The War of Art by Steven Pressfield
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I was gifted this book as I began my creative writing journey. This book is for artists, writers, creatives, entrepreneurs, or whomever is on a journey of finding purpose and building something that fuels their soul.
The creative journey is HARD and it is far too easily to procrastinate until you realize it’s been 10 years and you haven’t made any real progress on your actual goals.
If that resonates with you at all…read this book.
The book is broken down into three distinct sections:
- Resistance – Defining the Enemy
- Combatting Resistance – Turning Pro
- Beyond Resistance – The Higher Realm
Like many creatives, I’ve struggled with a wide variety of procrastination issues throughout my creative and entrepreneurial endeavors. All of my excuses and fears were called out in this book. Steven Pressfield also provides some tools on moving past your blocks to give yourself the space to being a consistent creative journey.
I bookmarked about 50% of the pages in this book.
Rating: A
A few of my many highlighted passages:
“Madonna employs ‘Madonna'”
“You must know the difference between what is urgent and what is important. And you must do what’s important first”
“The amateur does not love the game enough. If he did, he would not pursue it as a sideline, distinct from his “real” vocation.”
“Defeating Resistance is like giving birth. It seems absolutely impossible until you remember that women have been pulling it off successfully, with support and without, for fifty million years.”
Buy the book here: The War of Art by Steven Pressfield
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love you. Quinn 