"There is an enemy. There is an intelligent, active, malign force working against us. Step one is to recognize this. This recognition alone is enormously powerful. It saved my life, and it will save yours." -- Steven Pressfield Could you be getting in your way of producing great work? Have you started a project but never finished? Would you like to do work that matters, but don't know where to start?The answer is Do the Work, a manifesto by bestselling author Steven Pressfield, that will show you that it's not about better ideas, it's about actually doing the work. Do the Work is a weapon against Resistance - a tool that will help you take action and successfully ship projects out the door. Picking up where The War of Art and Turning Pro left off, Do The Work takes the reader from the start to the finish of any long-form project—novel, screenplay, album, software piece, you name it. Do The Work identifies the predictable Resistance Points along the way and walks you through each of them. No, you are not crazy. No, you are not alone. No, you are not the first person to "hit the wall" in Act Two. Do The Work charts the territory. It's the stage-by-stage road map for taking your project from Page One to THE
Steven Pressfield is the author of The Legend of Bagger Vance, Gates of Fire, Tides of War, Last of the Amazons, Virtues of War, The Afghan Campaign, Killing Rommel, The Profession, The Lion's Gate, The War of Art, Turning Pro, Do the Work, The Warrior Ethos, The Authentic Swing, An American Jew, Nobody Wants to Read Your Sh*t, The Knowledge, and The Artist's Journey.
His debut novel, The Legend of Bagger Vance, was adapted for screen. A film of the same title was released in 2000, directed by Robert Redford and starring Matt Damon, Will Smith and Charlize Theron.
His father was in the Navy, and he was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad, in 1943. Since graduating from Duke University in 1965, he has been a U.S. Marine, an advertising copywriter, schoolteacher, tractor-trailer driver, bartender, oilfield roustabout, attendant in a mental hospital and screenwriter.
His struggles to earn a living as a writer (it took seventeen years to get the first paycheck) are detailed in The War of Art, Turning Pro, The Authentic Swing, Nobody Wants to Read Your Sh*t, and The Knowledge.
There's a recurring character in his books, named Telamon, a mercenary of ancient days. Telamon doesn't say much. He rarely gets hurt or wounded. And he never seems to age. His view of the profession of arms is a lot like Pressfield's conception of art and the artist:
"It is one thing to study war, and another to live the warrior's life."
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如果要用一个词来形容阅读这本书的体验,那便是“祛魅”。它把许多我们神化的工作方法和所谓的“高效人士”的行为模式拉下了神坛,还原成了一套套基于人类认知规律的、可复制的操作流程。我注意到作者非常擅长运用类比,将抽象的工作概念转化为日常生活中随处可见的场景,比如将项目分解比喻成烹饪一道复杂的菜肴,每一步都有其先后顺序和必要的准备工作。这种接地气的表达方式极大地降低了知识吸收的门槛。更重要的是,它不仅仅关注于“生产力提升”,更深入地探讨了如何在高效运转的同时,保持心智的健康和韧性。书中关于如何设定“合理失败”的边界,如何从不完美的产出中汲取经验教训的论述,对我这种常常因为达不到预设的内部标准而自我否定的创作者来说,无疑是及时雨。它教会我,‘完成’比‘完美’重要得多,这种观念的转变是巨大的。
评分这本书的叙事风格,说实话,有点像是听一位老练的匠人娓娓道来他多年摸爬滚打的经验,充满了烟火气和不加修饰的真诚。它不像学术著作那样需要你紧绷着神经去理解晦涩的术语,反而更像是一本写给“实干家”的工具手册。我最欣赏的是它对“过程美学”的强调。我们常常被社会灌输只有结果才值得庆祝的观念,但这本书却巧妙地将焦点转移到日常执行的节奏和专注力上。它详细阐述了如何构建一个能让你保持心流状态的工作环境,不仅仅是物理环境的整理,更重要的是思维层面的“清空缓存”。我尝试书里提到的一些关于时间块(Time Blocking)的变体方法,意外地发现原本感觉像“被绑架”的工作时间,现在变得有形有体,每完成一个预设的时间块,那种掌控感带来的满足远超预期的完成度。这本书对于如何处理那些“黏性大”的工作,那些你总想推到明天去做的事情,提供了非常实用的心理按摩术,让你甘愿坐下来,把那些棘手的部分先啃下来。
评分坦白讲,这本书的排版和用词都透露出一种不被市场潮流裹挟的自信。它没有使用那些浮夸的黑体加粗或令人眼花缭乱的图表来试图证明自己的重要性,而是用朴实无华的文字构建起一个坚实的逻辑支撑体系。我特别喜欢它对“惯性”的解析。我们都知道惯性是物体保持原有运动状态的趋势,但作者将其巧妙地应用于工作习惯的建立与打破上。它详细分析了如何通过微小的、可预测的“启动仪式”来对抗启动的惰性,并逐步将这些仪式固化为无意识的行动。这套方法论的精妙之处在于,它承认人性的弱点,而不是试图用强力去压制,而是通过巧妙的引导,让你的大脑“习惯”于开始工作,而不是“抗拒”开始工作。这本书真正做到了“授人以渔”,它提供的不是一套固定的“SOP”,而是建立一套属于你自己的、能持续运作的工作引擎的蓝图。
评分这本书的价值,在于它成功地将“宏大叙事”与“具体实践”进行了无缝对接。很多励志书籍让你看完后热血沸腾,但回到现实世界,面对堆积如山的邮件和待办事项时,依然感到手足无措。而《Do the Work》的后续影响力非常持久,因为它不是一次性的“兴奋剂”,而是一种思维方式的重塑。它教会我如何将一个看似遥不可及的年度目标,拆解成一个“今天必须完成的三个动作”,并且这些动作必须具体到可以写在便利贴上的程度。我发现,当我真正开始专注于手头这件小事时,那些原本令人焦虑的未来图景,反而自行地被推向了背景。书中对“专注力的复位”技巧描述得尤为细致,它不像外界推销的那样,强调要屏蔽一切干扰,而是教你如何在被干扰后,以最快的速度、最小的能量消耗回到工作流中,这才是现代生活下真正需要的技能。总而言之,这是一本能够切实改变你日常工作流的书。
评分这本《Do the Work》的书简直是一剂精神强心针,尤其对于那些常常感到被日常琐事和看似宏大的目标压得喘不过气的人来说。我一开始翻开这本书时,心里其实挺怀疑的,毕竟市面上关于“如何高效工作”的书已经多如牛毛,大多是老生常谈的理论堆砌。然而,这本书的切入点非常独特,它没有过多地纠缠于复杂的项目管理框架,而是直击问题的核心:行动的阻力。作者用一种近乎对话的语气,将那些横亘在“想做”和“正在做”之间的心理障碍层层剥开,仿佛一个经验丰富的导师在你耳边低语,告诉你那些让你拖延的“鬼故事”其实根本站不住脚。书中对于“完美主义陷阱”的剖析尤其精辟,它指出我们对“一次到位”的执念才是阻碍我们起步的最大元凶。阅读过程中,我好几次忍不住停下来,对照着自己手头搁置已久的项目进行反思,那种豁然开朗的感觉非常强烈。它不是那种空泛的励志口号,而是提供了非常具体的、可以立刻植入日常的微小步骤,让我不再惧怕开始,而是专注于“完成下一个小点”本身。
评分每次要崩之前默念:resistance is always lying and full of bullshit. 有奇效
评分The Enemy is Inside You. The "Real You" Must Duel the "Resistance You". 有些内容,尤其是“start before you're ready”,我还是蛮受用的,就是鸡汤味太重。
评分项目执行中的CBT疗法
评分每次要崩之前默念:resistance is always lying and full of bullshit. 有奇效
评分我一向不喜欢这类书,不过有几个点对我还是有启发的。
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