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THE PROFESSIONAL DOES NOT WAIT FOR INSPIRATION We're all nothing without the Muse. But the pro has learned that the goddess prizes labor and dedication beyond any theatrical seeking of her favors. 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.

Turning Pro

Steven Pressfield

The best founders are unusually responsive. This is an indicator of decisiveness, focus, intensity, and the ability to get things done.

Startup Playbook

Sam Altman and Gregory Koberger

Obvious as it had not seemed, this organizing principle gave me a sense of a nearly complete structure, and I got off the table. Structure has preoccupied me in every project I have undertaken since, and, like Mrs. McKee, I have hammered it at Princeton writing students across decades of teaching: “You can build a strong, sound, and artful structure. You can build a structure in such a way that it causes people to want to keep turning pages. A compelling structure in nonfiction can have an attracting effect analogous to a story line in fiction.” Et cetera. Et cetera. And so forth, and so on.

Draft No. 4

John McPhee

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