The War of Art
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4 episodesTerry Bradshaw On Lessons From Super Bowl & Broadcasting Stardom, Battling Depression & Surviving Cancer
Host Rich Roll references his friend Steven Pressfield's The War of Art while making a point about approaching life and career. He describes it as being about creativity, professionalism, and overcoming procrastination, then cites Pressfield's saying 'life is short, but it's also long' to argue that building something meaningful requires daily effort while not expecting overnight results.
260: Situated by Angela Duckworth
Briefly mentioned as an example of the common creative-work narrative—that resistance must be fought and suffering endured for one's art—which Situated implicitly challenges through Frankl's clarification that suffering is not necessary for meaning.
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253: How to Try Again by Steve Kamb
Briefly cited as the source of a quote about the difficulty of writing, referenced in a newsletter one host published that week. The mention arises from a discussion of whether the suffering involved in the creative process is optional, prompted by chapter six of How to Try Again.
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