The Daily Stoic

Steven Pressfield on Consistency, Overcoming Resistance and Discipline

Aug 20, 2022

59:25

Episode guests

Steven Pressfield

Highlights

AI Chapters

Episode notes

Rewriting Leads to Improvement

00:34

Martin Luther King's Reservations

01:52

Do You Know Where Do You See Yourself 10 Years From Now

03:41

Put Your Ass Where Your Heart Wants To Be

00:54

Introduction

2min

Audible Review - Slash Daily Stoic to 500 500

5min

Do You Show Up on the Days When It Was Hot When You Were Tired?

3min

When to Say Yes to Non-Writing Stuff

3min

How to Promote Yourself in Different Mediums

4min

The Driving Engine Is the Writing of the Books

2min

Are You Putting Your Attention Where You Want It to Be?

5min

How to Effectively Delegate Tasks on Social Media

3min

Wondery's Podcast American History Tellers

2min

10.

Is This the Right Word for You?

3min

11.

Is There a Resurrection or Is It a Form of Resistance?

2min

12.

How Do You Pace Yourself When You're in This for the Long Term?

3min

13.

Do You Know Where Do You See Yourself 10 Years From Now

4min

14.

The One Line a Day Journal

2min

15.

Discipline Is Destiny

2min

16.

OCD or Something Like That and I'm Not Sure Why He Left the New England Patriots to Go to Tampa Bay

2min

17.

Do You Hate Every Day of It?

2min

18.

The Point of Making Money Is to Make More Work

2min

19.

The Numbers in Writing

2min

20.

Do You Know if You're Not Trying to Get Better at What You Do?

3min

21.

I'm Not a Full-Time Writer but I Don't Write a Check

3min

22.

The Spartans Are Taking the Omens

3min

23.

The Purpose of Discipline

3min

24.

The Daily Stoic Life

2min

Ryan talks to author Steven Pressfield about his new book Put Your Ass Where Your Heart Wants To Be, how to do good work consistently, the importance of discipline, and more.

Steven Pressfield wrote for 27 years before he got his first novel published. During that time he worked 21 different jobs in eleven states. Steven taught school, drove tractor-trailers, worked in advertising and as a screenwriter in Hollywood. He worked on offshore oil rigs, and picked fruit as a migrant worker. His books include The War of Art and Gates of Fire.

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