How to Overcome Inner Resistance | Steven Pressfield
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My guest is Steven Pressfield, author of The War of Art and expert in how to overcome the inner force of "resistance"—the self-sabotaging tendency to procrastinate on your life's most important work that keeps you from realizing your professional and creative potential. Steven shares actionable tools for defeating inner resistance that work. His approach is concrete, not based on slogans or inspirational messages. As the author of numerous best-selling books and screenplays, Steven's routines for cultivating discipline and focus, including his physical training regimen (he is incredibly mentally and physically vigorous at 82), are applicable by anyone. He gives you effective practical strategies for how to structure your day, overcome procrastination and self-doubt and do your best, most meaningful work.
Books
- The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks and Win Your Inner Creative Battles
- Do the Work: Overcome Resistance and Get Out of Your Own Way
- Turning Pro: Tap Your Inner Power and Create Your Life's Work
- Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae
- Nobody Wants to Read Your Sh*t: Why That Is And What You Can Do About It
- Govt Cheese a memoir
- The Arcadian: A Novel
- A Man at Arms: A Novel
- Steve Jobs
- Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia
- The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
- Chocolate Days, Popsicle Weeks
- The Odyssey of Homer: Translated by T.E. Lawrence
Movies Mentioned
- The Fighter
- Silver Linings Playbook
- Joy
- The Dark Knight
- King Kong Lives
- Alien
- That Thing You Do!
- The Godfather Part II
- My Big Break
- Good Will Hunting
Other Resources
Huberman Lab Episodes Mentioned
- Dr. Bernardo Huberman: How to Use Curiosity & Focus to Create a Joyful & Meaningful Life
- What Alcohol Does to Your Body, Brain & Health
- How to Make Yourself Unbreakable | DJ Shipley
- Science & Health Benefits of Belief in God & Religion | Dr. David DeSteno
People Mentioned
- Randall Wallace: screenwriter, film director
- Steven Spielberg: film director, producer, screenwriter
- Ernest Hemingway: novelist, short story writer, Nobel laureate
- Robert Redford: actor, director
- Mike Mentzer: bodybuilder, trainer
- Jack Johnson: singer, songwriter
- Jack Carr: author
- Micky Ward: boxer
- T.R. Goodman: fitness trainer
- David O. Russell: director, screenwriter
- Jack Epps Jr: writer, producer
- Seth Godin: author
- Sean Coyne: editor, book publisher
- Edmund Hillary: mountaineer, explorer
About this Guest
Steven Pressfield
Steven Pressfield is a bestselling author and screenwriter known for his influential works on creativity and resistance, including The War of Art, as well as historical novels like Gates of Fire and his screenplay for The Legend of Bagger Vance.
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