The War of Art
2002 • 168 pages
Ratings86
Average rating3.9
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Ratings86
Average rating3.9
"In this powerful, straight-from-the-hip examination of the internal obstacles to success, bestselling author Steven Pressfield shows readers how to identify, defeat, and unlock the inner barriers to creativity. The War of Art is an inspirational, funny, well-aimed kick in the pants guaranteed to galvanize every would-be artist, visionary, or entrepreneur." --from back cover.
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The first half of this book resonated with me greatly - probably one of the best “get it done” / motivation books. However, the second half fell flat. Ramblings about god, angels, and muses just don't click for me. A couple of great chapters litter the second half though, namely the discussions around “territory”. If you were the last person on Earth, what would you still do?
Author sets up the problem pretty well.
I felt like it could have been more concrete, some how.
Go and get stuff done.
A few good nuggets, but gets too much into nonsense about angels and gods starting about halfway in that it becomes too hard to take seriously.
I'm utterly blown away by this book. It explains way better than I ever could the exact philosophy I wrote about drunkenly to my now wife back when I was coming to understand my alcoholism and my relationship to my higher power.
