{"id":10707,"date":"2011-12-30T08:17:10","date_gmt":"2011-12-30T14:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/?p=10707"},"modified":"2011-12-27T12:31:17","modified_gmt":"2011-12-27T18:31:17","slug":"book-report-get-to-work-by-steven-pressfield-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brianjnoggle.com\/blog\/2011\/12\/30\/book-report-get-to-work-by-steven-pressfield-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Report: Get to Work!<\/i> by Steven Pressfield (2011)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Book<\/a>This book<\/a> is a short little self-help program designed to cheerlead you through getting some sort of creative endeavor completed (the author tries to extend it to anything, but basically, it’s about writing a book or something). My wife borrowed it from the library and told me to read it. So I did.<\/p>\n

The main schtick is that Resistance is the enemy (well, the main one) when you’re out to accomplish something, and during any project you’re likely to encounter resistance in a number of forms. The book rah-rahs you through those moments and then tells you not to overthink something, since overthinking it might just keep you from doing<\/em> it. The book explains that you should just rush in, fool, and get it done and then correct it later.<\/p>\n

This doesn’t account for the fact that revising and rewriting itself can be a great obstacle, and creating the first draft of a masterwork is not the end in itself.<\/p>\n

So I wasn’t that impressed with it. But I’m not the target audience.<\/p>\n

Books mentioned in this review:<\/b>
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