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Uitstellen – Talmen – Aarzelen – ‘Nog ff niet’
Apr
Uitstellen – Talmen – Aarzelen – ‘Nog ff niet” …. ken je dat? Herken je dat?
Volgens mij iedereen van mijn type in meerdere of in mindere mate, dus analytische, diepzinnige mensen als ik. In “The War of Art” gaat Steven Pressfield in op hoe hij daarmee omgaat. Echt om van te leren, maar ook om je erdoor te laten inspireren. Klik op het audioboek hieronder om in ieder geval de sample te beluisteren, maar het boek is wel de investering waard. Echt waar en ik krijg er een commissie op als jij ‘m aanschaft.
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The War of Art – Steven Pressfield
Publisher’s Summary
Think of The War of Art as tough love…for yourself. Since 2002, The War of Art has inspired people around the world to defeat “resistance”; to recognize and knock down dream-blocking barriers and to silence the naysayers within us. Resistance kicks everyone’s butt, and the desire to defeat it is equally as universal. The War of Art identifies the enemy that every one of us must face, outlines a battle plan to conquer this internal foe, then pinpoints just how to achieve the greatest success. Though it was written for writers, it has been embraced by business entrepreneurs, actors, dancers, painters, photographers, filmmakers, military service members, and thousands of others around the world. ©2011 Black Irish Entertainment LLC (P)2019 Black Irish Entertainment LLC
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Mijn highlights
Just sit down! Put your ass where your heart wants to be!
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[Highlight nr 3] The authentic self. “We’re not born with unlimitted choices. We can’t be anything we wanna be. We come into this world with a specific destiny. We have a job to do, a calling to enact, a self to become. We are who we are from the cradle and we’re stuck with it. 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 are already and become it. If we we’re born to paint, it’s our job to become a painter, if we we’re born to raise and nurture children, it’s our job to become a mother, if we we’re born to overthrow the order of ignorance injustice in the world it’s our job to realize it and get down to business. ” Steven Pressfield. I say, the moment you find your mission in life … that’s when you really start living. DS
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[Highlight nr 4] The Artist’s Life. Are you a born writer? Were you put on earth to be a painter, a scientist, an apostle of peace? In the end the question can only be answered by action. Do it or don’t do it! If you were meant to cure cancer or write a symphony and you dont’d do it, you not only hurt yourself even distroy yourself, you hurt your children, you hurt me, you hurt the planet. You shame the angles who watch over you and you spite the Almighty who created you and only you with your unique gifts for the sole purpose of noging the human race one mm further along it’s path back to God. Creative work is not a selfish act or a bit for attention on the part of of the actor. It’s a gift to the world and every being in it. Don’t cheat us from your contribution. Give us what you’ve got!
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Turning Pro
I decided to turn pro during this Corona pandemic season. Who are you turning into? Use this CIVID – 19 period to ascent to the next level in your life, dear …. I sure do!
Persoonlijke transformatie voltrekt zich in processen. Processen nemen tijd om zich te ontpoppen. Tijd verloopt in ‘seasons’. Gebruik deze COVID – 19 season om jouw transformatieproces naar het volgend niveau te tillen. I’m turning pro … who are you turning into? Deze titel gebruikte Seth Godin in een van z’n keynote speeches of eboeken (ik weet ‘t niet meer zo precies) en ik dacht “laat me ff onderzoeken wat Steven Pressfield precies zegt over procrastination”. En ik werd stil bij het horen van het onderscheid dat hij maakt tussen ‘amateures’ en ‘professional’ , maar ook van de nieuwe betekenis die hij geeft aan de term professional. En natuurlijk heb ik dat gedeelte tig keren beluisterd om ‘t goed vast te zetten in m’n ton-ton, ‘t leek wel een meditatie …. (dat is trouwens een van de voordelen van audiobooks). Amateures worden verslagen en zelfs vernietigd door ‘resistance’ … echt een eboek om te beluisteren.
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Summary
Turning Pro navigates the passage from the amateur life to a professional practice. “You don’t need to take a course or buy a product. All you have to do is change your mind.” – Steven Pressfield TURNING PRO IS FREE, BUT IT’S NOT EASY. When we turn pro, we give up a life that we may have become extremely comfortable with. We give up a self that we have come to identify with and to call our own. TURNING PRO IS FREE, BUT IT DEMANDS SACRIFICE. The passage from amateur to professional is often achieved via an interior odyssey whose trials are survived only at great cost, emotionally, psychologically and spiritually. We pass through a membrane when we turn pro. It’s messy and it’s scary. We tread in blood when we turn pro. WHAT WE GET WHEN WE TURN PRO. What we get when we turn pro is we find our power. We find our will and our voice and we find our self-respect. We become who we always were but had, until then, been afraid to embrace and live out.
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Ik heb op donderdag 23 april het besluit genomen ‘to turn pro during this COVID – 19 pandamic season of insecurity and frustration. En jij? Who are you turning into? Laat ‘t me weten ……
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