Roar into 2021 with Steven Pressfield & Joe De Sena

The Hard Way w/ Joe De Sena

Spartan Races

Fitness, Alternative Health, Health & Fitness, 792700

4.7 • 870 Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2021

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Steven Pressfield, author of "Gates of Fire" about the original Spartans, and the classics "The Warrior Ethos" and "The War of Art" joins Joe De Sena on the Spartan Up podcast today. How will you keep driving forward in 2021? And what can we learn from the ancient Spartans about success and drive?

If you've heard the terms "going pro" or "resistance" in the context of athletic, creative, mental performance you've heard the ideas of Stephen Pressfield. What can we learn about motivation from the original Spartans? What is the essential lesson of Pressfield's book "turning pro?" Those are all topics of this motivating conversation.

Get ready to crash into 2021 and keep driving forward, just make sure you're walking, lifting, running, or hustling while you listen.

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LINKS:

Stephen Pressfield https://stevenpressfield.com/books/

His NEW Book “A Man at Arms” https://stevenpressfield.com/preorder-a-man-at-arms/

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CREDITS:

Producer – Marion Abrams, Madmotion, llc.

Host: Joe De Sena

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0:00.0	With all this writing with all this knowledge right and especially knowing the ancient Spartans here we are just after January 1st the proverbial New Year's resolutions that
0:12.0	I don't know 92% of people fail within like two weeks.
0:15.4	Whether it's training or whether it's a pursuit in the arts or an entrepreneurial
0:20.9	venture or whatever it is, it's a lifelong pursuit.
0:26.0	You know, that's the way I don't think of this
0:28.6	of 2021 as a new year.
0:31.4	You know, I don't think of it as like, oh, in my first two or three months, I'm going to accomplish A, B, C. It's the whole year for me and then it's the year after that and it's a year after that. And it's the, it's the habits it's the thing that you do every
0:46.5	day.
0:47.5	Welcome to the Spartan Up podcast with Joe DeSenna, founder and CEO of Spartan Race.
0:55.0	We are talking about overcoming obstacles.
1:00.0	The same way we teach people to get over obstacles on the course, we will teach you here on a Spartan
1:05.6	up podcast to get over obstacles in your mind.
1:09.7	Today, Joe talks with Stephen Pressfield, author of the Gates of Fire, about the original Spartans,
1:14.0	and author of the classics, the Warrior Ethos, and the War of Art.
1:16.8	How will you keep driving forward in 2021 and what can we learn from the ancient Spartans
1:20.8	about success and drive?
1:22.3	Keep listening to find out.
1:24.1	This episode of Spartan Up is brought to you by Honeystinger.
1:26.6	Made with organic honey and delicious ingredients.
1:29.0	Use the code H.S Spartan 2020
1:31.6	at honeystinger.com to save 30% off.
1:34.0	Joe the Center here, founder and CEO of Spartan.
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