The War of Art_ Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles ( PDFDrive )-88

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F O R L O V E O F T H E GAME 
T o clarify a point about profess ional ism: The p ro ­
fessional, though he accepts money, does his work 
out of love. He has to love it. Otherwise he wouldn't devote 
his life to it of his own free will. 
The professional has learned, however, that too much love 
can be a bad thing. Too much love can make him choke. The 
seeming detachment of the professional, the cold-blooded 
character to his demeanor, is a compensating device to keep 
him from loving the game so much that he freezes in action. 
Playing for money, or adopting the attitude of one who plays 
for money, lowers the fever. 
Remember what we said about fear, love, and Resistance. 
The more you love your art/calling/enterprise, the more 
important its accomplishment is to the evolution of your 
soul, the more you will fear it and the more Resistance you 
will exper ience facing it. T h e payof f of p l ay ing- the -
game-for-money is not the money (which you may never see 
anyway, even after you turn pro). The payoff is that playing 
the game for money produces the proper professional 
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