Steven Pressfield
Steven Pressfield
Steven Pressfieldis an American author, of historical fiction and non-fiction, and screenplays...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
CountryUnited States of America
years giving support
Defeating Resistance is like giving birth. It seems absolutely impossible until you remember that women have been pulling it off successfully, with support and without, for fifty million years.
ambition unique soul
To feel ambition and to act upon it is to embrace the unique calling of our souls.
work-out doe free-will
The professional, though he accepts money, does his work out of love. He has to love it. Otherwise he wouldn’t devote his life to it of his own free will.
unhappy convinced
What finally convinced me to go ahead was simply that I was so unhappy not going ahead.
goal resistance aim
Resistance’s goal is not to wound or disable. Resistance aims to kill
cells rejection tribes
Evolution has programmed us to feel rejection in our guts. This is how the tribe inforced obedience, by wielding the threat of expulsion. Fear of rejection isn't just psychological; it's biological. It's in our cells.
resistance
Resistance will tell you anything to keep you from doing your work.
horse mad riders
A horse must be a bit mad to be a good cavalry mount, and its rider must be completely so.
adversity battle faces
Our greatest battle is to become ourselves, in the face of adversity.
fear shows ifs
If you're are paralyzed with fear it's a good sign. It shows you what you have to do.
hero suffering return
The hero wanders, the hero suffers, the hero returns. You are that hero.
degrees resistance indicators
Resistance is experienced as fear; the degree of fear equates to the strength of Resistance.
dragons over-you you-again
Slay that dragon once, and he will never have power over you again.
morning coffee writing
Next morning I went over to Paul’s for coffee and told him I had finished. “Good for you,” he said without looking up. “Start the next one today.