Reflection On Do The Work

Book Commentary Paper I chose to read the book “Do The Work” by Steven Pressfield. This book, like his other written book “The War of Art”, talks a lot about being practical and literally – doing the work. It is like an action plan, which I believe can help get anyone who is stuck in his or her life. The books guides you how to begin and challenge yourself for things to come.

One of the key points that I found interesting is to start before you are even ready. Because when we start, we jump straight into doing the task. Sometimes, what is really pulling us back from beginning or finishing our work is our mindset. We tend to get scared or afraid of it, and then you will just put it aside and procrastinate. But, when we put those negative …show more content…
I used to think that if I cut a bad weed out of my life, the problem would go away. However, that is not all true. Avoiding our problems is never the answer. He then goes on to say that we can instead outsmart it. We should stop thinking of our resistance as something like an undefeatable giant. It is possible to overcome these things, but we should also not underestimate the power the resistance has over us. We should then work our way around it and not let it get the best of us. A level of confidence in ourselves also helps because we will then begin to believe in the effect of our actions towards our …show more content…
It says, “Slay the dragon once, and he will never have power over you again.” This brings me back to the previous key point. Our enemy would still be there, but once we overcome it we know that it could be achieved again. We learn from the experience and it would just make us stronger. It will not hinder us from accomplishing future tasks. This weakness then could possibly evolve and becomes a strength for us. This could also help build character. Knowing that this certain resistance would not be a problem for us anymore would give us the confidence to move on and achieve other