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Tim Ferriss · 2022-12-14

"The War of Art" Author Steven Pressfield on Overcoming Self-Sabotage, Momentum, and Turning Pro

"The War of Art" Author Steven Pressfield on Overcoming Self-Sabotage, Momentum,  and Turning Pro

The guest's own work

BookBy the guestISBN verified

Gates of Fire

Steven Pressfield

“he has written the million-seller, Gates of Fire and The War of Art, one of the best titles of any book of all time”— Tim Ferriss
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The War of Art

Steven Pressfield

“he has written the million-seller, Gates of Fire and The War of Art, one of the best titles of any book of all time”— Tim Ferriss
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The Legend of Bagger Vance

Steven Pressfield

“The Legend of Bagger Vance, A Man at Arms, and many others”— Tim Ferriss
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A Man at Arms

Steven Pressfield

“The Legend of Bagger Vance, A Man at Arms, and many others”— Tim Ferriss
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Govt Cheese

Steven Pressfield

“His newest book, the memoir Govt Cheese, and I have it right here, this one is about those years before the first publication”— Tim Ferriss
MediaBy the guest

COCKPUNCH

Tim Ferriss (inferred)

“is now live. The first two short-fiction pieces are live in audio form on something called the COCKPUNCH podcast”— Tim Ferriss
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The Artist's Journey

Steven Pressfield

“Now, I wrote a book called The Artist's Journey that — I had never heard of Richard Rohr. I saw this as a completely same concept”— Steven Pressfield

Also referenced (named, not recommended)

MediaReferenced

Hidden Brain

“because I was listening to a podcast recently, Hidden Brain, I'll give it credit, and they were talking about discussing literature”— Tim Ferriss
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Memories, Dreams, Reflections

Carl Jung

“I know you've read Jung's Memories, Dreams, Reflections, right? And it's his life stories, autobiography”— Steven Pressfield
MediaReferenced

Game of Thrones

“if you think about Game of Thrones, the names of the characters there were so fantastic”— Steven Pressfield
MediaReferenced

Top Gun: Maverick

“I just was watching on the airplane, I was watching Top Gun, the Maverick one. Have you seen it at all?”— Steven Pressfield
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The Right Stuff

“I know from The Right Stuff that there's such a thing as you bail out and you land in — whatever”— Steven Pressfield
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Falling Upward

Richard Rohr

“And he wrote a book called Falling Upward. This is what we were talking about.”— Steven Pressfield
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The Odyssey

Homer

“Homer's Odyssey, the story of Odysseus returning from the Trojan War. That to me is the granddaddy of all hero's journeys”— Steven Pressfield