Do the Workby

Steven Pressfield

IvanaSendecka

Steven Pressfield

This book is designed to coach

you through a project (a book, a

ballet, a new business venture, a

philanthropic enterprise) from conception to

finished product, seeing it from the point of view of

Resistance.

About this book

Know Our* Enemies#1 Resistance

#2 Rational Thought

#3 Friends & Family

*

#1 ResistanceResistance aims to kill our

genius, our soul, the

unique gift we were put

on this Earth to give and

that no one else has got

but us.

Rule of a thumb:

The more important a call or

evolution, the more Resistance

we will feel toward

pursuing it.

#2 Rational Thought

Bad things happen

when we employ

rational thought,

because

rational thought

comes

from the ego.

We want to work from the Self,

that is from instinct &

intuition, from the

unconscious.

#3 Friends & Family

The problem with family & friends is

that they know us as we are.

Prepare yourself to make new friends.

With some

exceptions

(God bless them),

friends

&

family are

the enemy

of this

unmanifested

you,

this

unborn self,

this

future being.

Our Allies* are

* Champions on our side

#1 Stupidity

#2 Stubbornness

#3 Blind Faith

#4 Passion

#5 Assistance

#6 Friends & Family

#1 StupidityIgnorance and

arrogance are

entrepreneur's

indispensable

allies.

She must be clueless

enough to have no idea

how difficult her

enterprise is going to be

and cocky enough to

believe she can pull it

off anyway.

#2 StubbornnessBe stubborn!

It will keep us from stopping.

Once we commit to action, the worst

thing we can do is to stop.

stubborn.

We can just be pains in the butts.

We are in till the finish.

#3 Blind Faith

Our mightiest ally is

belief in something

we cannot see, hear,

touch, taste, or feel.

Resistance wants to rattle that faith. Resistance wants to destroy it.

#4 PassionPicasso painted with

passion, Mozart

composed with it.

A child plays with it

all day long.

Fear saps

passion.

When we

conquer our

fears,

we discover a

boundless,

bottomless,

inexhaustible

well

of passion.

#5 Assistance

Resistance

is the

shadow,

its

opposite

-

Assistance

is the

sun.

#6 Friends & Family

Only two things will remain with us, when

we cross the river: our inhering genius &

the hearts we love.

Three act structureBreak the sheet of

foolscap into 3

parts:

# 1 Beginning

# 2 Middle

# 3 End

Start at the End!

Then fill in the gaps.

Answer the

question: