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Is The Ability To Overcome Resistance More Important Than Talent?

Resistance is the killer of dreams.

Sara Burdick
6 min readNov 17, 2021
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Is the ability to overcome resistance more important than talent?

Resistance, we all have it, don’t we?

According to Steven Pressfield, Talent doesn’t matter.

The ability to overcome resistance, self-sabotage, and self-doubt is way more important than talent. Steven Pressfield.

Is this true? Is this the secret to success?

First, I would like to explain what resistance is according to Steven Pressfield.

Resistance is a negative force that is preventing you from reaching your dreams.

If you don’t know who Steven Pressfield is he is an author of books such as The War of Art, Turning Pro, Do the Work, Nobody Wants to Read Your Sh*t, The Artist’s Journey. As well as the Legend of Bagger Vance.

One of my favorites!

Steven Pressfield is one of my favorite authors. He wrote for 17 years before he made any money on his writing. He was in his…

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Sara Burdick
Sara Burdick

Written by Sara Burdick

I quit the rat race after working as a nurse for 16 years. Travel and Storyteller. I live in Colombia. https://substack.com/@saraburdick

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