#102 – Steven Pressfield: The War of Art

Steven Pressfield is a historian and author of War of Art, a book
that had a big impact on my life and the life of millions of whose
passion is to create in art, science, business, sport, and
everywhere else. I highly recommend it and others of his books on
this topic, including Turning Pro, Do the Work, Nobody Wants to
Read Your Shit, and the Warrior Ethos. Also his books Gates of Fire
about the Spartans and the battle at Thermopylae, The Lion's Gate,
Tides of War, and others are some of the best historical fiction
novels ever written. Support this podcast by supporting these
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the outline of the episode. On some podcast players you should be
able to click the timestamp to jump to that time. OUTLINE: 00:00 -
Introduction 05:00 - Nature of war 11:43 - The struggle within
17:11 - Love and hate in a time of war 25:17 - Future of warfare
28:31 - Technology in war 30:10 - What it takes to kill a person
32:22 - Mortality 37:30 - The muse 46:09 - Editing 52:19 -
Resistance 1:10:41 - Loneliness 1:12:24 - Is a warrior born or
trained? 1:13:53 - Hard work and health 1:18:41 - Daily ritual