Turning Pro

He is imprisoned by what he believes he ought to think, how he ought to look, what he ought to do, and who he ought to be.

The amateur dreads becoming who she really is because she fears that this new person will be judged by others as "different." The tribe will declare us "weird" or "queer" or "crazy." The tribe will reject us. Here's the truth: the tribe doesn't give a shit.

But lives go down the tubes one repetition at a time, one deflection at a time, one hundred and forty characters at a time. The following

What makes this moment so soul-precarious is that most of us are unconscious, in the event, of both our aspirations and our Resistance.

We enact the addiction instead of embracing the calling. Why? Because to follow a calling requires work. It's hard. It hurts. It demands entering the pain-zone of effort, risk, and exposure.

Resistance hates two qualities above all others: concentration and depth. Why? Because when we work with focus and we work deep, we succeed.

The difference — see Part Three — lies in the way the professional acts in the face of fear.

To find that house and to move into it was my first act, as an adult, that embraced the idea of ambition.

What you and I are really seeking is our own voice, our own truth, our own authenticity.