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- Feel the fear and do it anyway.
- Susan Jeffers, Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway, 1988
- Perfectionism is simply putting a limit on your future. When you have an idea of perfect in your mind, you open the door to constantly comparing what you have now with what you want. That type of self criticism is significantly deterring.
- John Eliot, Ph.D., Reverse Psychology for Success
- The idea of perfect closes your mind to new standards. When you drive hard toward one ideal, you miss opportunities and paths, not to mention hurting your confidence. Believe in your potential and then go out and explore it; don't limit it.
- John Eliot, Ph.D., Reverse Psychology for Success
- Be generous, be delicate, and always pursue the prize.
- Henry James (1843 - 1916), from his essay about the rules of writing
- If men saw that a term was set to their troubles, they would find strength in some way to withstand the hocus-pocus and intimidations of the prophets.
- Lucretius (96 BC - 55 BC), On the Nature of the Universe
- Your world is made of your memories, and your memories are given to you by your world. The whispering voice of happenstance is always in our ears. 'This is the world. This is the way things are. Look. Pay attention. Remember.'
- Gordon Atkinson, Real Live Preacher weblog, 05-25-06
- There is no joy in a life that is all information. There is no 'juice' to that kind of life. No sweetness, no color. Like trading a beautiful golden-ripe orange for a stalk of whithered broccoli.
- Tish Grier, love and sex and dreams, 04-15-06
- Good ideas alter the power balance in relationships, that is why good ideas are always initially resisted. Good ideas come with a heavy burden. Which is why so few people have them. So few people can handle it.
- Hugh Macleod, How To Be Creative: 1 Ignore Everybody, 08-22-04
- Your idea doesn't have to be big. It just has to be yours alone. The more the idea is yours alone, the more freedom you have to do something really amazing. The more amazing, the more people will click with your idea. The more people click with your idea, the more it will change the world.
- Hugh Macleod, How To Be Creative: 2, 08-22-04
- Stamina is utterly important. And stamina is only possible if it's managed well. People think all they need to do is endure one crazy, intense, job-free creative burst and their dreams will come true. They are wrong, they are stupidly wrong.
- Hugh Macleod, How To Be Creative: 3. Put the hours in., 08-22-04
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