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Move to Where Your Dreams Are Most Likely to Come True
Wisdom from Steven Pressfield’s latest book, Put Your Ass Where Your Heart Wants to Be, plus advice about attracting mentors and doing whatever it takes to make it
“Leave the town or city where you live and move to the hub of the creative or entrepreneurial world where your dreams are most likely to come true. Let me repeat that. Pack up your total establishment — spouse, kids, dog, couch, treadmill — and move to the metropolis that’s the epicenter of your career or creative dream.
Yes, I know we can all work remotely. Zoom will put our faces before potential friends, mentors, and collaborators without us leaving the comfort of our homes. But it ain’t the same as being there.
Someone may ask, ‘I want to work in country music. Do I have to move to Nashville?’ Or ‘My dream is to act in movies. Do I have to pack up for LA?’ Yes and yes.”
-Steven Pressfield, Put Your Ass Where Your Heart Wants to Be
Teachers, guides, mentors, and supporters are out there. But sometimes, you have to be moving in order to see them. And for them to be able to see you!
This right here constitutes the thrust of Pressfield’s main argument in Put Your Ass Where Your Heart Wants to Be, an incredibly wise and stirring little book that I recently wrote…
