CHAPTER 9Fighting the Resistance

Most of us have two lives. The life we live and the unlived life within us. Between the two stands Resistance.

STEVEN PRESSFIELD

Resistance to What?

WHEN YOU are developing a strong framework where you will construct all your remarkable performances, it is important to recognize and call out this thing known as the resistance. Author Seth Godin wrote, “The resistance is working overtime to be sure that you won’t actually do anything remarkable. As a result, the list of excuses in reverse is longer than you might expect.” There is a great truth here for anyone wanting to deliver or lead others to deliver remarkable performances—there will always be a list of excuses designed to keep you from repeating success. ...

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