The professional tackles the project that will make him stretch. He takes on the assignment that will bear him into uncharted waters, compel him to explore unconscious parts of himself. Is he scared? Hell, yes. He's petrified.

Start before you’re ready.

The amateur tweets. The pro works.

Many pedestrians have been maimed or killed at the intersection of Resistance and Commerce.

It’s better to be in the arena, getting stomped by the bull, than to be up in the stands or out in the parking lot.

Are you paralyzed with fear? That’s a good sign. Fear is good. Like self-doubt, fear is an indicator. Fear tells us what we have to do. Remember one 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.

You have never tasted freedom, friend, or you would know it is purchased not with gold, but steel.