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“‘Do what you love” is for amateurs. ‘Love what you do’ is the mantra for professionals.” (P.22)

“This is one of the most complicated elements of our faith: The very people who can help us meet and know Jesus, are also the ones who can hurt us at the deepest levels.”

"Blessed Alan writes that one day Father Dominic said to him in a vision: ‘My son, it is good to preach; but there is always a danger of looking for praise rather than the salvation of souls.’“ (p. 20).

“To say we want to succeed on such terms in the contemporary universe of competition is like saying we want to be a professional basketball player. It's easier to become a brain surgeon. At least you can go to school for that.”

Shedding the fears:
1. Always consult instead of sell; give away the business; tell the kind truth; enter the danger.
2. Ask dumb questions; make dumb suggestions; celebrate your mistakes
3. Take a bullet for the client;make everything about the client; honor the clients work; do the dirty work.

Three Fears:
1. Losing the business
2. Being embarrassed
3. Feeling inferior

I am often asked, “But can't you be too vulnerable?" Surprisingly, the answer is no. Of course, if you come to your clients every day admitting that you've made yet another mistake or that you don't know how to do yet another required element of your job, that would be a serious problem. But it would be not an issue of vulnerability, but rather of competence.

“The only easy day was yesterday.”

“Creative work is not a selfish act or a bid for attention on the part of the actor. It's a gift to the world and every being in it. Don't cheat us of your contribution. Give us what you've got” (p. 165).