Новинки Стивена Прессфилда

"A life-changer...Inspirational!" Marie Forleo, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Everything is Figureoutable

Are you losing your "war of art"?

Are you being defeated by a tendency to procrastination, self-doubt, fear, distraction, and perfectionism? Are you self-sabotaging your loftiest artistic entrepreneurial dreams?

The antidote is in nine words: PUT YOUR ASS WHERE YOUR HEART WANTS TO BE.

Can you shift your artistic identity—your "ass"—from the shallow, fearful, superficial Ego to the wise, loving fearless Self? Can you commit to your dream for the long haul and for keeps? In this book, bestselling author Steven Pressfield delivers the tough-love inspiration to help you make this life-altering transformation.

Вам знакомо состояние, когда вы готовы заниматься чем угодно — домашней уборкой, расстановкой книг на полках, общением в социальных сетях, беготней по магазинам — лишь бы не решать задачу, не писать письмо, рассказ, диссертацию, не идти в фитнес-клуб или на занятия по иностранному языку? Большинство дел не делается не потому, что они сложны или требуют особых…

Что мешает художнику написать картину, писателю - создать роман, режиссеру - снять фильм, ученому - закончить монографию? Что мешает нам перестать искать для себя оправдания и наконец то начать заниматься спортом и правильно питаться, выучить иностранный язык, получить водительские права? Внутреннее Сопротивление. Его голос маскируется под голос разума. Оно…

The follow-up to his bestseller The War of Art, Turning Pro navigates the passage from the amateur life to a professional practice. "You don't need to take a course or buy a product. All you have to do is change your mind." --Steven Pressfield TURNING PRO IS FREE, BUT IT'S NOT EASY. When we turn pro, we give up a life that we may have become extremely comfortable with. We give up a self that we have come to identify with and to call our own. TURNING PRO IS FREE, BUT IT DEMANDS SACRIFICE. The passage from amateur to professional is often achieved via an interior odyssey whose trials are survived only at great cost, emotionally, psychologically and spiritually. We pass through a membrane when we turn pro. It's messy and it's scary. We tread in blood when we turn pro. WHAT WE GET WHEN WE TURN PRO. What we get when we turn pro is we find our power. We find our will and our voice and we find our self-respect. We become who we always were but had, until then, been afraid to embrace and live out.

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. hat 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 identif ies 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.

Цель этой книги - помочь человеку справиться с любым проектом (книгой, хореографической постановкой, новым коммерческим предприятием, благотворительной акцией), начиная с идеи и заканчивая готовым "продуктом". Процесс рассматривается с позиции Сопротивления. Кредо автора: начинайте не откладывая, не отбрасывайте идею и пытайтесь сделать как можно больше, пока в вас не проснулось Сопротивление.

Для широкого круга читателей.

Стивен Прессфилд написал книгу, подобных которой вы еще никогда не читали. С ее помощью вы поймете, почему успех никак не приходит, а вы застряли на месте. Она сдвинет вас с мертвой точки и заставит шевелиться! Вы последовательно разберете все "точки сопротивления" - те темные углы, где нас могут поджидать страхи, сомнения, нерешительность и прочие хорошо знакомые всем бесы. Итак, книгу в руки, читайте - и действуйте!

Our enemy is not lack of preparation; it's not the difficulty of the project, or the state of the marketplace or the emptiness of our bank account.

The enemy is resistance.

The enemy is our chattering brain, which, if we give it so much as a nanosecond, will start producing excuses, alibis, transparent self-justifications and a million reasons why he can't/shouldn't/won't do what we know we need to do.

Start before you're ready.

WARS CHANGE, WARRIORS DON'T We are all warriors. Each of us struggles every day to define and defend our sense of purpose and integrity, to justify our existence on the planet and to understand, if only within our own hearts, who we are and what we believe in. Do we fight by a code? If so, what is it? What is the Warrior Ethos? Where did it come from? What form does it take today? How do we (and how can we) use it and be true to it in our internal and external lives? The Warrior Ethos is intended not only for men and women in uniform, but artists, entrepreneurs and other warriors in other walks of life. The book examines the evolution of the warrior code of honor and "mental toughness." It goes back to the ancient Spartans and Athenians, to Caesar's Romans, Alexander's Macedonians and the Persians of Cyrus the Great (not excluding the Garden of Eden and the primitive hunting band). Sources include Herodotus, Thucydides, Plutarch, Xenophon, Vegetius, Arrian and Curtius--and on down to Gen. George Patton, Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, and Israeli Minister of Defense, Moshe Dayan.