The War of Art: Break Through Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles by Steven Pressfield
“Our job in this life is not to shape ourselves into some ideal we imagine we ought to be, but to find out who we already are and become it.”
The War of Art frames the struggle of producing meaningful work in a context that most of us can relate to: releasing your creative genius can feel like a constant, never-ending battle. Pressfield reveals that what we’re really fighting against is resistance — the nagging internal critique that holds us back from success.
The War of Art provides techniques to defeat our own psychological self-sabotage. Pressfield also explains that we need to find out who we already are if we’re going to unlock the creativity within us, nudging us toward the practical necessity of self-discovery and how to get there. It’s an important read for anyone who feels they’re fighting an uphill battle unlocking their creative self. This book will show you how to win the war.