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Their wordsWe talked in an earlier chapter about Resistance being the strongest at the finish line. It is. Resistance knows we’re about to defeat it. It summons all its genius and all its power to stop us.
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Finishing one piece of work, even a failed one, permanently removes the difficulty of finishing.
Their wordsOnce you finish—even one time, even on a project that ultimately fails—you will never have trouble finishing again.
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