This book by Steven Pressfield has come up 2 times across 2 different shows: Lex Fridman, Tim Ferriss. The people who brought it up: Lex Fridman, Steven Pressfield. The earliest mention we indexed is from 2020-06-20 and the most recent from 2021-03-01. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
Every time it came up
Steven Pressfield - The Artist’s Journey, Wisdom In Little Successes, & More | The Tim Ferriss Show
“one of the books that i've written about writing as you know is called nobody wants to read your shit”— Steven Pressfield
The guest here is Steven Pressfield: Former Marine, Duke graduate, and author who became a published novelist at age 53 after roughly 30 years of failure. He wrote The War of Art, The Legend of Bagger Vance, Gates of Fire, and his then-newest novel A Man at Arms. Steven Pressfield on resistance, the artist's journey, the muse, shadow careers, and why finishing your first big work changes everything.
Steven Pressfield: The War of Art | Lex Fridman Podcast #102
“do the work nobody wants to read your shit and the Warrior Ethos”— Lex Fridman
The guest here is Steven Pressfield: Bestselling author of The War of Art and historical-fiction novels like Gates of Fire about the Spartans. He is renowned for articulating the creative struggle against 'Resistance.'. Steven Pressfield reframes war as a metaphor for the inner creative battle, casting Resistance as the ego's fearful enemy of the self.
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