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Elizabeth Gilbert shows up for ... everything

The TED Interview

CHAPTER

The Paradox of Discipline

A lot of people are frightened of giving a talk, a TED talk and one of the things we try to say is if you can embrace that fear and make it your friend. And another pillar I think for you that you talk about a lot is the side you're of discipline of showing up. You want them to take seriously the hard work part of all this. Well, that's the devotional part. To me that goes along with mysticism... The human contribution is the labor. That's what we can do. But I also have the subtle sensitivity to know the difference when I'm working between laboring like a mule and writing on a jet stream. Every once in a

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