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."
The Art of War meets "The Artist's Way" in this no-nonsense, profoundly inspiring guide to overcoming creative blocks of every kind.
發表於2024-12-23
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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...
評分我開車時一邊聽這書一邊想:"Pressfield真牛逼,這擴寫能力不是蓋的,從短短的一句話——Do the work,擴寫瞭整整一本書。" 而且寫的還真TM好,沒有婆婆媽媽重復多遍的句子,從各種角度分析問題,很多觀點都很inspiring. 雖然書的主要觀點我已經很熟悉瞭(follow瞭Tim Ferriss六...
評分當我有一天迴顧自己看過的所有關於寫作的視頻、文章還有書,我發現我學會瞭兩件事,一是語法,二是怎麼寫故事,但我想寫的不是這些沒價值的東西,而是有智慧的思想和做事方法。於是從這一刻我意識到又一次地,我必須自己摸索齣前進的路。好在今天,我遇到瞭一本書: There's a...
評分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...
圖書標籤: 成長 自我進步 個人管理 英文書 藝術 管理 商業 寫作
身體力行做事不容易
評分剋服對失敗的恐懼,勇往直前追求夢想。
評分句句擊中要害,對自己真狠!!五星書,妥妥的~ No matter what happened, do the work first.
評分Do it or not to.
評分剋服對失敗的恐懼,勇往直前追求夢想。
The War of Art 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載