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Falling Upward
Richard Rohr
“i highly recommend anything by him”
“if you've ever heard of richard rohr who wrote falling upward i think it is he's a franciscan monk and a very deep thinker”— Steven Pressfield
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The Story Grid
Shawn Coyne
“the best book is the story grid by sean coyne”
“for integrating the editor's mindset into the writing process the best book is the story grid by sean coyne”— Tim Ferriss
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The War of Art
Steven Pressfield
“the omnipresence of resistance the interior force of self-sabotage he described in the war of art one of the best book titles of all time”— Tim Ferriss
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The Warrior Ethos
Steven Pressfield
“pressfield's novels of the ancient world including the non-fiction the warrior ethos are required reading at west point annapolis”— Tim Ferriss
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A Man at Arms
Steven Pressfield
“his newest book is a man at arms and epic saga about a reluctant hero of the roman empire and the rise of a new faith”— Tim Ferriss
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The Legend of Bagger Vance
Steven Pressfield
“your first novel published after around 30 years of effort the legend of bagger vance how old were you when that was published”— Tim Ferriss
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Nobody Wants to Read Your Shit
Steven Pressfield
“one of the books that i've written about writing as you know is called nobody wants to read your shit”— Steven Pressfield
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The War of Art
Steven Pressfield
“when i finally did finish it and i write about this in the war of art when i finally did finish it i felt like my dna changed”— Steven Pressfield
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Gates of Fire
Steven Pressfield
“the story grid sean coyne is actually was my first editor he was the editor who bought gates of fire”— Steven Pressfield
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Turning Pro
Steven Pressfield
“i'm going to read just a little bit of this blog post from 2012 which is on your website i think this is more from turning pro”— Tim Ferriss
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Do the Work
Steven Pressfield
“you have your creative how-to books the war of art turning pro do the work and so on then you have your historical fiction”— Tim Ferriss
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Tides of War
Steven Pressfield
“then you have your historical fiction which is just outstanding gates of fire tides of war the afghan campaign and now a man at arms”— Tim Ferriss
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The Afghan Campaign
Steven Pressfield
“your historical fiction which is just outstanding gates of fire tides of war the afghan campaign and now a man at arms”— Tim Ferriss
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The Lion's Gate
Steven Pressfield
“a few years ago i wrote a book called the lion's gate which was about the 1967 arab-israeli war the six-day war”— Steven Pressfield
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The 4-Hour Workweek
Tim Ferriss
“he read a passage from the four hour work week in the course of that interview because he's read the book”— Tim Ferriss
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The 4-Hour Body
Tim Ferriss
“i recommended it in fact in the four hour body this is more than ten years ago and i did not get paid to do so”— Tim Ferriss
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Tribe of Mentors
Tim Ferriss
“this was a question in tribe of mentors that i actually don't even answer to what i said in that in tribe of mentors”— Steven Pressfield
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Wild Geese
Mary Oliver
“it makes me think a bit of the poem wild geese by mary oliver that the first few lines are you do not have to be good”— Tim Ferriss
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Star Wars
George Lucas (inferred)
“like when luke skywalker is just bitching and whining and doesn't want to go see yoda everyone should re-watch star wars”— Tim Ferriss
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The Wizard of Oz
“like in the wizard of oz it's dorothy gets swept up in the tornado”— Steven Pressfield
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Rocky
“if you remember the first rocky the movie when apollo creed or the promoter calls rocky into his office and says i'm going to give you a shot”— Steven Pressfield
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Alien
Ron Shusett (inferred)
“i got kind of teamed up with an established writer a guy named ron shusett who did the first alien among other things”— Tim Ferriss
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The Creative Habit
Twyla Tharp
“there's a wonderful book by twyla tharp i'm sure you're aware of this tim called the creative habit and she kind of describes her habits”— Steven Pressfield
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On Writing
Stephen King
“you mentioned stephen king's on writing ernest hemingway on writing larry phillips and henry miller on writing”— Tim Ferriss
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Ernest Hemingway on Writing
Larry W. Phillips
“stephen king's on writing ernest hemingway on writing larry phillips and henry miller on writing henry miller's just incredible”— Tim Ferriss
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Henry Miller on Writing
Henry Miller
“larry phillips and henry miller on writing henry miller's just incredible”— Tim Ferriss
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The Sandcastle
Mike McClelland
“i have behind me a book by a friend of mine mike mcclelland called the sandcastle and it's like 780 pages long”— Steven Pressfield
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