Quieting the lizard brain

The reason you might be having trouble with your practice in the long run—if you were capable of building a practice in the short run—is nearly always because you are afraid. The fear, the resistance, is very insidious. It doesn’t leave a lot of fingerprints, but the person who manages to make a movie short that blows everyone away but can’t raise

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you take action despite the fear and survive, it learns a tiny lesson. Over time, action by action, the volume of the negative voices goes down. These might sound like the voices of unsupportive parents, critical teachers, cruel peers, and other frustrated creators you’ve encountered. But those people are not in this room with you right now. What y

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