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Steven Pressfi eld Do Th e Work! 70 You must also leave behind: All grievances related to aspects of yourself dependent on the ...

Steven Pressfi eld Do Th e Work! 72 The Big Crash We were doing so great. Our project was in high gear, we were almost fi nished ...

Steven Pressfi eld Do Th e Work! 74 candidate will crack. Better that the aspiring warrior fails here—at Coronado Island in San ...

Steven Pressfi eld Do Th e Work! 76 our craft . A crash compels us to fi gure out what works and what doesn’t work—and to unders ...

Steven Pressfi eld Do Th e Work! 78 Back to Square One In the belly of the beast, we go back to our allies: Stupidity• Stubborn ...

Steven Pressfi eld Do Th e Work! 80 Th e book, as I said, is called Th e Profession . It’s a military/politi- cal thriller set a ...

Steven Pressfi eld Do Th e Work! 82 Let’s go to the foolscap. What does it say about the skipper? Next: a mortal to challenge th ...

Steven Pressfi eld Do Th e Work! 84 of man-as-part-of-nature-himself. So that Man is dueling the evil inside himself and being c ...

Steven Pressfi eld Do Th e Work! 86 Killer Instinct Why does Seth Godin place so much emphasis on “shipping”? Because fi nishing ...

Steven Pressfi eld Do Th e Work! 88 He knew that Resistance was strongest at the fi nish. He did what he had to do, no matter ho ...

Steven Pressfi eld Do Th e Work! 90 In the belly of the beast, you and I chose HEAVEN. We’ve learned and we’re stronger. Now we ...

Steven Pressfi eld Do Th e Work! 92 I was forty-two years old, having given up everything normal in life to pursue the dream of ...

Steven Pressfi eld Do Th e Work! 94 Yeah, he’ll still be there. Yeah, you’ll still have to duel him every morning. And yeah, he’ ...

Steven Pressfi eld Do Th e Work! 96 You have joined an elite fraternity, whether you realize it or not. By dint of your eff orts ...

Steven Pressfi eld 98 Start (Again) Before You’re Ready I was living in a little town in northern California when I fi nally, af ...

About the Cover In 1885, Vincent Van Gogh created this cover drawing, Man with Hoe , as a part of his life-long pursuit “to give ...

We are now faced with the fact, my friends, that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fi erce urgency of now. In this u ...