The force that makes you swallow your urge to pursue your dream is called Resistance (the capital R is important), and everyone in the world struggles with it – you’re not the only one. Because instead of waking up, thinking about it for a second, and then shrugging it off, you’re actually going to deal with it. If so, today’s a different day than most days for you. Have you ever had that feeling that you are here to do something great? Maybe you feel you owe the world a great book, a new approach to fitness, or even a blockbuster movie.
If you want to save this summary for later, download the free PDF and read it whenever you want.ĭownload PDF Lesson 1: You’re not alone, everyone struggles with Resistance. Ready to turn pro at your dream? Here we go! Commit to a territory and you might change the world.You have to treat your dream like a full-time job.You’re not alone, everyone struggles with Resistance.Here are the 3 biggest lessons you can learn:
Just like Robert Greene, he wasn’t afraid to do the work he needed to, in order to keep working on his dream – becoming a writer.ĭo The Work, his follow-up to The War Of Art, was one of the first books on Four Minute Books, so it’s only fair the original book about Resistance joins the ranks.
After graduating from university in 1965 the variety of jobs he held seems to know no end, ranging from advertising copywriter to schoolteacher, tractor-trailer driver, bartender, oilfield roustabout, attendant in a mental hospital, fruit-picker in Washington state, all the way to screenwriter. 1-Sentence-Summary: The War Of Art brings some much needed tough love to all artists, business people and creatives who spend more time battling the resistance against work than actually working, by identifying the procrastinating forces at play and pulling out the rug from under their feet.