Episode #1901
Steven Pressfield
Books mentioned
The War of Art
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Turning Pro
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Gates of Fire
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The Odyssey
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Epic of Gilgamesh
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The Immortality Key
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Bhagavad Gita
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Discipline Equals Freedom
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Govt Cheese
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Author Steven Pressfield discusses the discipline and self-awareness required to overcome creative resistance and pursue meaningful work. He and Joe Rogan explore ego, spirituality, psychedelics, mythology, personal growth, and how books shape inner life, along with the craft and experimentation of writing comedy.
What they talked about
- The concept of resistance in creative work
- Ego vs. the self and fear vs. love
- Sober October and group accountability challenges
- The prayer to the muse from Homer's Odyssey
- Ancient use of psychedelics in Greece and Egypt
- Evidence of early human cooking 780,000 years ago
- The role of the heyoka (sacred clown) in Native American culture
- Marshall Rosenberg's quote on unmet needs
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