The Art of War meets "The Artist's Way" in this no-nonsense, profoundly inspiring guide to overcoming creative blocks of every kind.
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."
节选 Resistance feeds on fear. We experience Resistance as fear. But fear of what? Fear of the consequences of following our heart. Fear of bankruptcy, fear of poverty, fear of insolvency. Fear of groveling when we try to make it on our own, and of groveli...
评分节选 Resistance feeds on fear. We experience Resistance as fear. But fear of what? Fear of the consequences of following our heart. Fear of bankruptcy, fear of poverty, fear of insolvency. Fear of groveling when we try to make it on our own, and of groveli...
评分any act that rejects immediate gratification in favor of long-term growth, health, or integrity. Or, expressed another way, any act that derives from our higher nature instead of our lower. Any of these will elicit Resistance. ========== The paradox seems...
评分我开车时一边听这书一边想:"Pressfield真牛逼,这扩写能力不是盖的,从短短的一句话——Do the work,扩写了整整一本书。" 而且写的还真TM好,没有婆婆妈妈重复多遍的句子,从各种角度分析问题,很多观点都很inspiring. 虽然书的主要观点我已经很熟悉了(follow了Tim Ferriss六...
评分这部作品,我得说,简直就是为那些在创作的泥潭里挣扎的灵魂量身定做的指南针。它没有那种空洞的励志口号,而是直击人心的痛点。开篇的叙述就带着一股子不容置疑的力度,仿佛一位经验老到的导师站在你面前,毫不留情地揭示你那些自我设限的谎言。我特别欣赏作者对于“阻力”这一概念的阐释,它不是一个抽象的哲学概念,而是像一个有形、有血有肉的敌人,时刻准备着在你即将迈出关键一步时,伸出冰冷的触手。那种细致入微的描摹,让我立刻联想到了自己无数次与拖延、自我怀疑搏斗的场景。它不只是告诉你“要克服”,而是告诉你“它是什么样子的”,这种具象化的描述,极大地增强了阅读的代入感和冲击力。读着读着,我感觉自己不是在看一本关于艺术创作的书,而是在参与一场深刻的、关于内在战争的心理分析。尤其是在讨论如何对待批评和失败的那部分,那种坦诚和深刻,让人在感到被理解的同时,也燃起了必须前进的决心。它成功地将创作的艰辛,提升到了一种近乎神圣的责任层面,让人肃然起敬。
评分这本书最让我感到震撼的地方,在于它对“内在声音”的解析。它成功地剥离了那些包裹在“艺术天赋”外衣下的、实则源自恐惧的自我阻挠机制。我过去总以为那些让我犹豫不决的“不确定感”,是某种高级的艺术直觉在告诉我“时机未到”,但这本书毫不留情地指出,那不过是“小我”在阻碍“大我”的实现。作者对于这种内在冲突的描述,简直就像是照着我的日记本写的。他没有将重点放在技巧的传授上,而是将焦点完全集中在了心态的重塑上。读完后,我感觉自己对那些拖延的借口,有了一套清晰的、可以立即拆解的反驳句式。它不提供安慰,而是提供武器。这种力量感,比任何空洞的鼓励都来得更持久、更有效。这不仅仅是一本关于创作的书,它更是一本关于如何重建自我权威的生存手册。
评分我是在一个灵感枯竭,几乎要放弃手头项目的低谷期偶然接触到这本书的。说实话,最初我带着一种怀疑的态度翻开了它,毕竟市面上“成功学”一类的书籍实在太多了。然而,这本书的笔调是如此的冷静和务实,完全没有那种浮夸的“一夜成名”的诱惑。它更像是一份严谨的工作手册,教导我们如何将那份飘忽不定的“灵感女神”,驯服成一个可靠的、每日报到的勤奋员工。我特别喜欢它强调的“职业化”态度——把创作当成一份严肃的、需要准时上下班的工作,而不是等待缪斯降临的奢侈品。这种观念的转变,对于我这种习惯了“等感觉来了才动笔”的创作者来说,简直是一次釜底抽薪的革新。书中对于“每天拿出固定的时间去工作,无论结果如何”的论述,我立刻付诸实践,效果立竿见影。它不是在谈论艺术的哲学,而是在讨论如何建立一个支撑艺术产出的“后勤系统”。这让整个创作过程变得可预测、可控制,从而极大地减轻了焦虑感。
评分从文学风格上来说,这本书的叙事节奏把握得极佳。它在必要的时刻会采取一种近乎宣讲的、充满激情的语气,瞬间拉高读者的情绪阈值;而在关键的理论阐述处,又会迅速回归到一种近乎学术的严谨和逻辑性,让人不得不信服。这种张弛有度的文风,保证了即便是在讨论一些比较枯燥的“纪律性”话题时,阅读体验也绝不沉闷。我尤其欣赏作者在引用不同领域案例时的广度和深度,这表明其理论基础并非狭隘地建立在单一的艺术门类之上,而是具有普适性。每一次我感到自己想打退堂鼓的时候,重新翻开某个章节,总能从中找到一句精准有力的话语,像是一记及时的耳光,把我从胡思乱想中拽回来,重新聚焦于“今天我需要完成的那一个动作”。这种反复阅读价值,是衡量一本实用书籍质量的关键指标。
评分坦白说,这本书的价值远超其作为一本“创作指导书”的定位。它更像是一部探讨人类意志力如何对抗熵增的社会学观察。作者对“成为专业人士”的定义,让我重新审视了自己与“工作”的关系。他清晰地界定了“业余爱好者”和“专业人士”的本质区别,而这个区别并非在于技巧的娴熟程度,而在于对待承诺的忠诚度。读完后,我意识到,我们真正需要战胜的“战争”,并非来自外界的竞争者或评判者,而是内心深处对于“不适感”的本能逃避。这本书提供了一种强大的心理框架,让你能够坦然接受创作过程中伴随而来的巨大不适感,并将其视为工作本身的必要副产品。它教会我们如何与“不舒服”共处,甚至拥抱它,直到你将那份不适感转化为持续稳定的输出。这是一种对自我惰性的彻底宣战。
评分fight resistance
评分Do it or not to.
评分一周末读完 @@
评分句句击中要害,对自己真狠!!五星书,妥妥的~ No matter what happened, do the work first.
评分克服对失败的恐惧,勇往直前追求梦想。
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