The Professional Lives in the Present
The Professional Defers Gratification
The Professional Does Not Wait for Inspiration
The Professional Does Not Give His Power Away to Others
The Professional Helps Others
“The professional does not wait for inspiration; he acts in anticipation of it. He knows that when the Muse sees his butt in the chair, she will deliver.”
There is no past and no future — there’s only now. Forget the marshmallows and the inbox: defer your gratification, because we win when the work is done. And when we make someone into an icon, we give away our power. Take guidance from those further along in mastery — but never surrender your self-sovereignty.
1 - When have you given your power away to another? How did that affect you?
2 - Our best work is a function of how we serve others. How will you be fulfilled — sufficiently paid, too — from your service to others?
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