Steven Pressfield: Live from Thunder Ranch

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Jack Carr

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🗓️ 29 October 2021

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Note: This interview was originally recorded in May 2020 at Thunder Ranch. Today's bonus episode of Danger Close is with Steven Pressfield.

Steven Pressfield is a legendary author, Hollywood screenwriter and Marine Corps veteran. He has penned several bestselling novels including The Legend of Bagger Vance, Gates of Fire, Tides of War, The Virtues of War, The Afghan Campaign, and his latest, A Man at Arms, about the mercenary soldier Telamon of Arcadia.

Steven has also written numerous works of non-fiction including The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles, The Lion's Gate: On the Front Lines of the Six Day War, The Artist's Journey: The Wake of the Hero's Journey and the Lifelong Pursuit of Meaning, and others.

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0:00.0	This is the Danger Close Podcast, beyond the books with me, Jack Carr.
0:17.1	Welcome to the Danger Close Podcast, an ironclad original presented by Six Hour.
0:21.8	My guest today is the great Stephen Pressfield.
0:24.9	His latest book, Amanda Dharms, is available everywhere right now and it was such an honor
0:30.3	that he asked me to blur a bit because I have been a huge Stephen Pressfield fan for
0:34.1	as long as I can remember.
0:36.3	You might know him from Gates of Fire, Legend of Bag or Vance, Afghan campaign, killing
0:41.7	Rommel, and the series of books that he has written on creativity, which are great, not
0:46.5	just for authors, but anyone in the creative space.
0:49.0	And I'd say anyone in general because life is really all about leadership and these
0:53.8	books are really about taking accountability, slaying resistance, doing the work, and
0:59.5	getting it done.
1:00.5	So, highly recommend The War of Art, Turning Pro, Do the Work, Authentic Swing, absolutely
1:07.5	incredible series.
1:08.5	You can find out more about all of Stephen's work at StephenPressfield.com.
1:14.0	We recorded this in late May of 2020, up at Thunder Ranch in Oregon, where we were spending
1:19.6	some time with Clint and Heidi Smith on the range.
1:23.4	So enjoy this conversation.
1:25.8	I sure did.
1:27.2	Now, without further ado, the great Stephen Pressfield.
1:31.7	It's such an honor for me to sit down and talk to Stephen.
1:37.9	And this is the second time we've done something officially.
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