Steven Pressfield
This story (and the principle behind it) comes from my entrepreneur guru, Dan Sullivan. Thank you, Dan!
Read MoreWhen Gates of Fire was first optioned by Universal Studios in 1998, the director Michael Mann was attached. I sent him hand-written congratulations and a signed first edition. I never heard a peep. I thought, “What a prick!”
Read MoreHere is Charles Dickens, rejecting an invitation from a friend.
Read MoreThank you, Tim Ferriss, from whose blog the excerpts below come from, and even bigger thanks to Kevin Ashton for writing it in the first place.
Read MoreI just came back from vacation and I’m about to plunge in on a Big New Project.
Read MoreWe said earlier that the playing field for the artist or entrepreneur is not level. Obstacles, often in the form of people seeking their own ends at your expense, are everywhere.
Read MoreHere’s another way we can use our own Resistance, jiu-jitsu style, and turn it in our favor.
Read MoreWhen I start a new project, I’m invariably crippled with self-doubt.
Read MoreContinuing our discussion on Resistance “coming second,” i.e. only in response to (and reaction against) a creative Dream … let’s consider what it means when we find ourselves experiencing MASSIVE RESISTANCE to a project we have in mind.
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