The Power of Resistance

How Gurdieff's law shows up in our life...and why we need to use it.

Early this year, I sat at dinner with one of my long-time friends, Taylor, a TV writer, catching up. We chatted about our respective sons, and then the conversation turned to my book. I had received notes from my editor earlier that week asking me to restructure each chapter according to a formula and so I had spent the intervening days sitting on the f…