Show up daily and the invisible forces of creativity will meet you halfway

The War of Art · Steven Pressfield

Accept your ordinariness as liberation rather than defeat, and redirect the energy wasted on being special toward living earnestly.

The Courage to Be Disliked · Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga

Treat life as a series of complete moments rather than a journey toward a distant destination, and live each moment at full intensity.

The Courage to Be Disliked · Ichiro Kishimi and Fumitake Koga

Be true to yourself

How to Do Great Work · Paul Graham

Doing something for the right reasons

Earnestness · Paul Graham

Go to the source and experience the world your work depicts before you create it

Creativity, Inc. · Ed Catmull & Amy Wallace