I recently reread some of Steven

Pressfield's books, like The War of Art and The Warrior Ethos. In each of them,

there's a theme of resistance that is to be expected any time we

prepare for something big.

Kokoro 45 is the juggernaut that I

am finding opposition in right now in my life, and right away I

felt inadequate, meeting stories that I can't do it.

I'm also going to launch another

program called The Movement, meant to go global.

When you strive to become MORE,

resistance rears its ugly head. When you DECLARE that you are going

to contribute more to society, resistance is there.

The bells of hell go crazy when you

choose to expand and grow.

Resistance doesn't just want to

wound or maim you, it wants to DESTROY you. That's its

job.

So can we avoid it?

No.

There is opposition in all things. I

don't know why resistance wages war against things that we want to

do to make ourselves better, but no matter how much resistance we

have, if we continue to push forward, every single day, we will be

able to succeed, growing stronger than ever before.

We are meant to live the greatest

lives possible, but we won't be able to do that without

resistance. 

It will never go away.

Get clear about what you want and

your big purpose, and that commitment will help you see the trials

through.

You've got to be so full of

yourself, so clueless that you start doing 

The worst thing you can do is stop.

Stubbornness is beautiful because it makes you sink your teeth into

resistance. 

It will rattle your faith, make you

want to play small, and will always be the enemy.