-The truly free individual is free only to the extent of his own self-mastery
-Individuals who are realized in their own lives almost never criticize others. If they speak at all, it's to offer encouragment.
-self-doubt is an ally. When you asking your friends am I really a writer, chances are you are.
-Fear tells us what we have to do
- Seeking support from friends and family is like having your people gathered around at your deathbed. It's nice but when the ship sails, all they can do is stand on the dock waving goodbye. Any support we get from persons of flesh and blood is like Monopoly money; it's not legal tender in that sphere where we have to do our work. In fact, the more energy we spend stoking up on support from colleagues and loved ones, the weaker we become and the less capable of handling our business
-Dream- when your deeper Self delivers a dream like that, don't talk about it. Don't dilute its power. The dream is for you. It's between you and your Muse. Shut up and use it
-The only exception is, you may share it with another comrade-in-arms, if sharing it will help or encourage that comrade in his or her own endeavors
-PRINCIPLE OF PRIORITY
a) you must know the difference between what is urgent and what is important, and (b) You must do what's important first. What's important is the work.
-The artist committing himself to his calling has volunteered for hell, whether he knows it or not. He will be dining for the duration on a diet of isolation, rejection,self-doubt,despair,ridicule,contempt, and humiliation. Because this is war baby, and war is hell.
-The amateur takes it so seriously, it paralyzes him
-MASTER CONCENTRATES ON TECHNIQUE, MASTERS HOW, AND LEAVES WHAT AND WHY TO THE GODS
-PROFESSIONAL KNOWS THAT FEAR CAN NEVER BE OVERCOME
-The pro stands at one remove from her instrument- meaning her person, her body, her voice, her talent, the physical, mental, emotional, and psychological being she uses in her work. She does not identify with this instrument. It is simply what God gave her, , what she has to work with. She assesses it coolly,impersonally, objectivly. The professional identifies with ther consciousness and her will, not with the matter that her conscoiuseness and will manipulate to serve her art. Does Madonna walk around the house in cone bras and come-fuck-me bustries? She's too busy planning D-Day. madonna does not identify with Madonna. Madonna employs Madonna.
-PROFESSIONAL DOES NOT TAKE FAILURE OR SUCCESS PERSONALLY. THE BHAGAVAD-GITA TELLS US WE HAVE A RIGHT ONLY TO OUR LABOUR, NOT TO THE FRUITS OF OUR LABOUR
-Professional knows she can only be a professional at one thing. She gets an agent, lawyer, an accountant.
-Pro reinvent himself. The pro does not permit himself to become hidebound within one incarnation, however comfortable and successful. Like a transmigrating soul, he shucks his outworn body and dons a new one. He continues his journay.
-Myself.Inc If we think of Ourselves as a corporation , it gives us a healthy distance on ourselves. We're less subjective, we don't take blows as personally. Sometimes as Joe Blow himself, I'm too mild mannered t go out and sell. But as Joe Blow, Inc. I can pimp the hell out of myself. Im not me anymore. I'm Me, Inc.
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