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Key insights from Steven Pressfield's
Do the Work: Overcome Resistance and Get Out of Your Own Way
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Proven techniques and practical advice to help you start and complete any long-term project
Do you have a project you’ve been trying to start for years, but something keeps getting in the way? Or are you in the middle of a project that seems impossible to finish? Steven Pressfield has been there. For 27 years, he worked every odd job imaginable before finally selling his first screenplay, which launched his career as an author of books and screenplays. In “Do the Work,” Pressfield shares his techniques for fighting against “the resistance” and taking action to complete projects.
Read this Snapshot if you:
- Have great ideas but struggle to turn them into something tangible
- Research new ventures but get too overwhelmed to actually start
- Hit a wall every time you start a new project
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Introduction
You have a brilliant idea, but how do you start turning it into reality? Or maybe you’ve finally had the courage to begin a meaningful endeavor, but now you feel paralyzed every time you think about it. Whether you’re an artist working on a new canvas, a dancer creating new choreography, an entrepreneur starting a new enterprise, or a philanthropist looking to found a charity, there’s a very real force working to malign your efforts and hold you back. Pressfield calls this force “the resistance”: an entity that gets in the way of your project from conception all the way to...
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