{"id":62613,"date":"2017-02-23T10:35:12","date_gmt":"2017-02-23T16:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/?p=62613"},"modified":"2026-10-13T20:21:20","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T01:21:20","slug":"podcast-281-overcoming-resistance-turning-pro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artofmanliness.com\/character\/self-improvement\/podcast-281-overcoming-resistance-turning-pro\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast #281: Overcoming the Resistance by Turning Pro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In today\u2019s episode I&#8217;m welcoming back one of my all-time favorite guests, writer Steven Pressfield. Steven is the author of several popular novels including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B002MZUPYW\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B002MZUPYW&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=stucosuccess&amp;linkId=FSXA3GZUT5SFDAZ4\"><em>The Legend of Bagger Vance<\/em><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B000NJL7QO\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B000NJL7QO&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=stucosuccess&amp;linkId=FSXA3GZUT5SFDAZ4\"><em>Gates of Fire<\/em><\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B000FCKFEE\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B000FCKFEE&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=stucosuccess&amp;linkId=FSXA3GZUT5SFDAZ4\"><em>The Virtues of War<\/em><\/a>. He\u2019s also written several popular non-fiction books on the creative process, like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00NK0MJBK\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B00NK0MJBK&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=stucosuccess&amp;linkId=FSXA3GZUT5SFDAZ4\"><em>Do the Work<\/em><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B007A4SDCG\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B007A4SDCG&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=stucosuccess&amp;linkId=FSXA3GZUT5SFDAZ4\"><em>The War of Art<\/em><\/a>, which cover how to overcome what he calls &#8220;the Resistance.&#8221; Steve\u2019s now got a new novel out called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B01MYPAJW5\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B01MYPAJW5&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=stucosuccess&amp;linkId=FSXA3GZUT5SFDAZ4\"><em>The Knowledge<\/em><\/a>. 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