A Lifelong Enemy
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Who it's for
A good fit for
- Readers who have a dream they want to fulfill but have long failed to act on
- Creators or entrepreneurs prone to procrastination and endless preparation
- People who need psychological motivation and want to understand the roots of their procrastination
- Readers who like a direct, forceful writing style with a call to action
Not a good fit for
- Readers hoping for detailed time-management steps and tool templates
- People experiencing serious psychological distress who need professional therapy
- Readers who prefer gentle, gradual self-growth and are uncomfortable with a direct tone
Reading tips
- Before reading, write down one thing you have been putting off, and enter the book with that specific question.
- After each chapter, immediately do one small action for that thing that takes under five minutes.
- Compare the book's description of Resistance with your own excuses for procrastinating, and record the recurring patterns.
- Don't just read without practicing; set a short-term action deadline as you read and test the book's ideas through action.
About the publisher
Shanghai Culture Publishing House focuses on practical living and popular culture, while also building a concentrated list in adjacent knowledge areas such as foreign literature, Western philosophy, military studies, and politics. Representative titles in the library include Nietzsche's The Birth of Tragedy, Thus Spoke Zarathustra, and The World as Will and Representation; Goethe's Faust; the Homeric epics (8 volumes); and Carl von Clausewitz's On War, along with Flatland. In terms of translators and authors, Chen Zhongmei, Tian Linian, Qi Jiafu, and Ruan Huishan have contributed to related titles. The press is characterized by connecting classic texts with the reading needs of a general audience, balancing cultural accumulation with knowledge popularization. Given limited public information, this description emphasizes the publishing directions reflected in the library's books.
Contents
- 版权信息
- 致中国读者
- 序
- 前言
- 第一章 内阻力 定义敌人
- 内阻力的最强一击
- 内阻力是看不见的
- 内阻力是内在的
- 内阻力是阴险的
- 内阻力不依不饶
- 内阻力冷漠无情
- 内阻力无懈可击
- 内阻力是普世存在的
- 内阻力永不眠
- 内阻力是动真格的
- 恐惧是内阻力的食粮
- 内阻力只单向设障
- 内阻力在终点线前最强大
- 内阻力会招募盟友
- 内阻力与拖延
- 内阻力与拖延Ⅱ
- 内阻力与性
- 内阻力与故障
- 内阻力与戏剧化人格
- 内阻力与自我治疗
- 内阻力与受害者情节
- 内阻力与配偶的选择
- 内阻力与这本书
- 内阻力与不快乐
- 内阻力与原教旨主义
- 内阻力与批评
- 内阻力与自我怀疑
- 内阻力与恐惧
- 内阻力与爱
- 内阻力与成为明星
- 内阻力与孤立
- 内阻力与孤独
- 内阻力与治愈
- 内阻力与支持
- 内阻力与合理化
- 内阻力与合理化防御
- 内阻力可以被打败
- 第二章 与内阻力作战 成为职业选手
- 职业选手和业余爱好者
- 职业选手
- 作家一天的内心感受
- 如何痛苦
- 我们都是职业选手
- 因热爱而战
- 职业选手是耐心的
- 职业选手寻求秩序
- 职业选手去神秘化
- 职业选手与恐惧同行
- 职业选手不找借口
- 职业选手不抱怨环境
- 职业选手准备充分
- 职业选手不炫技
- 职业选手致力于掌握技艺
- 职业选手不耻于求助
- 职业选手与“乐器”保持距离
- 职业选手不将失败（或成功）归于个人
- 职业选手扛得住逆境
- 职业选手自我认证
- 职业选手看得到个人局限
- 职业选手重新发明自己
- 职业选手能认出彼此
- 你与公司
- 穷追不舍
- 没有神秘可言
- 第三章 超越内阻力 更高的领域
- 抽象意义上的天使
- 接近神秘
- 召唤缪斯
- 继续召唤
- 再次召唤
- 有识之士的证明
- “开始”的魔力
- “继续”的魔力
- 拉戈
- 生与死
- 自我与自性
- 体验自性
- 恐惧
- 真实的自己
- 领域与等级
- 等级取向
- 艺术家与等级体系
- 二流作家的定义
- 领域导向
- 艺术家与领域
- 领域和等级之间的差异
- 至高无上的美德
- 我们的劳动成果
- 艺术家的肖像
- 艺术家的生命
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Steven Pressfield is an American author born in 1943. Publicly available information about him is limited; it can be confirmed that he has written works such as The War of Art and The Gates of Fire. His writing centers largely on the creative process itself, focusing on how creators can discipline themselves, persevere, and keep taking action in the face of resistance, giving his work a strongly practical orientation. His prose is usually direct and concise, with little theoretical elaboration, placing emphasis instead on workable attitudes and methods. As a result, he has had a certain influence among readers interested in creativity and self-management. The library currently holds one of his works, The Enemy of a Lifetime, commonly classified as foreign literature, which can serve as an entry point for understanding his ideas on creation.
Zhao Shuoshuo is an author whose publicly available information is currently limited, and whose creative identity and background remain unclear. The database contains one work by this author, titled Lifetime Enemy, which is classified under foreign literature. Judging from this category and the title, the work may revolve around opposition, conflict, or entanglements of fate between characters, carrying considerable narrative tension and emotional weight; the phrase "lifetime" in the title also suggests that the story unfolds across a broad span of time or explores the depth of a relationship. Because biographical details, a chronology of works, and further titles are lacking, it is not yet possible to assess the full range of the author's writing style or to evaluate a specific position and influence in the literary world. The available material can only indicate the thematic direction of one work, which readers may treat as an entry point into the author's creative world; a more complete understanding would require additional information.
