

Do the Work
Author: Steven Pressfield
Narrator: Steven Pressfield
Unabridged: 1 hr 24 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Published: 04/20/2011
Categories: Nonfiction, Self-help, Health & Fitness
Author: Steven Pressfield
Narrator: Steven Pressfield
Unabridged: 1 hr 24 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Published: 04/20/2011
Categories: Nonfiction, Self-help, Health & Fitness
Steven Pressfield is the bestselling author of The Legend of Bagger Vance, Gates of Fire, and The War of Art. The latter book spawned Do the Work, as readers kept asking, “What is this terrible thing called Resistance—and how can I overcome it?” Pressfield is a graduate of Duke University and an honorary citizen of the city of Sparta in Greece.
I really disliked this book. It's written from a very flawed (though perhaps redeemable) worldview containing obvious and repetitive ideas. (He also really needs to look up 'protean' in a thesaurus.) While I'd hoped to get a little boost from this and perhaps recommend it to friends, I'll be giving......more
Resistance is within you, but it's not you. Resistance is the dragon, and you are the knight.......more
I think this should be required reading for any creative person who has found themselves wracked with self-doubt. Invaluable.......more
There wasn't anything earth-shattering in this book. I've received bits and pieces of it from many different sources. With that said I was inspired reading it. The author's energy is contagious. There were several passages that really hit home, like Test Number One: How bad do you want it -- somethi......more
I loved Pressfield's excellent follow-up to The War of Art because in it he precisely pegs the particular forms of Resistance I'm prone to as a writer. (Research as resistance, anyone?) If you enjoyed The War of Art I highly recommend moving on to Do the Work.......more