Book · 2012 · Creative thinking
Turning Pro
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- 23
- people
- 8
- podcasts
- 5
- episodes
- 19
- critical mentions
- 0
Turning pro and the whole idea is about approaching your work like you know you decide that you're a professional.
Joe Rogan · The Joe Rogan Experience · Jun 2024 Listen at 14:28 What they say about it
- Read both The War of Art and Turning Pro“read both the war of art and turning pro”4
- Mentioned alongside The War of Art“analogous to the war of art”4
The best things said about it
Turning pro was a turning point for me I read it three years ago at the start of the pandemic.
Chris Williamson Modern Wisdom · Feb 2023 That externalizing of the inflating and anxious cycle really hit me.
Chris Williamson Modern Wisdom · Feb 2023 It's like talking about the things that people do to distract them from the work.
Joe Rogan The Joe Rogan Experience · Jun 2024 They had a very profound impact on how I view the things that I do in my life.
Chris Williamson Modern Wisdom · Sep 2020 The amateur is a narcissist he views the world hierarchically.
Chris Williamson Modern Wisdom · Dec 2022 Imagine what would happen if you treat the pursuit of my chosen career which is podcasting like an athlete.
Chris Williamson Modern Wisdom · Dec 2023 Where and when it comes up
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How it comes up
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Why people recommend it
Turning Pro by Steven Pressfield is a motivational manual that challenges individuals to overcome internal resistance, drop amateur habits, and fully commit to their creative work. Joe Rogan discussed the book on The Joe Rogan Experience to illustrate the various ways people distract themselves from doing real work. Ryan Holiday mentioned on The Daily Stoic that he regularly revisits Pressfield's books before kicking off a new project. Alex Hormozi and Chris Williamson both talked about reading the book on Modern Wisdom to help solidify their commitment to their respective creative endeavors. Williamson further elaborated on Modern Wisdom that reading the book during the start of the pandemic served as a major turning point for his podcasting career, helping him stop anxious cycles of self-doubt. Rich Roll recommended several books by Pressfield, including Turning Pro, to listeners of The Rich Roll Podcast when discussing the struggles of creative endurance and dedication.
Every mention
Chris Williamson so this is a passage from turning pro and this was pretty formative given that this episode was inspired by… 9
Discussed
“I'd read Steven pressfield's uh the war of Art and then turning pro and I thought wow like imagine what would happen if you treat The Pursuit Of My Chosen career which is podcasting like an athlete”
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“I read Steven pressfield war of art then I read turning pro I want to turn pro with the show”
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“so this is a passage from turning pro and this was pretty formative given that this episode was inspired by doing five years of this podcast uh turning pro was a turning point for me I read it three years ago at the start of the pandemic”
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“and um that's why I'm always going to have a big affinity for the ideas in turning pro and um yeah that externalizing of the inflating and anxious cycle really hit me”
Discussed
“there was a quote that I found last week from Stephen pressfield in turning pro the amateur is a narcissist he views the world hierarchically”
Discussed
“very strongly since i decided to turn pro as uh steven pressfield calls it”
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“yeah i recently had your friend steven pressfield on the show and i see a lot of parallels between the practice and the war of art and turning pro”
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“so as a tiny bit of background i read both the war of art and turning pro this year and they had a very profound impact on how i view the things that i do in my life”
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“obviously link to the war of art and turning pro will be in the show notes below”
Joe Rogan it's a similar sort of vein it's called turning pro but one of the things in turning pro it's like talking… 5
Discussed
“because you you also wrote turning pro right”
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“it's a similar sort of vein it's called turning pro but one of the things in turning pro it's like talking about the things that people do to distract them from the work”
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“but turning pro and the whole idea is about approaching your work like you know you decide that you're a professional”
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“read press Fields turning pro War get the [ __ ] out”
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“The other one is Steven Steven Presfield's the war on art war and his new one turning pro which is equally brilliant.”
Rich Roll And if you're interested in all of the things that we're talking about today, pick up "The War of Art," "Tu… 3
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“And if you're interested in all of the things that we're talking about today, pick up "The War of Art," "Turning Pro," "Nobody Wants to Read Your Sh*t."”
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“People will know him as the author of the War of Art and Turning Pro.”
Discussed
“when people ask me you know what are the most influential books in your life there's that list is long but generally at or near the top of that list is always the war of art turning pro and the artists way”
Jack Carr I did that research I talked about with steven pressfield's books on creativity war of art authentic swing… 2
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“I did that research I talked about with steven pressfield's books on creativity war of art authentic swing turning pro do the work”
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“I did that research I talked about with steven pressfield's books on creativity war of art authentic swing turning pro”
Alex Hormozi then I read turning pro 1
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“then I read turning pro”
Lex Fridman and others of his books on this topic including turning pro do the work 1
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“and others of his books on this topic including turning pro do the work”
Ryan Holiday uh because is like I tend to reread the war of art or turning pro or one of your books like when I'm about… 1
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“uh because is like I tend to reread the war of art or turning pro or one of your books like when I'm about to start a project”
Aubrey Marcus uh turning pro which is very analogous to the war of Art and I actually would wanted to ask you you know wh… 1
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“uh turning pro which is very analogous to the war of Art and I actually would wanted to ask you you know when recommending am between war of Art and turning pro what are the distinctions”
Also mentioned in the same episodes
Other mentions (6: passing, ad reads, own books)
Plugged
“And my book, "Turning Pro," is about that, flipping that switch in your head that costs no money. You don't have to take a course. You don't have to get certified.”
Passing
“and he has a couple other books in that vein, "Turning Pro" et cetera.”
Passing
“he also has another one called turning pro i think i mean he in general espouses like taking it seriously”
Plugged
“that were um what i call in the book shadow activities not the real activities they were close to them but they were not really them”
Plugged
“i think i even wrote this in turning pro that i used to work in this office here where i am right now”
Passing
“Ethos 5 17.2 turning pro 6 19.4 Wow”