The War of Art

Art can make the truth more palatable writes Nicholas Taleb in his book Fooled by Randomness. The genius of Pressfield and his book The War of Art. Pressfield has made the truth — the struggle to express oneself — more bearable.

What has this to do with coaching?

John Wooden once said (paraphrasing), “I don’t want great athletes; I want people to be themselves.” And that, folks, is harder than it sounds.