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."
發表於2024-11-25
The War of Art 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載
節選 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...
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...
評分想查這作者是哪裏人的,然後學到中美洲有個叫trinidad and tobago的國傢。。不過作者是從事編劇幾十年後寫的這本書,他人生轉摺的經曆也在這本書裏講得很詳細。本書可以說是從事藝術者覺得力不從心時必讀的手冊。下麵是幾條很珍貴的心得: 多動癥輕度焦慮等等的熱門話題是商業...
評分Here’s the trick: We’re never alone. As soon as we step outside the campfire glow, our Muse lights on our shoulder like a butterfly. The act of courage calls forth infallibly that deeper part of ourselves that supports and sustains us. Resistance knows th...
評分Here’s the trick: We’re never alone. As soon as we step outside the campfire glow, our Muse lights on our shoulder like a butterfly. The act of courage calls forth infallibly that deeper part of ourselves that supports and sustains us. Resistance knows th...
圖書標籤: 思維 藝術 成長 設計 管理 技術 創業
藝術的戰爭 戰爭的藝術 軟技能作者力推 ^_^
評分很勵誌的書,小小一本書,語言非常精煉有意思,讓人讀的很開心。
評分很勵誌的書,小小一本書,語言非常精煉有意思,讓人讀的很開心。
評分藝術的戰爭 戰爭的藝術 軟技能作者力推 ^_^
評分藝術的戰爭 戰爭的藝術 軟技能作者力推 ^_^
The War of Art 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載