Project resistance
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Project resistance
Resistance is not a peripheral opponent. Resistance arises from within. It is self-generated and self-perpetuated. Resistance is the enemy within.
This “intimidation” that you and I feel can be complex, but it often stems from a dynamic that’s been brilliantly dubbed “the Resistance” by Steven Pressfield in The War of Art. He defines it as the singular, oppressive force that stands between where you currently are and the great work that you know you should be doing.
RESISTANCE IS INSIDIOUS Resistance will tell you anything to keep you from doing your work. It will perjure, fabricate, falsify; seduce, bully, cajole. Resistance is protean. It will assume any form, if that’s what it takes to deceive you. It will reason with you like a lawyer or jam a nine-millimeter in your face like a stickup man. Resistance has
... See moreSteven Pressfield, author of The War of Art