Book · recommended on 4 episodes
Turning Pro
Steven Pressfield ISBN 1936891034
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Steven Pressfield ISBN 1936891034
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This book by Steven Pressfield has come up 4 times across 4 different shows: Andrew Huberman, Joe Rogan, Lex Fridman, Tim Ferriss. The people who brought it up: Joe Rogan, Lex Fridman, Steven Pressfield, Tim Ferriss. The earliest mention we indexed is from 2020-06-20 and the most recent from 2025-10-20. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
“And my book, "Turning Pro," is about that, flipping that switch in your head that costs no money.”— Steven Pressfield
The guest here is Steven Pressfield: Bestselling author of "The War of Art," "Gates of Fire," and other historical fiction and nonfiction. A former Marine, advertising copywriter, and screenwriter who published his first book at 52 and is still writing daily at 82. Author Steven Pressfield tells Andrew Huberman how to recognize, outwork, and overcome the inner 'Resistance' that sabotages creative work.
“you you also wrote turning pro right yeah and a few others yeah but the same on the same along the same vein”— Joe Rogan
The guest here is Steven Pressfield: Bestselling author of The War of Art, Gates of Fire, and The Legend of Bagger Vance, known for his ideas on creative Resistance and the writer's craft. Author Steven Pressfield and Joe Rogan dig into creativity, Resistance, the ego versus the Muse, discipline, and lost ancient civilizations.
“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
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.
“I highly recommend it and others of his books on this topic including turning pro do the work nobody wants to read your shit”— 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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