Socrates demonstrated long ago, that the truly free individual is free only to the extent of his own self-mastery.

It's one thing to lie to ourselves. It's another thing to believe it.

Don't cheat the world of your contribution. Give it what you've got.

We need to ascend beyond our own petty Resistance, our own negative self-judgment and self-sabotage, our own "I'm not worthy" mind-set.

Turning pro is a mindset. If we are struggling with fear, self-sabotage, procrastination, self-doubt, etc., the problem is, we’re thinking like amateurs. Amateurs don’t show up. Amateurs crap out. Amateurs let adversity defeat them. The pro thinks differently. He shows up, he does his work, he keeps on truckin’, no matter what.

When we see others beginning to live their authentic selves, it drives us crazy if we have not lived out our own.

Resistance cannot be seen, touched, heard, or smelled. But it can be felt.