Contempt For Failure Is Our Cardinal Virtue.

Writers Think In Metaphors. Editors Work In Metaphors. A Great Reader Reads In Metaphors.

Resistance’s Goal Is Not To Wound Or Disable. Resistance Aims To Kill

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. If We Were Born To Paint, It’s Our Job To Become A Painter. If We Were Born To Raise And Nurture Children, It’s Our Job To Become A Mother. If We Were Born To Overthrow The Order Of Ignorance And Injustice Of The World, It’s Our Job To Realize It And Get Down To Business.

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.

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.