Episode 84: Turning Pro Part Two With Steven Pressfield

Today we invited Steven Pressfield, author of Turning Pro and A Man At Arms to talk about how the professional stays professional, and the inner struggles that she or he may feel at times, unbeknownst to their audience.  To turn pro often means to walk a lonely path, spending 10,000 hours honing one's craft. Where do you find balance? How do you prevent a loss of self? How do you determine innovation versus growth?  Tune in, join us, and find out.

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4-20-21

Turning Pro Part II: The Pro’s Journey

0:10 Jason’s Last 7 days

1:38 Su’s last 7 days

3:45 Nick Maurer’s Last 7 days

5:11 Jeff Black’s last 7 days

6:12 Amino Asylum TEC15 discount code

6:20 May 21st and May 22nd Nashville

7:10 Steven Pressfield last 7 days

9:20 What is you new book “Man at Arms” about?

10:48 Once you turn pro, how hard is it to stay pro?

14:05 What do you mean by “people doing things on a daily basis at the same time habitually are the most successful”?

18:20 What do you mean by “you have a force working with you”?

21:30 How do you separate doing more of what you are doing vs innovating and evolving?

24:50 How do we when we get some notoriety, drop the ego and practice with intentionality without crashing and burning?

27:05 How does the pro handle criticism?

30:09 What is your advice on people who tell you they are being “left behind” when you’re turning pro?

33:00 What is your take on when people are taking it to another level and working to get to that level without resenting you for “changing”?

35:55 How do you reconcile your career and calling vs who you are outside of your profession? How do you draw boundaries?

39:07 Do you have a sense of fear, excitement etc. when you walk into your office to put together your books? what is the feeling when you get into your “zone”?

41:50 Is the fear of losing it all go away once you turn pro?

43:05 How do you overcome the “upper limit problem”? where you are almost self-sabotaging yourself into needing to work your way back.

46:00 What do you do to help people overcome “imposter syndrome”?

48:30 What do you do each day that are “non-negotiable” habits that give you momentum to keep up being pro every day?

51:30 Once you get to your “success limit” how do you overcome the guilt of taking a break instead of always being on, and will your brain ever shut off?

57:00 rapid fire questions

Jordan or Kobe?

Hate to lose or love to win?

Best interviewer ever? What stood out of the interaction?

What do you hope is eternalize about steven Pressfield?

Follow Steven at “Stevepressfield.com” also on IG Steven Pressfield or buy new book “Man in Arms”