The War of Art by Pressfield

[Rafal]

Yes, it's The War of Art - not The Art of War.

"Most of us have two lives. The life we live and the unlived life within us. Between the two stands Resistance. (...) Resistance is the most toxic force on the planet. It is the root of more unhappiness than poverty, disease, and erectile dysfunction. To yield to Resistance deforms our spirit. It stunts us and makes us less than we are and were born to be. If you believe in God (and I do) you must declare Resistance evil, for it prevents us from achieving the life God intended when He endowed each of us with our own unique genius."

Boy, this book is a kick in the a$$. The best book on fighting your inner resistance (lizard brain) I know. Powerful powerful concepts. Just check Amazon reviews

2011 is lifechanging for me thanks to MJ DeMarco and Steven Pressfield books.

Well, The War of Art is intended to be for artist - but it works in business too. What the hell - I started running every morning which I hated and thought it's impossible for me to do.

So you can use it in your whole life. I want to give you some preview of it
- just remove the word 'artist' and use 'start-up Fastlaner':

"In my younger days dodging the draft, I somehow wound up in the Marine Corps. There's a myth that Marine training turns baby-faced recruits into bloodthirsty killers. Trust me, the Marine Corps is not that efficient. What it does teach, however, is a lot more useful:

The Marine Corps teaches you how to be miserable.

This is invaluable for an artist.

Marines love to be miserable. Marines derive a perverse satisfaction in having colder chow, crappier equipment, and higher casualty rates than any outfit of dogfaces, swab jockeys, or flyboys, all of whom they despise. Why? Because these candy-asses don't know how to be miserable.

The artist committing himself to his calling has volunteered for hell, whether he knows it or not. He will be dining for the duration on a diet of isolation, rejection, self doubt, despair, ridicule, contempt, and humiliation.

The artist must be like that Marine. He has to know how to be miserable. He has to love being miserable. He has to take pride in being more miserable than any soldier or swabbie, or jet jockey. Because this is war, baby. And war is hell."

Give it a try. This book is also highly recommended by Seth Godin

Rafal

 

Dislike ads? Become a Fastlane member: Subscribe today and surround yourself with winners and millionaire mentors, not those broke friends who only want to drink beer and play video games. :-)

[SirKonstantine]

vjev rauvi ot wisz vsai. Vji uvjis pohjv, ni epf nz gsoipf xisi vemloph ecuav uas iyqisoipdit op vji Esnz epf jux ov jet tjeqif at vufez. Ji xet ep uggodis epf O xet ep ipmotvif.

Cetodemmz: vji Esnz hewi at vji QEOP xi piifif vu ci JAPHSZ gus tadditt. Xovjuav emm vji CT iyqisoipdi ug huoph 7+ fezt up 4 jst ug tmiiq e pohjv xovj pu tjuxist op tdusdjoph jiev, xi xisi xommoph vu fu EPZVJOPH vu hiv tadditt.