Steven Pressfield
@SPressfield
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Check out my newest book "Put Your Ass Where Your Heart Wants To Be". Best-selling author of The War of Art, Gates of Fire,Turning Pro and many more
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Last Seen Profiles
Thank you to
@tferriss
for running an excerpt of Steve's upcoming book THE ARTIST'S JOURNEY and sharing for the book with his readers. —SP Team
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Doesn’t get much better than this.
@dailystoic
Good things always happen when Ryan Holiday and I talk. Check it out at
@ryanholiday
#amanatarms
#resistance
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#TheWarriorArchetype
can be virtuous, noble, honorable, even sacred. But it is not the be-all and end-all of your life or mine.
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If
#TheWarriorArchetype
was implanted within our psyche (or evolved on its own) to assist us in fighting wars ... what war should we fight?
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What do you call an Athenian that sits out of a revolution? New episode of
#TheWarriorArchetype
out now.
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Overnight success?? Took me 30 years before I got my first novel published. We think success just happens -
@WrestleSuccess
knows it doesn’t. Listen to our conversation about on his podcast. Link in bio…
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Proud to remember the 2500th anniversary of the Battle of Thermopylae and Salamis in conversation with Alexandra Papadopoulou, the Greek ambassador to the US and endyzemenides hellenicleaders. You can see the…
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A lone mercenary, the Roman Empire, a mute girl, the Apostle Paul all come together in A Man at Arms. Early order bonuses still available through end of March.
#amanatarms
#warriorethos
#gatesoffire
#christianfiction
#historicalfiction
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I'd like to share this video with you from my friend Scott Mann: " As difficult as the moral injury of leaving Afghanistan has been on our warriors and military families, it's nothing compared to the impact on our Afghan partners .
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. 1000 signed copies of my new book “A Man at Arms” available exclusively at Vroman’s Bookstore. Hope this link works!!
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Writing Wednesdays: Get Steve’s New Book on Writing … Free!
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. . Tired of the polarization of life and politics these days. I am. My friend retired Green Beret Lt. Colonel Scott Mann
@RooftopLeader
has put together a couple of videos talking about why we got here and how can we change. Here's the 1st one.
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Where the body goes, the spirit follows. Therefore, move thy butt. Put your ass where your heart wants to be.
http://t.co/61dXEPVm9p
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I think some people may have missed this podcast with Hugh Hewitt. It was originally part of his morning radio show and I am privileged to be on the first podcast The Rundown with Hugh Hewitt.
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Congratulations to
@jenfulwiler
on the release of her book ONE BEAUTIFUL DREAM—and a thank you to her for sharing THE WAR OF ART and Steve's fight against Resistance within the pages of her own book. —SP Team
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You’ve heard me talk about my 99 yr old agent Sterling Lord. He’s still making deals even in New York, even during this lockdown. Let’s not discount “old” people. They can show us how to weather storms, keep busy…
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Our favorite entrepreneur & Steve on The Knowledge, beating Resistance, & turning pro Thnx
@artofmanliness
—SP Team
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Thank you Joanna - for this interview with Steve, for being so generous in sharing your own experiences, and for your long-time support of Steve's work. ~SP Team RT
@thecreativepenn
: The Artist's Journey w/
@spressfield
#creativity
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Are you an artist in the wilderness? For one season I lived in this house. It had no power, no water, no doors, no windows. Rent was $15 a month ...All during this time I was writing. If you’re there now, don’t…
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Just a note, if anyone’s on medium. Just started an account Steven pressfield. I’ll get the hang of this media thing yet!! Be safe out there everyone.
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The yogis of Alexander's India sat in silence, naked in the sun. Yet to Telamon, our warrior philosopher, they were greater soldiers than any in Alexander's army. New episode of
#TheWarriorArchetype
out now.
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A sword can mean a lot of things. The final episode of
#TheWarriorArchetype
is now available.
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You don't have to serve in the military to develop the Warrior Ethos, but it helps to serve your country. Read this
@USAToday
by my friend Marine
@ryebarcott
@withhonoraction
& Army vet
@mltobin
.More service coming to America. Spread the word
@AmeriCorps
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I've partnered up with
@FTGNotebook
and
@jbyerly81
to give away some autographed advance reading copies of my newest book "A Man At Arms." Go to the From the Green Notebook website for all details to enter.
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We are all warriors. This new video series explodes both the outer war (starting with Sparta, Rome, and Alexander the Great) and the inner war ... the war inside our heads ... where the sternest opponent is often our own selves.
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Thanks for sharing THE WAR OF ART, Jon! —SP Team RT
@unboxingjon
: 4 Ways the Pros DEMOLISH Creator’s Block
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Writing Wedn-“Find What You Love & Let It Kill You”
http://t.co/fAreyaigqP
This is my favorite of all the posts we’ve ever run on this site
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The Book I've Been Avoiding Writing: The Lion’s Gate
http://t.co/OmT6maHCPA
The Lion’s Gate officially hits shelves and sites today.
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Audible book available now. Here’s a small sample of the great
@georgeguidall
reading. Hope you enjoy it.
@recordedbooks
#amanatarms
@w
.w.norton
#gatesoffire
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Being an athlete is like being an artist — it’s the inner game that counts. Great fun to talk with Harvey and Rachel (first female hitting coach of the
@yankees
)!! Have a listen
@TheMindStrongP
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2500 years ago the Persian king Xerxes invaded Greece with an army of millions. He was met with 300 Spartans at the narrow pass of Themopylae. "Lay down your arms," Xerxes commanded. Leonidas replied in two words: Molon Labe. "Come and take them."
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Where did the Western way of war come from? From the ancient Greeks. New episode of
#TheWarriorArchetype
out now.
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Alexander, Caesar, Napoleon, Patton and Rommel all shared the strategic concept of the decisive, pitched battle. Where did this come from? The Spartans and their rivals of ancient Greece.
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Writing Wednesdays: Give Your Villain a Great Villain Speech A great villain speech possesses three attributes: no repentance, eloquence, impeccable logic.
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Writing Wednesdays: “The Moment” with Brian Koppelman Steve rarely does interviews,. However . . . He did a few recently—and then he did what he usually does. He wrote. He wrote about not just the interview, but his behind-the-scenes views of the hosts.
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Just to give you little sense of the personality of an absolute monarch.
#TheWarriorArchetype
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Writing Wednesdays: “This Might Not Work … “ Stealing a phrase (above) from Seth Godin, I’m going to try something a little different over the next few weeks and maybe more. I’m gonna serialize a book I’ve been working on.
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Dienekes in GATES OF FIRE refers to the body as "the factory of fear." He meant the instinct of self-preservation built into every man and every animal.
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Today's episode makes the case that there's only one real war—and that's the war inside ourselves. Do you want to call yourself a man (or a woman)? Fight THAT war. Stand up to THAT enemy.
#TheWarriorArchetype
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The full episode. One more BIG thank you to
@Oprah
and the entire
@SuperSoulSunday
team. PRO'S! —SP Team
http://t.co/agMuxzSP4f
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Writing Wednesdays: Every Story Has a Shape Our stories exist before we write them. Bring them into the sunlight.
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"Be brave, my heart. Square your shoulders to the foe and stand fast among the man-killing spears." Archilochus of Paros, poet and mercenary of the 7th century B.C.E. - Link to NEW
#TheWarriorArchetype
video in bio.
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"... the shield is borne for the protection of the whole line."
New episode of
#TheWarriorArchetype
out now.
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"I too was numbered among them on that day when the Amazons came, women the equal of men." -King Priam of Troy in Homer's Iliad
#TheWarriorArchetype
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Krishna commanded Arjuna, "Destroy the enemy without mercy." But he wasn't talking about the external foe. He meant the enemy inside ourselves--the dark forces that keep us from ascending to the higher, nobler Self we were all born to be.
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Thanks
@DanielPink
for sharing THE WAR OF ART. Fighting and living every day to be nothing less than pro's. —SP Team
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Another thank you to
@marieforleo
and
@teamforleo
for all of your work, and this wonderful interview with Steve and Marie! Wonderful response! —SP Team
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Thank you Linda, for this wonderful interview w/ Steve and
@TimGrahl
—SP Team RT
@LindaSivertsen
: Just up on the
#BeautifulWritersPodcast
,
@SPressfield
&
@timgrahl
talk about their AMAZING new books, The Artist’s Journey & Running Down a Dream.
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Writing Wednesdays: Your Resistance and Mine We adopt the Pro Mindset for 1 reason: to combat internal self-sabotage
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Some research from this latest series The Warrior Archetype. However, if you're writing historical fiction, the story comes first. Resistance often poses as research.
#thewarofart
#gatesoffire
#HistoricalFiction
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Tomorrow’s video is back to Thermopylae and the 300 Spartans. Do you have a favorite scene or quote from Gates of Fire?
#thermopylae
#spartanculture
#thespartans
#gatesoffire
#warofart
#warrior
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Writing Wednesdays: The Artist’s Journey,
#6
On the artist's journey, all strengths are mental and all strengths are self generated. The journey is a journey of the imagination and a journey of dreams. The journey progresses by increments.
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Writing Wednesdays: Keep Gnawing
http://t.co/DokNhjsM9e
“What happens to us if we don’t pursue our dreams?”
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If there's such a thing as
#TheWarriorArchetype
, is there such a thing as the warrior sense of humor? New episode out now!
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Writing Wednesdays: Every Villain is a Metaphor for Resistance
Resistance is the universal and ultimate villain.
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Gates of Fire made it onto a list published by along with some other great reads. We can need to continue to learn, expand our knowledge. My dear friend Jim Mattis told me with every promotion…
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"The sarissa's song is a sad song. He pipes it soft and low. I would ply a gentler trade, says he, But war is all I know..."
#TheWarriorArchetype
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Are warriors the same in all centuries, in all nations? I believe they are. Because
#TheWarriorArchetype
is universal and indelible.
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Thanks
@alischi
@Entrepreneur
for sharing THE WAR OF ART and encouraging the fight against Resistance. —SP Team
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Thnx
@BrianKoppelman
@RyanHoliday
for sharing WAR OF ART w/
@tferriss
and to Tim for sharing this round-up. —SP Team
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Sometimes the war you and I fight is inside our own heads, against ourselves. I fought one years ago, in a cottage just like this one.
#TheWarriorArchetype
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Writing Wednesdays: Using Your Real Life in Fiction Today my newest novel, THE KNOWLEDGE, goes on sale.
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Writing Wednesdays: The Pain Zone Every one of us hits that wall, feels our lungs burning, our heart about to explode out of our chest. Every one of us wants to quit, wants to back off, just a little, so this damn struggle will stop hurting so much.
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TEDx talk from one of our favorite artists -
@MagnusRexStudio
- about fighting Resistance/being a champion:
http://t.co/vzg5icXqeq
—SP Team
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Thanks James! —SP Team RT
@jaltucher
: The author of "Turning Pro" schools me on turning pro
@SPressfield
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Thanks to
@keithablow
for including THE WAR OF ART in his article and to
@fxnopinion
for sharing it. —SP Team
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Thank you to
@tmorkes
for including THE WAR OF ART in "11 Books Every Entrepreneur Should Read in 2015." —SP Team
http://t.co/VWH0muGfCD
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Thank you Tess Barker for including THE WAR OF ART in your article and sharing it with your readers. —SP Team
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Let's start our exploration of the Warrior Archetype in ancient Sparta. But let's not start with the men. Let's start with the women. They were the spine of this hardest of hard-core societies ... and the fiercest enforcers of its Warrior Code.
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Check out the new jabs. Every JAB focuses on a single creative issue that writers and artists struggle with every day. See them at .
#stevenpressfield
#thewarofart
#theknowledge
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Writing Wednesdays: How to Make Your Novel Universal My answer will not surprise you. Theme.
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be sure to check out part two of The Warrior Archetype about The Spartan Women. Subscribe to get an email on Mondays and Thursdays.
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Writing Wednesdays: The Villain is Not Always a Person Every villain is a metaphor for Resistance.
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Writing Wednesdays: What's So Great About Perfect?
http://t.co/u54TMPxJon
The pursuit of perfect is Resistance.
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Missed the first airing? Oprah's interview w/ Steve airs again this Sun., June 22nd, on OWN, at 11 AM ET/PT —SP Team
http://t.co/m8NwtTzNrB
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First video on leadership. Note to follow.
#theiliad
#richmondlattimore
translation
#leadership
#warriorethos
#gatesoffire
#thewarofart
#usmc
#usarmy
#rooftopleadership
#usmcbasicschool
#usmcschoolofinfantry
…
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Writing Wednesdays: How Does A Story Start? Hint: Not by itself. You have to craft the Inciting Incident.
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When
@marieforleo
and
@SPressfield
get together, you get magic.
Thank you to Marie, Louise, and the rest of
@Team_Forleo
for being magic makers. —SP Team
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Writing Wed: Resistance & Self-Loathing
http://t.co/EGDSYKTxJC
That self-loathing voice? It’s a good sign there's a powerful Dream close by
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Enjoying seeing THE PROFESSION and THE WAR OF ART in such fine company. Thanks,
@august_cole
! —SP Team
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What It Takes via Shawn Coyne: Art and Polarity You must choose a position in this world on innumerable moral questions and stand by your judgments. If you are an aspiring artist and you wish to avoid “judgments,” you’ll find that you have nothing to say.
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Hope you’re all staying well out there. It’s a good time to hit that reading list. A little self promotion about
#gatesoffire
#booksonleadership
#spartanwomen
#spartans
#militAryleadership
#stevenpressfield
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Writing Wednesdays: How I Get Ideas
http://t.co/2TNUjf24AL
Herewith, ten idiosyncratic observations on the subject of generating ideas.
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