Turning Pro by Steven Pressfield Notes & Highlights - Nat Eliason
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A good kick in the ass to focus on the work that matters and stop being an amateur.
Turning Pro By: Stephen Pressfield Category : Business Finished: April 18, 2022 Highlights what ails and me has nothing to do with being sick or being wrong. What ails us is that we are living our lives as amateurs. (Page 5) Sometimes, when we're terrified of embracing our true calling, we'll pursue a shadow calling instead . That shadow career is a metaphor for our real career. Its shape is similar, its contours feel tantalizingly the same. But a shadow career entails no real risk. If we fail at a shadow career, the consequences are meaningless to us. (Page 13) The difference between an amate
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