Do the Work, Steven Pressfield
Do the Work, Steven Pressfield
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Do the Work

Author: Steven Pressfield

Narrator: Steven Pressfield

Unabridged: 1 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/20/2011


Synopsis

“There is an enemy. There is an intelligent, active, malign force working against us. Step one is to recognize this. This recognition alone is enormously powerful. It saved my life, and it will save yours.” —Steven PressfieldCould you be getting in your way of producing great work? Have you started a project but never finished? Would you like to do work that matters, but don’t know where to start?The answer is Do the Work, a manifesto by bestselling author Steven Pressfield, that will show you that it’s not about better ideas, it’s about actually doing the work.Do the Work is a weapon against Resistance—a tool that will help you take action and successfully ship projects out the door. Picking up where The War of Art and Turning Pro left off, Do the Work takes the reader from the start to the finish of any long-form project—novel, screenplay, album, software piece, you name it. Do the Work identifies the predictable Resistance Points along the way and walks you through each of them.No, you are not crazy. No, you are not alone. No, you are not the first person to “hit the wall” in Act Two. Do the Work charts the territory. It’s the stage-by-stage road map for taking your project from Page One to THE END.

About Steven Pressfield

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.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Sarah on May 09, 2011

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

Goodreads review by Sanjay on May 13, 2020

Resistance is within you, but it's not you. Resistance is the dragon, and you are the knight.......more

Goodreads review by Daniel on July 06, 2013

I think this should be required reading for any creative person who has found themselves wracked with self-doubt. Invaluable.......more

Goodreads review by Scott on April 22, 2011

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

Goodreads review by Anne on July 13, 2016

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