Steven Pressfield
Steven Pressfield
Steven Pressfieldis an American author, of historical fiction and non-fiction, and screenplays...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
CountryUnited States of America
enemy preparation brain
Don't prepare. Begin. Our enemy is not lack of preparation. The enemy is resistance, our chattering brain producing excuses. Start before you are ready.
differences habit bad-habits
The difference between an amateur and a professional is in their habits. An amateur has amateur habits. A professional has professional habits. We can never free ourselves from habit. But we can replace bad habits with good ones.
motivational inspiration waiting
The professional does not wait for inspiration; he acts in anticipation of it.
wall mistake three
The problem I've always discovered in my own work when this kind of thing happens when you hit the wall is there's almost always a reason. You've almost always made a mistake in the initial conception of the project. You misapprehended something or you thought something would work and now you're three quarters on the way through and you see that it doesn't work.
dragons knights battle
The only intercourse possible between the knight and the dragon is battle.
motivational destiny two
The amateur has a long list of fears. Near the top are two: Solitude and silence. The amateur fears solitude and silence because she needs to avoid, at all costs, the voice inside her head that would point her toward her calling and her destiny. So she seeks distraction. The amateur prizes shallowness and shuns depth. The culture of Twitter and Facebook is paradise for the amateur.
tweet
The amateur tweets. The pro works.
matter opinion screws
You are a writer when you tell yourself you are. No one else's opinion matters. Screw them. You are when you say you are.
differences priorities important
The Principle of Priority states (a) you must know the difference between what is urgent and what is important, and (b) you must do what’s important first.
reading tablets next
Reading is alive and well and will get more alive and more well. Reading on tablets (or whatever the next tech device will be) is the future - and the future is now.
resistance heard felt
Resistance cannot be seen, touched, heard, or smelled. But it can be felt.
soul growth important
The more fear we feel about a specific enterprise, the more certain we can be that that enterprise is important to us and to the growth of our soul,
suicide brother heart
When a warrior fights not for himself, but for his brothers, when his most passionately sought goal is neither glory nor his own life's preservation, but to spend his substance for them, his comrades, not to abandon them, not to prove unworthy of them, then his heart truly has achieved contempt for death, and with that he transcends himself and his actions touch the sublime. That is why the true warrior cannot speak of battle save to his brothers who have been there with him. The truth is too holy, too sacred, for words." -Suicide (Gates of Fire)
yield resistance spirit
To yield to Resistance deforms our spirit. It stunts us and makes us less than we are and were born to be.