Rationalization is Resistance's right-hand man. Its job is … - Steven Pressfield

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Rationalization is Resistance's right-hand man. Its job is to keep us from feeling the shame we would feel if we truly faced what cowards we are for not doing our work.

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Steven Pressfield (born September 1943) is an American author of historical fiction and non-fiction, and screenplays.

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