottomless, inexhaustible well of passion.
“Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.”
Get your idea down on paper. You can always tweak it later.
Stay primitive. Trust the soup. Swing for the seats. And our final-final precept: 4. Be ready for Resistance.
Only one thing matters in this initial draft: get SOMETHING done, however flawed or imperfect.
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.
Slay that dragon once, and he will never have power over you again.
But you will have beaten him once, and you’ll know you can beat him again. That’s a game-changer. That will transform your life.
We are now faced with the fact, my friends, that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now. In this unfolding conundrum of life and history, there is such a thing as being too late. Procrastination is still the thief of time. Life often leaves us standing bare, naked, and dejected with a lost opportunity. The tide in the affairs of men does not remain at flood—it ebbs. We may cry out desperately for time to pause in her passage, but time is adamant to every plea and rushes on. Over the bleached bones and jumbled residues of numerous civilizations are written the
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