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34 Steven Pressfield
Every principle espoused so far in this volume is predicated
upon that truth. The aim of every axiom set forth thus far is to
outwit, outflank, outmaneuver Resistance.
We can never eliminate Resistance.
It will never go away. But we can
outsmart it, and we can enlist allies
that are as powerful as it is.
One thing we can never, never permit ourselves to do is to take
Resistance lightly, to underestimate it or to fail to take it into
account.
We must respect Resistance, like Sigourney Weaver respected
the Alien, or St. George respected the dragon.
Fill in the Gaps
On our single sheet of foolscap we’ve got the Big Beats. Now
what?
Fill in the gaps.
David Lean famously declared that a feature film should have
seven or eight major sequences. That’s a pretty good guideline
for our play, our album, our State of the Union address.
