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The War of Art
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The War of Art

Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles


Resist Resistance

by David Meyer

Tough guy author Steven Pressfield offers a straight-shooting guide to grappling with the inner forces that impede creativity and self-belief.

In this brief, provocative volume, Steven Pressfield – author of Gates of Fire; Tides of War; and The Afghan Campaign – shares hard-earned lessons on recognizing and getting past self-sabotage – “Resistance,” he calls it. To overcome Resistance, he says, pursue creativity as a vocation, with discipline. Pressfield’s insights, no-nonsense approach and eclectic spirituality inform this stimulating guide to becoming your best creative self.

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God, Pressfield writes, created you with unique gifts, for a unique purpose. You have an inner genius, a “sacramental center.” The world needs the creative work that comes from that genius or soul.


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