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78 Steven Pressfield

Back to Square One

In the belly of the beast, we go back to our allies:
• Stupidity
• Stubbornness
• Blind faith

We are too dumb to quit and too mulish to back off.

In the belly of the beast, we remind ourselves of two axioms:
1. The problem is not us. The problem is the problem.
2. Work the problem.

The Problem Is the Problem

A professional does not take success or failure personally. That’s
Priority Number One for us now.

That our project has crashed is
not a reflection of our worth as
human beings. It’s just a mistake.
It’s a problem—and a problem

can be solved.

Now we go back to our sheet of yellow foolscap.