Glossary / Resistance

Resistance

Steven Pressfield's name for the internal force opposing creative work.

Universal, predictable, ferocious. The job is to show up daily — Pomodoro is the showing-up mechanism.

Related

• Shipping — Releasing work to the world.
• Procrastination — Voluntarily delaying intended actions despite expected negative consequences.

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• Pomodoro Technique
• Flowtime Technique
• Deep Work
• Shallow Work
• Flow State
• Ultradian Rhythm
• Circadian Rhythm
• Chronotype
• Default Mode Network
• Diffuse Thinking