#281: Overcoming the Resistance

The Art of Manliness

Society & Culture, Education, Philosophy

4.7 • 14.5K Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2017

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

In today’s episode I'm welcoming back one of my all-time favorite guests, writer Steven Pressfield. Steven is the author of several popular novels including "The Legend of Bagger Vance," "Gates of Fire," and "The Virtues of War." He’s also written several popular non-fiction books on the creative process, like "Do the Work" and "The War of Art," which cover how to overcome what he calls "the Resistance." Steve’s now got a new novel out called "The Knowledge." It’s based on his early days as a writer in 1970s New York City and provides the backstory of how he learned to overcome the Resistance in his own life. Today on the show, Steve and I discuss how the Resistance rears its ugly head in our lives and how to overcome it by transforming from an amateur to a professional. We then talk about Steve’s early days as a writer and the struggles he went through in becoming a pro. If you are or someday hope to be a writer, artist, or entrepreneur, you’re going to love this episode. It’s filled with insights on the mindset you need to adopt in order to thrive in any endeavor.

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0:00.0	[♪ INTRO MUSIC PLAYING [♪
0:13.9	Burett McKay here and welcome to another edition of the Art of Manliness Podcast.
0:18.1	In today's episode, I'm welcoming back one of my all-time favorite guests.
0:21.5	Writer Steven Pressfield, Steven's the author of several popular novels including The Legend
0:25.0	of Bagger Vance, Gates of Fire and the Virtues of War.
0:28.0	He's also written several popular nonfiction books on the creative process like Do the
0:31.8	Work and The War of Art, which covers how to overcome what he calls the resistance
0:35.3	in any creative endeavor.
0:37.4	Steve's got a new novel out called The Knowledge.
0:39.0	It's based on his early days as a writer in 1970's New York City and provides the back
0:42.8	story of how he learned to overcome the resistance in his own life.
0:45.9	To the show, Steve and I discussed how the resistance rears its ugly head and lives
0:49.6	and how to overcome it by transforming from an amateur to professional.
0:53.0	We then talk about Steve's early days as a writer and the struggles he went through when
0:56.2	he was becoming a pro.
0:57.2	If you're somebody who hoped to be a writer or artist or an entrepreneur, you're going
1:01.2	to love this episode.
1:02.2	It's filled with insights on the mindset, need to adopt, nor to thrive in any creative endeavor.
1:06.8	After the show is over, check out our show notes at aowm.is slash The Knowledge.
1:14.0	All right, Steven Pressfield, welcome back to the show.
1:21.8	It's great to be here.
1:22.8	Thanks for having me.
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