Episode · The Rich Roll Podcast · 2023-08-21
Books mentioned on A World Champion Athlete & Oscar-Nominated Writer on Mindset, Performance & Persistence
With over 400 triathlons to her name, today's guest Lesley Paterson is a 3x XTERRA Triathlon World Champion and 2x World Triathlon Cross Champion. But if you asked about her greatest test of endurance, it wouldn’t be a race.
Rich Roll discussed The War of Art by Steven Pressfield and All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque. Lesley Paterson discussed Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The War of Art
Steven Pressfield's The War of Art serves as a profound guide for creatives, entrepreneurs, and thinkers seeking to understand and conquer the psychological barriers that hinder productivity and inspiration.
Discussed“and this is a very kind of Steven pressfield Seth go kind of thing that that creativity is a discipline in the same way the pursuit of excellence in support is it requires rigor and structure accountability and all of those things”
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Man's Search for Meaning
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E.
Discussed“and interestingly you know I've been digging into Victor Frankel and man search for meaning for another project and I seek that I seek the suffering”
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All Quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque is a classic anti-war novel that depicts the profound physical and mental stress of German soldiers during World War I.
Discussed“called All Quiet on the Western Front that we all read in school a lot of us of my generation saw the 1979 TV movie”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“and then certainly in our book we get into different categories like identity confidence body image issues creating an alter ego like all these different things and we give tools right”