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\u041e\u043f\u0456\u0440 \u0434\u0430\u0440\u0435\u043c\u043d\u0438\u0439, Opir daremnyy, Resistance is Futile (Ukrainian)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Part 1 \u2013 What my Peers are saying.<\/p>\n

Part 2 \u2013 What Others are Saying<\/p>\n

Part 3 \u2013 What I learned from Word of Art<\/p>\n

Part 4 – Epilogue<\/p>\n

Steven Pressfield\u2019s War of Art<\/em> [1]<\/a>provided a welcomed message for the cohort struggling to finish papers and live life (births, weddings, family\/Christmas stuff).<\/p>\n

Part 1 What my Peers are saying.<\/strong><\/p>\n

DLGPO2 -Jenny Dooley writes, \u201cI am struggling to differentiate between my priorities and my resistance.\"\"<\/a> \u00a0Pressfield goes on to say, \u201cResistance is fear.\u201d[2]<\/a> When I consider resistance as fear it opens up space for me to consider what am I afraid of that keeps me from my writing. He continues, \u201cMaster the fear and we conquer resistance.\u201d[3]<\/a> The only way I know how to do that is to name my fears, challenge them with truth, and make adjustments as needed.<\/p>\n

In the spirit of pop culture I hearken back to an oldie but goodie. \u201cI must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.\u201d<\/strong> \u2015 Frank Herbert, Dune<\/em> (https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/work\/quotes\/3634639-dune)<\/p>\n

When it comes to moving forward on things, the worst thing to say to my crazy ideas is \u201cno.\u201d\u00a0 I double down to prove that it CAN be done.\u00a0 External Resistance for me is not fear \u2013 but an obstacle to be overcome. \u00a0I will have to dwell on internal resistance (see things I learned). <\/strong><\/p>\n

DLGPO2 \u2013 Jennifer Vernam has different take on resistance, she writes\u2026What I found was a series of observations that varied from mine. In fact, I struggled to get to his real meaning because the differing views were pronounced. For example, when I talk about resistance, I am usually speaking to leaders who are leading change, and we are discussing barriers to adopting change<\/em><\/strong>. It is a topic I have a lot of fun talking about, so when I read his take on it and see vastly different descriptions, I become distracted. For example, where he says resistance is the enemy[4]<\/a> because it gets in the way of your accomplishments, I teach that resistance is a tool to leverage for change because if you understand it, you understand what matters to you and your team. Where he says that resistance is invisible,[5]<\/a> I argue that it is often visible and I teach others how to recognize it.<\/p>\n

Jennifer shares my experience with resistance.\u00a0 I have discovered that in our nonprofit in Hungary and Slovakia, MANAGERS have primacy of place in keeping the organization running.\u00a0 However, what is needed now is LEADERS for Ukraine.\u00a0 Vision casters, team builders who inspire and energize subordinates.\"\"<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n

DLGPO2 \u2013 Travis Vaughn writes.. \u201cThe professional concentrates on the work and allows rewards to come or not come, whatever they like.\u201d[6]<\/a>\u00a0 This was like Kleon\u2019s advice that I mentioned earlier. Do good work first. Don\u2019t worry about the applause. That may come later.\u00a0 He concludes, Pressfield is partly right. We often imagine that our lives, our worth, our whatever\u2026should be better, more like _____ (fill in the blank).\u00a0 But there is an ideal \u2013 rather, a SOMEONE \u2013 we need to consider. We are called to imitate God (see Ephesians 5:1). But we don\u2019t do this in our own power. This the work of God \u2013 to conform us \u201cto the image of his Son.\u201d[22] In Christ, image bearers can do the good work God has for us to do.[23]<\/p>\n

Amen, When we put on our God Goggles, all things are possible through Him. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Philippians 4:13 – \u00a0I can do all this through him who gives me strength.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Part 2 What others are saying.<\/strong><\/p>\n

THE WAR OF ART by Steven Pressfield | Core Message by Nathan Lorenzo (https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xpzpJDRxTuY<\/a>)\u00a0 gives a quick 5 minute overview AND provides a PDF summary for your review.\u00a0 A snippet.<\/p>\n

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Amazon.com\u00a0 “Yes, The War of Art is hell. But Steven Pressfield is our Clausewitz who shows how you too\"\"<\/a> can battle against The Four Horsemen of The Apologetic: sloth, inertia, rationalization and procrastination<\/em><\/strong>. Shakespeare, Rembrandt and Beethoven all are proof of what you can do with talent and General Pressfield.” – Frank Deford, author and NPR commentator<\/p>\n

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More on Steven Pressfield.<\/p>\n

Pressfield is indeed used at the U.S. Naval Academy.\u00a0 From Leader Development in the US Department of Defense: A Brief Historical Review and Assessment for the Future, Joseph J. Thomas, Distinguished Military Professor of Leadership.[7]<\/a><\/p>\n

Thomas writes, \u201cPerhaps the best summary of the imperatives of effective leadership comes from a best-selling historical novel called \u201cGates of Fire\u201d by a former Marine named Steven Pressfield.\u00a0\u00a0 In it, a character tells the Persians why the Spartan King Leonidas is more effective than their own and, therefore, why the Spartan soldiers are more effective: ”<\/p>\n

“A king does not abide within his tent while his men bleed and die upon the field.\u00a0 A king does not dine while his men go hungry, nor sleep when they stand watch upon the wall. A king does not command his men\u2019s loyalty through fear nor purchase it with gold; he earns their love by the sweat of his own back and the pains he endures for their sake.\u00a0 That which comprises the\u00a0 harshest burden, a king lifts first and sets down last.<\/p>\n

A king does not require service of those he leads but provides it to them.\u00a0 He serves them, not they him.”<\/p>\n

This parallels the message Jules Glanzer writes in his Sound of Leadership, where Glanzer describes U.S.\"\"<\/a> Military leadership training, Glanzer writes, \u201cListen, See. Learn. Do. Love –<\/strong>– Glanzer quotes General Eric Shinseki, Chief of Staff of the Army, \u201cYou must love those you lead before you can be an effective leader.\u00a0 You can certainly command without that sense of commitment, but you cannot lead without it.\u00a0 And without leadership, command is a hallow experience, a vacuum often filled with mistrust and arrogance\u201d,[8]<\/a><\/p>\n

Part 3 What Pressfield wrote and what I learned<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pressfield struck a nerve, when he started on \u201cResistance Recruits Allies\u201d[9]<\/a>\u00a0 He goes on to say Resistance by definition is self-sabotage.\u00a0 He writes, \u201c\u2026.provides immediate and powerful gratification\u2026Resistance gets a big kick out of that.\u00a0 It knows it has distracted us with a cheap, easy fix and kept us from doing our work\u2026.It goes without saying that this principle applies to drugs, shopping, TV, gossip, alcohol, and the consumption of all products containing fat, sugar, salt or chocolate.\u201d[10]<\/a><\/p>\n

Guilty as charged.<\/p>\n

If anything Pressfield gives me impetus to solidify my battle Plan against distractions<\/p>\n