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136. The War of Art

The OptimalWork Podcast

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The War of Art

Kevin Shreve: I wonder how many people would be tempted to quit their jobs, you know, based on that word. Well, and Pressfield himself quit his job. He was in advertising in New York City for 30 years as doing odd jobs. Intending to write and carrying a typewriter with him the whole time but never using it once. But he's actually a famous novelist now. You can definitely tell that what he's writing about, he's trying to capture this very real transformation in his own life.

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