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THE WAR OF ART

In this issue
AdvantEdge I am thrilled
to introduce an incredi-
bly prolific author,
Steven Pressfield, and
his article “Achieving
Your Unlived Life.” A
while back a friend gave
me a copy of an oddly titled book, The War of Art.
It sat on my nightstand for a few weeks, until one
day I decided to see what this “war” was all
about.
I read the first words: “Most of us live two
lives. The life we live and the unlived life with-
in us. Between the two stands Resistance.” I
couldn’t get that simply brilliant phrase out of
my head. In a way that only a novelist could,
Steven’s words captivated me for the next two
days as I absorbed this concept of Resistance and
learned the secrets to overcome it. Steven teach-
es that whether we admit it or even appreciate it,
every day we wage a war against an unquench-
of able foe he calls Resistance. Most people fall vic-
tim to this foe and adopt a comfortable life of
mediocrity, abandoning that life we most desire.
We each manifest this Resistance in different
ways, but the result is always the same. It is
whatever is keeping us from living the life we
most desire — the life we each know we can and
should be living — but for some reason we are
not. The reason ... Resistance.
This obscure book was Steven’s first work in
nonfiction. As so, the information has an energy
and pace that could be conveyed only by a fic-
tion novelist. When I approached Steven to
write an article on Resistance for AdvantEdge, I
was skeptical that we could convey the true
power of this concept in a magazine-article for-
mat. However, what he was able to create is
nothing short of a road map to conquering your
Resistance and living your ... Unlived Life.
I hope you find the same inspiration in its
words that I have.
Enjoy!

Carson V. Conant
Editor in Chief, AdvantEdge
EditorInChief@advantedgemag.com

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