Self-reinforcement is a superpower.

Powerful forces line up against us—obstacles to entry, rivals, competitors, finances, funding, the difficulty of the craft itself. But the most formidable antagonist of all resides inside each of our own skulls.

I tried to write my first book when I was twenty-three. I spent two years and got 99.9 percent of the way through. I choked. I couldn’t finish. I wound up blowing up my marriage and what remained of my sane life, rather than cover those last few strides to the finish line. Why? No killer instinct. I couldn’t slay the dragon that was that book. Inst

there is no substitute for being there, at the heart of the action. And to get there, you have to leave “here.”

From Ryan Holiday’s Perennial Seller: You can cut back on a lot of things as a leader, but the last thing you can ever skimp on is marketing. Your product needs a champion . . . That must be you. Marketing is your job. It can’t be passed on to someone else. Even if you’re famous, even if you have a million Twitter followers, even if you have a bill

Dreams come from the Self. Intuition comes from the Self. Ideas come from the Self. Inspiration comes from the Self.

There is no worse feeling for a writer or any artist than to see her book, her film, her music go out there and die. Or worse, be launched into the world and nobody even knows it exists. I’ve experienced this more than once and it’s heartbreaking.

the universe responds to the hero or heroine who takes action and commits. It responds positively. It comes to the hero’s aid.

One of the laws of Resistance is that Resistance is always strongest at the finish.