Comments on: Just Do It

By: Walt K

Walt K — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 18:39:04 +0000

I’m starting to use Writing Wednesdays as an incentive.

Get the work done, THEN read Writing Wednesdays.

Sometimes, like today, I don’t get here till Friday.

Always look forward to these, Steve.

By: Jane Kirsch

Jane Kirsch — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 17:05:59 +0000

I did a Just Do It email course for my clients a couple of years ago – This year I’m swallowing my own medicine – So simple and yet sometimes so hard…… Thanks for your inspiration always…..

By: r4 card

r4 card — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 04:26:17 +0000

It is really very helpful information for me and this region has been difficult to accept especially since we tend to favour centralization and governing from the centre.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 03:10:06 +0000

Thank you for this … great quote from McGuinness. “Just Think About It” is a really manipulative bugger. I’m going to call it out for what it is … Resistance!

By: Clive Warner

Clive Warner — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:44:06 +0000

Mr. Pressfield, I’ve just finished reading “Killing Rommel”, a book that brought tears to my eyes in one or two places, especially the epilogue.
I want to say that I really enjoy your writing style; in particular your excellent use of present and past tense to immediately clue the reader as to who/what/when. Your use of present tense gives an immediacy to the book, and your use of first person gives the reader intimacy with the story.
I used present tense in my own last novel and was somewhat gratified to find my present tense/first person narrative similar in many ways to yours. I’m the editor of Andrew Mowatt’s excellent novel about the Great War, “Severed Branch” and I love the genre you write in.
I’m certainly going to buy and read your other novels now.
More power to your elbow, sir!

By: KatieC

KatieC — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:24:39 +0000

Thanks for the push. Wishy-washy is SO 2009.

By: andrew lubin

andrew lubin — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:49:58 +0000

Get back on that keyboard – another day in paradise !!

By: Kristan

Kristan — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:24:22 +0000

That’s definitely my 2010 goal! I got a (friendly? haha not really) reminder of that this morning when I was driving to work and saw this vanity plate: DO OR DIE

Harsh, yes, but in a way, I was glad to see it. Because if I’m not really going to work towards my dreams, then I’m not really living.

By: Sandy Dempsey

Sandy Dempsey — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 11:41:09 +0000

Just do it – I do it by taking tiny baby steps every day – step by step I move into the “Just DONE It” camp.
Thanks, Steven as always.

By: Mark McGuinness

Mark McGuinness — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 09:38:25 +0000

Thanks Steven. I have a well-thumbed copy of The War of Art on the shelf above my desk as I type this, so I’m delighted my piece struck a chord for you.