
Summary: The War of Art by Steven Pressfield
Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles
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The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles
by Steven Pressfield
Original Book Description:
Think of The War of Art as tough love...for yourself. Since 2002, The War of Art has inspired people around the world to defeat "resistance"; to recognize and knock down dream-blocking barriers and to silence the naysayers within us. Resistance kicks everyone's butt, and the desire to defeat it is equally as universal. The War of Art identifies the enemy that every one of us must face, outlines a battle plan to conquer this internal foe, then pinpoints just how to achieve the greatest success.
Though it was crafted for writers, it has been embraced by business entrepreneurs, actors, dancers, painters, photographers, filmmakers, military service members, and thousands of others around the world.
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- Review#38
- 08-04-23
Can every book be summarized?
What a great book. So excited that it was summarized for me, and I could get all of the benefits of this wonderful book in such a short period of time. I took pages of notes and intend to think more deeply about each topic.
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- Sameh Rouman
- 11-02-23
Great summary
Thank you Dean for your quality work … always useful and interesting.
Keep it up.
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