Resistance will tell you anything to keep you from doing your work. Resistance is always lying and always full of shit.” If you take Resistance at its word, you deserve everything you get. It will pledge anything to get a deal, then double-cross you as soon as your back is turned.

It will reason with you like a lawyer or jam a nine-millimeter in your face like a stickup man. It will assume any form, if that’s what it takes to deceive you. It will perjure, fabricate, falsify seduce, bully, cajole. Resistance is Insidious “Resistance will tell you anything to keep you from doing your work. It all comes down to resistance, that repelling force that sneakily moves us away from the “positive” activities and toward immediate gratification. Why did you never start that business you always dreamed of? Why aren’t you exercising regularly? Why don’t you meditate? Why do you keep postponing that doctor’s visit? Why can’t you study on time? We find ourselves avoiding beneficial activities without even knowing it. In fact, most of the time we’re not aware of the feeling either. It can’t be seen, touched, heard, or smelled. I looked everywhere for the enemy and failed to see it right in front of my face.” From age twenty-four to thirty-two, Resistance kicked my ass from East Coast to West and back again thirteen times and I never even knew it existed. Its aim is to shove us away, distract us, prevent us from doing our work.” “We don’t even know what hit us. We experience it as an energy field radiating from a work-in-potential. Resistance is Invisible “Resistance cannot be seen, touched, heard, or smelled.

Anyone who wants to sacrifice short-term gratification for long-term successġ.

Anyone interested in overcoming procrastination.Anyone struggling to build positive habits.Here are ten of my favorite ideas from the book. If you struggle with following through on your intentions and highest ambitions, this book will be of great help to you. The War of Art helps us recognize resistance in our own lives and offers practical strategies for overcoming it. It’s the thing that keeps you from reaching your full potential. Resistance is the very thing that stands between who you are and who you could be. Have you ever bought a treadmill but never used it? Ever quit an exercise regimen, a yoga course, or a daily meditation practice? Have you ever procrastinated on your intentions? Are you a writer who fails to write, a painter who fails to paint, or an entrepreneur who never starts an enterprise? Then you know what Resistance is.Īny act that rejects immediate gratification in favor of long-term success conjures up this internal barrier. Resistance? It’s that internal force that rises whenever we consider engaging in an activity that is highly beneficial for us, but also hard and uncomfortable.

The War of Art by Steven Pressfield is all about resistance and how to overcome it.

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