The War of Art
Mentions in Episodes:
- Episode: Joe Rogan Experience #2232 - Josh Brolin
Podcast: The Joe Rogan ExperienceHave you ever read Pressfield's The War of Art?
- Episode: Joe Rogan Experience #2176 - Chad Daniels
Podcast: The Joe Rogan ExperienceThat's the Steven Pressfield, he swears by it, that the War of Art book is all about the Muse, about summoning the Muse. When you write, there's something weird going on.
- Episode: Joe Rogan Experience #2175 - Sam Tallent
Podcast: The Joe Rogan ExperienceI've talked about it too many times, but have you ever read Pressfield's 'War of Art'? Oh, we have a copy of it for you, then!
- Episode: Joe Rogan Experience #2085 - Charles Wesley Godwin
Podcast: The Joe Rogan ExperienceHave you ever read Steven Pressfield's 'The War of Art'? I did, yeah!
- Episode: Joe Rogan Experience #2104 - Chris Williamson
Podcast: The Joe Rogan ExperienceThat's what Steven Pressfield's book is all about—The War of Art.
- Episode: Joe Rogan Experience #2140 - Francis Foster & Konstantin Kisin
Podcast: The Joe Rogan ExperienceNo, I have a bunch of copies; I’ve recommended so much that he sent me like a box of... we bought a box back in the L.A. studio and now I would give it to comedians, I’m like, 'Just read this.'
- Episode: Joe Rogan Experience #2140 - Francis Foster & Konstantin Kisin
Podcast: The Joe Rogan ExperienceOh man, Pressfield talks about it almost like he... he talks... have you read The War of Art?
- Episode: Joe Rogan Experience #2140 - Francis Foster & Konstantin Kisin
Podcast: The Joe Rogan ExperienceOh man, Pressfield talks about it almost like he... he talks... have you read The War of Art?
- Episode: Joe Rogan Experience #2140 - Francis Foster & Konstantin Kisin
Podcast: The Joe Rogan ExperienceOh man, Pressfield talks about it almost like he... he talks... have you read The War of Art?
- Episode: Joe Rogan Experience #2140 - Francis Foster & Konstantin Kisin
Podcast: The Joe Rogan ExperienceYou know that thing from The War of Art that Pressfield talks about?
- Episode: Dr. Peter Attia On Stoicism, Longevity and Improving Your Quality Of Life
Podcast: The Daily StoicPressfield has a joke in The War of Art, which I guess may not be politically correct, but he says something like it was easier for Hitler to start World War II than it was for him to do his painting.
- Episode: Dr. Peter Attia On Stoicism, Longevity and Improving Your Quality Of Life
Podcast: The Daily StoicNo, it’s actually a really great illustration of what Steven Pressfield calls the resistance, right?
- Episode: Can The DailyWire Destroy Mainstream Media? - Jeremy Boreing
Podcast: Modern WisdomI'd read Steven Pressfield's 'The War of Art' and then 'Turning Pro,' and I thought, 'Wow, imagine what would happen if you treated the pursuit of my chosen career, which is podcasting, like an athlete.'
- Episode: Morgan Wade On Discipline, Getting Sober, and Finding Balance
Podcast: The Daily StoicBut I think that's, there's kind of a—there's um Steven Pressfield tells a version of that story also in the War of Art. He's saying that that's the resistance, right?
- Episode: Steven Pressfield on Discovering Stoicism and Working Without Attachment
Podcast: The Daily StoicDo you think about the spectrum of people who are able to enjoy 'Gates of Fire' or 'The War of Art'? You have people who have sold hundreds of millions of records that are fans of 'The War of Art', and people who are just thinking about starting.
- Episode: Steven Pressfield on Discovering Stoicism and Working Without Attachment
Podcast: The Daily StoicBecause I tend to reread The War of Art or Turning Pro or one of your books when I'm about to start a project. It's just like a nice sort of headspace to get into.
- Episode: Build A Mind That’s Wired For Health & Happiness - Dr Andrew Huberman (4K)
Podcast: Modern WisdomThose harder tasks where you have to breach some barrier, some resistance to put it into, you know, Steven Pressfield language, or our friend David Goggins, right? You know, this idea that one has to callous the mind.
- Episode: Rick Rubin on The Creative Act, Overcoming Ego, and Enjoying the Process
Podcast: The Daily StoicWhen somebody does something I guess—even the War of Art—but when somebody does something that is both timely but also has no place in time, that’s something incredible about what art can do. Where it can be everywhere and nowhere current and timeless at the same time.
- Episode: Steven Pressfield on Overcoming Resistance and the Value of Discipline
Podcast: The Daily StoicAs always, I love all your work—'The War of Art,' 'The Artist's Journey,' 'Gates of Fire'—I've loved all your stuff.
- Episode: CrossFit Athlete Brooke Wells on Reaching Your Potential
Podcast: The Daily StoicNo, I haven't, but you would love The War of Art or his novel Gates of Fire—that's amazing. In one of them, a philosopher is talking to Alexander the Great, and Alexander says, 'I have conquered the world; what have you ever done?'
- Episode: CrossFit Athlete Brooke Wells on Reaching Your Potential
Podcast: The Daily StoicThere's a line in one of Steven Pressfield's books that I love; have you ever read his stuff? No, I haven't, but you would love The War of Art or his novel Gates of Fire—that's amazing. In one of them, a philosopher is talking to Alexander the Great, and Alexander says, 'I have conquered the world; what have you ever done?'
- Episode: Kate Fagan on Facing Death and Accepting Loss (Memento Mori)
Podcast: The Daily StoicYeah, like I was talking to Steven Pressfield who wrote The War of Art, and he talks about, like, the muses. And I'm like, you can't possibly believe that your artistic stuff is coming from the muses.