Buret McKay here and welcome to another edition of the Art of Manliness Podcast.

In a world that celebrates overnight success, it's easy to forget that very often, achieving

your dreams takes the heck of a long time.

My guest knows this all too well.

You may know Stephen Pressfield as the best-selling author of books like The Legend of Bag of

Vance, Gates of Fire, and The War of Art.

But as he details in his new memoir, Government Cheese, it took more than a quarter century

for him to become a published novelist.

Today on the show, Stephen talks about what he learned in that journey, in the many

odd jobs, from driving trucks to picking apples that he took along the way.

We discuss the lesson Stephen Gleamed that applied to achieving any dream, including

how to overcome a propensity for self-sabotage, get your ego out of the way, finish what you

start, and develop the killer instinct.

This is a great motivating conversation on learning not to pull the pin on important

commitments in your life.

And we'll explain what that means coming up.

After the show is over, check out our show notes at aam.is slash press field.

Alright, Stephen Pressfield, welcome back to the show.

Hey, it's great to be back, Brad.

Thanks for having me.

You got a couple new books out, but one we're going to focus a lot on today is called

Government Cheese and Memoir.

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