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Resistance Is Your Friend
Most people think about Resistance as the bane of every creator’s existence. It keeps you from finishing, from doing your best work, from creating something that could truly change people.
But that’s only if you give in to it.
You can also choose to view Resistance as a sign that you’re on the right track. The presence of Resistance means that you’re risking something with the work you’re doing, which is an essential element of work worth talking about.
Remember that you’re not the only one who feels Resistance exert its force on you when you sit down to create. You’re competitors almost certainly do as well.
This means that if you can embrace Resistance and find a way to thrive through the Resistance, you can pull away and set yourself away from the crowd.
I heard a story once of a Tour de France cyclist who’s philosophy centered around digging deeper, pushing harder and being better than everyone else when it came to the most difficult circumstances.
He said that you don’t win the Tour de France by being the best flat road and perfect weather rider. In those conditions, and at that level of competition, there’s almost nothing separating any of the riders from the pack.
