作者:
Steven Pressfield 出版社: Warner Books 副标题: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles 出版年: 2003-4-1 页数: 165 定价: USD 12.95 装帧: Paperback ISBN: 9780446691437
A succinct, engaging, and practical guide for succeeding in any creative sphere, The War of Art is nothing less than Sun-Tzu for the soul.
What keeps so many of us from doing what we long to do?
Why is there a naysayer within? How can we avoid the roadblocks of any creative endeavor—be it starting up a dream business venture, writing a novel, or painting a masterpiece?
A succinct, engaging, and practical guide for succeeding in any creative sphere, The War of Art is nothing less than Sun-Tzu for the soul.
What keeps so many of us from doing what we long to do?
Why is there a naysayer within? How can we avoid the roadblocks of any creative endeavor—be it starting up a dream business venture, writing a novel, or painting a masterpiece?
Bestselling novelist Steven Pressfield 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.
The War of Art emphasizes the resolve needed to recognize and overcome the obstacles of ambition and then effectively shows how to reach the highest level of creative discipline.
Think of it as tough love . . . for yourself.
Whether an artist, writer or business person, this simple, personal, and no-nonsense book will inspire you to seize the potential of your life.
作者简介
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Steven Pressfield is the author of The Legend of Bagger Vance, Gates of Fire, Tides of War, Last of the Amazons, Virtues of War, The Afghan Campaign, Killing Rommel, The Profession, The Lion's Gate, The War of Art, Turning Pro, Do the Work, The Warrior Ethos, The Authentic Swing, An American Jew, Nobody Wants to Read Your Sh*t, The Knowledge, and The Artist's Journey.
Steven Pressfield is the author of The Legend of Bagger Vance, Gates of Fire, Tides of War, Last of the Amazons, Virtues of War, The Afghan Campaign, Killing Rommel, The Profession, The Lion's Gate, The War of Art, Turning Pro, Do the Work, The Warrior Ethos, The Authentic Swing, An American Jew, Nobody Wants to Read Your Sh*t, The Knowledge, and The Artist's Journey.
His debut novel, The Legend of Bagger Vance, was adapted for screen. A film of the same title was released in 2000, directed by Robert Redford and starring Matt Damon, Will Smith and Charlize Theron.
His father was in the Navy, and he was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad, in 1943. Since graduating from Duke University in 1965, he has been a U.S. Marine, an advertising copywriter, schoolteacher, tractor-trailer driver, bartender, oilfield roustabout, attendant in a mental hospital and screenwriter.
His struggles to earn a living as a writer (it took seventeen years to get the first paycheck) are detailed in The War of Art, Turning Pro, The Authentic Swing, Nobody Wants to Read Your Sh*t, and The Knowledge.
There's a recurring character in his books, named Telamon, a mercenary of ancient days. Telamon doesn't say much. He rarely gets hurt or wounded. And he never seems to age. His view of the profession of arms is a lot like Pressfield's conception of art and the artist:
"It is one thing to study war, and another to live the warrior's life."
RESISTANCE AND ISOLATION:
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It is a commonplace among artists and children at play that they're not aware of time or solitude while they're chasing their vision. The hours fly. The sculptress and the tree-climbing tyke both look up blinking when Mom calls, "Suppertime!" (查看原文)
A PROFESSIONAL:
Someone once asked Somerset Maugham if he wrote on a schedule or only when struck by inspiration. "I write only when inspiration strikes," he replied. "Fortunately it strikes every morning at nine o'clock sharp."
That's a pro.
In terms of Resistance, Maugham was saying, "I despise Resistance; I will not let it faze me; I will sit down and do my work." (查看原文)
A year ago, I tried to make peace with myself and felt a great relief. But lately, it has been increasingly depressing as there deems a negative and hopeless end of everything you try. This book helps...A year ago, I tried to make peace with myself and felt a great relief. But lately, it has been increasingly depressing as there deems a negative and hopeless end of everything you try. This book helps to reveal that there is a part of us that really works against us and to be happy you have to conquer. If you fail sometime, start again tomorrow.(展开)
I'm a research, so I have plenty of experience of fighting resistance. Even before starting research, resistance has been in my life as I tried to work out regularly and eat balanced etc. Sometimes resistance won and sometimes I won. Before last year, I ha...
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“It’s not the writing part that’s hard. What’s hard is sitting down to write.” — Steven Pressfield What keeps us from sitting down is Resistance. That is the keyword the book “The War of Art” wants to address. What resistance is stopping us from? “...
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0 有用 Yijun 2015-03-06 07:15:54
Do it or don't do it. It's simple and it's hard. It's an ongoing war to the deathbed. With strength and peace of mind, finished on 03/06/2015.
1 有用 KY君 2014-04-01 15:37:14
我恨大！量！排！比！！！
0 有用 王重阳 2011-07-03 16:38:56
summer reading #2
0 有用 若耶之溪 2015-08-28 21:58:39
A year ago, I tried to make peace with myself and felt a great relief. But lately, it has been increasingly depressing as there deems a negative and hopeless end of everything you try. This book helps... A year ago, I tried to make peace with myself and felt a great relief. But lately, it has been increasingly depressing as there deems a negative and hopeless end of everything you try. This book helps to reveal that there is a part of us that really works against us and to be happy you have to conquer. If you fail sometime, start again tomorrow. (展开)
1 有用 七夕 2018-08-08 21:03:10
从maxmednik推荐而来，今天终于看了，我们拥有很多害怕，于是拖延，于是事情难以完成。
0 有用 流深 2024-03-15 15:43:26 上海
Exactly what I need.
0 有用 Freerf 2024-02-08 01:06:40 上海
《pro这样炼成的》
0 有用 www 2023-12-28 23:17:57 辽宁
非常好的书，但仅适合那些自己已全力奋斗过并遇到瓶颈障碍，且还没有放弃理想进行妥协的人，你会对书中所描绘的问题和深入的思考所惊叹（尽管未必认同所有内容观点），书中内容会引起你的强烈共鸣；如果你还没有进行过艰苦卓绝的奋斗、或者已经在物质世界随波逐流，你可能会觉得作者神神叨叨说些什么乱七八糟的。感谢上天让我看到这本书，感谢作者~
0 有用 好似校庆 2023-10-29 22:53:46 中国香港
resistance描述得很真实, 它确实存在. 把resistance当作一个信号, 取反, 学习resistance那份被灭到只剩下一个细胞也要疯狂进攻的念头.
0 有用 atamix 2023-10-11 08:33:34 美国
heather you’re heather