Overcome Resistance and Get Out of Your Own Way
by Steven Pressfield
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American entrepreneur, investor
“A true manifesto. A call to action. A kick in the butt for any creative person. Great thoughts on overcoming the resistance to creating.”
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Do the WorkOur enemy is not lack of preparation; it's not the difficulty of the project, or the state of the marketplace or the emptiness of our bank account.The enemy is resistance.The enemy is our chattering brain, which, if we give it so much as a nanosecond, will start producing excuses, alibis, transparent selfjustifications and a million rea...
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Recommended by 4 sources and appears in Management, Writing, and Personal Development.
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American entrepreneur, investor
“A true manifesto. A call to action. A kick in the butt for any creative person. Great thoughts on overcoming the resistance to creating.”
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Consider The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz. Recommended by 54 sources.
“A blunt, conversational tour through the worst parts of building a company. Horowitz shares personal stories from his own startup failures and recoveries, offering practical wisdom on layoffs, pivots, CEO loneliness, and managing when times are bad. The value is in the honest, experience-based insight you won't get from business school. The limitation is its narrow focus on venture-backed tech startups—if you're not in that world, some advice may feel irrelevant. Reads like a wise mentor telling you what nobody else will.”
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