441 - Steven Pressfield: It’s Not Too Late to Become the Hero of Your Journey (Listen to Your Gut)

The James Altucher Show

James Altucher

Education, Business

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2019

⏱️ 91 minutes

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Steven Pressfield was a cab driver for years before becoming a best-seller author. He's taught me about following your gut and not letting time get in the way of who you're supposed to become. Listen to Steven talk about the hero's journey and how you can become the hero of your life (even if you feel like it's too late, it's not.) I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltucher.com/podcast. Thanks so much for listening! If you like this episode, please subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" and rate and review wherever you get your podcasts: Apple Podcasts Stitcher iHeart Radio Spotify Follow me on Social Media: YouTube Twitter Facebook Linkedin Instagram ------------What do YOU think of the show? Head to JamesAltucherShow.com/listeners and fill out a short survey that will help us better tailor the podcast to our audience!Are you interested in getting direct answers from James about your question on a podcast? Go to JamesAltucherShow.com/AskAltucher and send in your questions to be answered on the air!------------Visit Notepd.com to read our idea lists & sign up to create your own!My new book, Skip the Line, is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever books are sold!Join the You Should Run for President 2.0 Facebook Group, where we discuss why you should run for President.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltuchershow.com------------Thank you so much for listening! If you like this episode, please rate, review, and subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" wherever you get your podcasts: Apple PodcastsiHeart RadioSpotifyFollow me on social media:YouTubeTwitterFacebookLinkedIn See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	This isn't your average business podcast and he's not your average host.
0:06.4	This is the James Altiger Show on the Choose Yourself Network.
0:12.5	Today on the James Altiger Show.
0:15.7	I think that question from birth is the thing that
0:18.9	plays all of us, right? Who am I? Why am I here?
0:22.7	You know, as we grow up, we're presented with various identities, right?
0:26.6	We can be a jock, we can be inert, we can be, you know, whatever, right?
0:30.6	And as we try these on, none of them work, right?
0:34.0	As the layers of the onion get peeled back through experience,
0:37.3	they sort of come at the end to realize, ah, this is who I am.
0:40.7	You know, you have this beautiful way of describing
0:44.0	what is the artist's journey. But I want to talk about it not only in the context of
0:49.5	for listeners who want to create a work of art, but also
0:53.5	where are we in our own stories? Are we the heroes or are we the red shirts, meaning,
0:59.7	you know, on Star Trek, you know, whoever wears the red shirt when they
1:02.7	beam down to the planet, you know those guys are dead.
1:05.1	Because you kind of imply that everybody's the hero of their own story.
1:08.9	I don't think that's true. I think some people get the call to action and never
1:12.3	respond to it. They have the opportunity to be the hero, but they don't respond.
1:16.0	Uh-huh. I'm sure that's true, but they should respond, you know,
1:20.2	sooner or later, everybody does, I think. I don't know. I don't know because.
1:24.4	I hope. I think if somebody's listening to this and they're sort of a little bit lost
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