You and I, we are at war.

Certainly not with each other, but right now, at this very moment, we are on a battlefield.

And the stakes of this struggle could not be any higher.

That's because you are in this fight for the person that you were created to be the

work that you are meant to do and the life that you are meant to live.

In the Ramsey Network, this is the Entrez Leadership Podcast where we help business leaders

grow themselves, their teams, and their profits.

I'm your host Alex Judd and today's guest in a rare interview appearance is none other

than Stephen Pressfield.

As one of the most prolific writers of our time, Stephen has captured what he has learned

about this battle in the War of Art.

It is a book that everyone from Seth Godin to Oprah Winfrey has listed among the most

impactful that they have ever read.

And just like any war, this battle that you are in always begins when you identify the

enemy.

As a writer, which I am, one of the first things that you realize is that when you sit down

to the blank page, there's some kind of a force there that's kind of a repelling force.

Trying to make you go have a drink or do anything else, you know, take the day off, whatever.

And I always thought it was unique to me alone.

I thought, well, I mean, it must be the only one feeling this thing.

But when I wrote the War of Art, I gave a name to it and I called it resistance with

a capital R because that's what it's going to feel like to me.

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