The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles

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DO YOU:-+dream about writing the Great American Novel?-+regret not finishing your paintings, poems, or screenplays?-+want to start a business or charity?-+wish you could start dieting or exercising today?-+hope to run a marathon someday?If "yes," then you need#133;THE WAR OF ARTNow, in this powerful, straight-from-the-hip examination of the internal obstacles to success, bestselling author Steven Pressfield shows readers how to identify, defeat, and unlock the inner barriers to creativity. THE WAR OF ART is an inspirational, funny, well-aimed kick in the pants guaranteed to galvanize every would-be artist, visionary, or entrepreneur.Steven Pressfield enjoys great international success as a bestselling novelist.But in order to reach the top he had to do a lot of work to fight the inner demons that told him he couldn't make it.THE WAR OF ART is his challenge to creative block, and his succinct, straight-from-the-hip style will help every reader unleash their personal ambitions, be they literary, artistic, or business-minded.According to Pressfield, the internal obstacle to success is Resistance.Resistance is the difference between the life you lead and the life you want to lead, and can take many forms.Pressfield shows readers how to identify and defeat Resistance at every turn and challenges them to change their amateurish, unsuccessful habits into a professional attitude that can get the job done. Finally, Sun Tzu for the soul!Inspirational, funny, and a great kick in the pants, THE WAR OF ART is the perfect book for anybody who had a goal circumvented by life and circumstance:which is to say, you and everybody you've ever met.

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Stop Writer's Block for Good I read this based on a number of recommendations, including one from Alex Mandossian. Overall, I liked the discussion of resistance and how the artist should overcome it. I did not like Pressfield's talk of "gods" (as if there are many). I did like his idea that we are to channel God's power. That we don't conceive of ideas... that we merely facilitate their entry into the world. Permalink

Ryan's Rating : (Jan 12, 2008)

This inspired me to get back to work on MyBookLog! This book helped me to realize that it isn't about all-night marathons, it's about doing a little bit every day. Permalink

Elwood's Rating : (Sep 4, 2007)