Steven Pressfield Inspirationboard from the The War of Art

I have recently been reading a book from Steven Pressfield about overcoming procrastionation and resistance. Very good book! I highly recommend it. Here are some quotes from the book, to get you and idea.

"Resistance is the most toxic force on the planet. It is the root of more unhappiness 

than poverty, disease, and erectile dysfunction. To yield to Resistance deforms our spirit. It stunts us and makes us less than we are and were born to be." - The war of Art" - Steven Pressfield

"Resistance will bury you." - The war of Art" - Steven Pressfield

"Turning Pro" - Steven Pressfield (The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles)

"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."

"Rule of thumb: The more important a call or action is to our soul’s evolution, the more Resistance we will feel toward pursuing it." - The war of Art

"Resistance obstructs movement only from a lower sphere to a higher. It kicks in when we seek to pursue a calling in the arts, launch an innovative enterprise, or evolve to a higher station morally, ethically, or spiritually." The War of Art

"The danger is greatest when the finish line is in sight. At this point, Resistance knows we’re about to beat it. It hits the panic button. It marshals one last assault and slams us with everything it’s got." - The war of Art" - Steven Pressfield

"Procrastination is the most common manifestation of Resistance because it’s the easiest to rationalize."

"Sometimes Resistance takes the form of sex, or an obsessive preoccupation with sex. Why sex? Because sex provides immediate and powerful gratification. When someone sleeps with us, we feel validated and approved of, even loved. Resistance gets a big kick out of that. It knows it has distracted us with a cheap, easy fix and kept us from doing our work."

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"Anything that draws attention to ourselves through pain-free or artificial means is a manifestation of Resistance."

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"Creating soap opera in our lives is a symptom of Resistance. Why put in years of work designing a new software interface when you can get just as much attention by bringing home a boyfriend with a prison record?"

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"If you find yourself criticizing other people, you’re probably doing it out of Resistance. When we see others beginning to live their authentic selves, it drives us crazy if we have not lived out our own.

Individuals who are realized in their own lives almost never criticize others. If they speak at all, it is to offer encouragement. Watch yourself. Of all the manifestations of Resistance, most only harm ourselves. Criticism and cruelty harm others as well."