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The Right Tools & Mindset For Success

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You'll never do real work

Stop!!! by http://www.sxc.hu/profile/ColinBroug

The truth is, you (and I) really don’t want to get work done. I’m talking about a specific type of work. We don’t want to do the kind of work that makes us feel vulnerable, the kind of work that could seem pushy or authoritative. We allow distractions so we have an excuse for doing work that doesn’t really move us or anyone else to a different place. “Status quo” is not a goal, it is an act of surrender. These things are keeping you (and me) from doing great work. There are many more but these are the ones that involve technology.
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Do The Work Podcast

Do The Work was written by Steven Pressfield and released by the Domino Project in the Spring of 2011. After receiving Steve’s approval (he asked me to call him Steve instead of Mr. Pressfield) to create a podcast that explores his book I decided to take his advice and “swing for the fences” with an even bigger idea. Do The Work Community is that larger idea. It is a place where anyone with an idea can come and receive accountability and encouragement as they seek to “do the work” and beat the resistance. If that last sentence didn’t make sense then you haven’t read the book…so you should.

The Do The Work Podcast will launch in July of 2011.  It will highlight the projects being worked on in the Do The Work Community, explore Steve’s book more deeply and continue the lifelong service of providing assistance to artists everywhere who are working to ship their creations.

Join us at the Do The Work Community and check back here often for new episodes of the podcast.

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A lie I hear every day


“You’re no one.”

I hear these words every day. They come from the resistance. It is a force outside of myself. It lives in me (and in all people trying to create what they were made to create) but it is not me. It has traits that make it easy to identify no matter who its target is. It is a universal experience, reality and being all at once. It tries to ruin my marriage, my work and my passions.

Consider it a privilege to be lied to

The resistance said the same thing to Barak Obama when he wanted to run for President. [Read more…]