Steven Pressfield on Professionalism

Have you ever felt like quitting?  I have.  Deep within the innermost sanctums of my mind, I have heard that sinister voice explicate convincingly why I should relinquish my dream of authorship.  You’ll never be good enough.  That isn’t writing.  Such negative thoughts metastasize all cogitation, destroying my will to continue writing.  It’s times like these that encouragement helps.  I found this in the form of a short video from one of my favorite authors, Steven Pressfield (PositivelyPositive1, 2011).  He describes the type of professional mindset needed to succeed.  Shun resistance, which Pressfield relates to “internal sabotage,” and embrace a professional outlook in writing (PositivelyPositive1, 2011).  So is writing aptitude needed?  

References

PositivelyPositive1. (2011, April 19).  Steven Pressfield: overcoming resistance [Video file].  Retrieved from http:// http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RH5B2j843WU