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As all born teachers, he was primarily a student.
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Steven Pressfield
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: September 1
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I wrote in the War of Art that I could divide my life neatly into two parts: before turning pro and after. After is better.
Steven Pressfield
When we are succeeding - that is, when we have begun to overcome our self-doubt and self-sabotage, when we are advancing in our craft and evolving to a higher level - that's when panic strikes. When we experience panic, it means that we're about to cross a threshold. We're poised on the doorstep of a higher plane.
Steven Pressfield
The critic hates most that which he would have done himself if he had had the guts.
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The athlete knows the day will never come when he wakes up pain-free. He has to play hurt.
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The last element in drama is high stakes. War, of course, is life and death - survival, not only for the story's characters, but often for the society itself. That's why I'm drawn to stories that are built around wars, even if they're not technically war stories.
Steven Pressfield
When we conquer our fears, we discover a boundless, bottomless, inexhaustible well of passion.
Steven Pressfield
Do I really believe that my work is crucial to the planet's survival? Of course not. But it's as important to me as catching that mouse is to the hawk circling outside my window. He's hungry. He needs a kill. So do I.
Steven Pressfield
Resistance is not a peripheral opponent. Resistance arises from within. It is self-generated and self-perpetuated. resistance is the enemy within.
Steven Pressfield
A writer writes with his genius an artist paints with hers everyone who creates operates from this sacramental center.
Steven Pressfield
Writers think in metaphors. Editors work in metaphors. A great reader reads in metaphors.
Steven Pressfield
The instinct that pulls us toward art is the impulse to evolve, to learn, to heighten and elevate our consciousness. The Ego hates this. Because the more awake we become, the less we need the Ego.
Steven Pressfield
As artists and professionals, it is our obligation to enact our own internal revolution, a private insurrection inside our own skulls. In this uprising we free ourselves from the tyranny of consumer culture.
Steven Pressfield
The artist committing himself to his calling has volunteered for hell, whether he knows it or not. He will be dining for the duration on a diet of isolation, rejection, self-doubt, despair, ridicule, contempt, and humiliation.
Steven Pressfield
These are not easy questions. Who am I? Why am I here? They're not easy because the human being isn't wired to function as an individual.
Steven Pressfield
Rule of thumb: The more important a call or action is to our soul's evolution, the Resistance we will feel toward pursuing it.
Steven Pressfield
Resistance is greatest just before the finish line.
Steven Pressfield
Start before you’re ready.
Steven Pressfield
Stay stupid. Follow your unconventional crazy heart.
Steven Pressfield
Thr principle of organization is built into nature. Chaos itself is self-organizing. Out of primordial disorder, stars find their orbit rivers make their way to the sea.
Steven Pressfield
When we turn pro we stop running from our fears. We turn around and face them.
Steven Pressfield
