Art can make the truth more palatable writes Nicholas Taleb in his book Fooled by Randomness. I think that is 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 and I’m paraphrasing, “I don’t want great athletes; I want people to be themselves.” And that, folks, is harder than it sounds.