by Steven Pressfield
9/10
Key Ideas:
We all are haunted by the visions of the person we could be but aren’t.
“Resistance” is the urge to procrastinate, delay, wait, the belief that you’re not ready.
Turn pro: show up every day. show up no matter what. stay on the job all day.
Other interesting notes:
It’s not the writing part that’s hard. What’s hard is sitting down to write.
‘I write only when inspiration strikes. Fortunately, it strikes every morning at nine o’clock sharp’.
The professional knows that if he gives in to resistance today, it will be twice as strong tomorrow.
Resistance never goes away: “Henry Fonda was still throwing up before each stage performance, even when he was seventy-five”.
Thoughts on the book:
One of the few life changing “before vs after I read it” books.
Easy read. Most chapters are just 1 page, and each chapter might turn the lights on for you. Last third can be skipped.
Longer summary/notes: JS, Sivers, SD
If you like this, you’ll probably like: A simple productivity system, The practice, Atomic habits, books
Leo :) 