“This business of… being a writer is ultimately about asking yourself, ‘How alive am I willing to be?’” —ANNE LAMOTT” — Jeff Goins Business Copy Share Image
“writers shouldn’t spend all their time doing what they don’t enjoy. Instead, they need to do what they love. They need to… — Jeff Goins Spend time Copy Share Image
“The big moments are the tiny moments. The breakthroughs are often silent, and they happen in the most unassuming places.” — Jeff Goins Breakthroughs Copy Share Image
“If you're trying to serve someone in need and it doesn't hurt a little, you're doing something wrong.” — Jeff Goins Serve Copy Share Image
“Struggle shapes our character. And character dictates what we will become.” — Jeff Goins Adversity Copy Share Image
“Sometimes, your ideas aren’t as good as you think. Other times, the world just isn’t ready for them.” — Jeff Goins Ideas Copy Share Image
“True abundance is about giving away your life, about letting go and giving up.” — Jeff Goins Abundance Copy Share Image
“To be wrecked begins with an experience that pulls you out of your comfort zone and self-centeredness, whether you want it or… — Jeff Goins Comfort zone Copy Share Image
“Writing is mostly a mind game. It’s about tricking yourself into becoming who you are. If you do this long enough, you… — Jeff Goins Mind Copy Share Image
“Our first job as artists, then, is to venture out, away from what we think we know in search of the new… — Jeff Goins Art Copy Share Image
“Most people won’t continue doing something they aren’t passionate about, especially when it gets hard. Putting an activity through painful practice is… — Jeff Goins Life Copy Share Image
“If you're going to fall out of love with public approval, something interesting will happen: people will be deeply attracted to your… — Jeff Goins Attracted Copy Share Image
“We always assume someone else will come to the rescue, but it's never us. Surely somebody will have the decency to be… — Jeff Goins Hero Copy Share Image
“If you don’t want your best work to die with you, you must train yourself to think and live differently than the… — Jeff Goins Art Copy Share Image
“The writer must earn money in order to be able to live and to write, but he must by no means live… — Jeff Goins Making money Copy Share Image
“When the passion goes away, it's the practice that sustains us. This is the fruit of commitment, the reason it's worth the… — Jeff Goins Commitment Copy Share Image
“These days, choosing discomfort looks more like doing the dishes or taking the dog for a walk. It takes the form of… — Jeff Goins Choosing Copy Share Image
“The good life comes like most good things-unexpectedly-in moments that are fading away faster than we realize. These are the moments that… — Jeff Goins Good life Copy Share Image
“Fear, indecision, not knowing—these are the obstacles that keep you from moving forward. And they never go away. But if you are… — Jeff Goins Calling Copy Share Image
“Home is the place where we sometimes hurt the ones we love, but the back door is always open—and there is always… — Jeff Goins Home Copy Share Image
“Human beings, he argued, are not hardwired for seeking pleasure and avoiding pain. They want meaning. In spite of what we say,… — Jeff Goins Avoiding pain Copy Share Image
“This is the Rule of the Scene, which says that places and people shape the success of our work far more than… — Jeff Goins Creativity Copy Share Image
“Watching a tree grow will likely drive you crazy. It’s a boring process if you stand there, impatiently tapping your foot, waiting… — Jeff Goins Impatience Copy Share Image
“When John Grisham finished A Time to Kill, he pitched it to forty different publishers who all rejected the book. Unfazed, he… — Jeff Goins Books Copy Share Image
“We are either becoming more of our true selves or drifting into a false self. In” — Jeff Goins Identity Copy Share Image
Everything is practice. Every word you write and action you take is a chance to get better. — Jeff Goins Copy Share Image
“Multitasking is a myth. You can either create or react. But you can’t do both. Choose wisely. It’s” — Jeff Goins Choose Copy Share Image
“Write something that’s worth fighting over. Because that’s how you change things. That’s how you create art.” — Jeff Goins Art Copy Share Image
“The truth was much simpler. When do you become a writer? “When you say you are,” he said. I” — Jeff Goins Simpler Copy Share Image
“you don’t have to become a sleazeball who’s constantly pitching or selling yourself.” — Jeff Goins Pitching Copy Share Image
“What happens when the life you end up living doesn’t look like the one you planned?” — Jeff Goins Life Copy Share Image
“And as we embrace the wait , we learn to appreciate the delays and postponements that teach us some things in life… — Jeff Goins Learn to appreciate Copy Share Image
“But many of us fail to recognize that the best moments are the ones happening right now.” — Jeff Goins Best moments Copy Share Image
“If you don't acquire the discipline to push through a personal low point, you will miss the reward that comes with persevering.” — Jeff Goins Discipline Copy Share Image
“Every place you go, every person you meet, every job you have is a chance to gain greater clarity in your self-education.” — Jeff Goins Clarity Copy Share Image
