Our job in this lifetime is not to shape ourselves into some ideal we imagine we ought to be, but to find out who we already are and become it.
Steven PressfieldAnything that draws attention to ourselves through pain-free or artificial means is a manifestation of Resistance.
Steven PressfieldThe more scared we are of a work or calling, the more sure we can be that we have to do it.
Steven PressfieldResistance really takes the shape, for me, in voices in my head telling me why I can't do something or why I should put it off for another day, procrastinate for another day.
Steven PressfieldThe best and only thing that one artist can do for another is to serve as an example and an inspiration.
Steven PressfieldFear is good. Like self-doubt, fear is an indicator. Fear tells us what we have to do. Remember our rule of thumb: The more scared we are of a work or calling, the more sure we can be that we have to do it. Resistance is experienced as fear; the degree of fear equates to the strength of Resistance. Therefore the more fear we feel about a specific enterprise, the more certain we can be that that enterprise is important to us and to the growth of our soul. That's why we feel so much Resistance. If it meant nothing to us, there'd be no Resistance.
Steven Pressfield