Fulfill Your Calling Through Creative Work | Steven Pressfield

[@Mrfoo2002]

Hell yes. THIS is the high quality content that I hope you produce. Legends, not shallow alarmists and shills.

[@BradCarr_]

Hey! Glad you enjoy it. Yes, Pressfield is a legend for sure :)

[@BradCarr_]

Hi! Timestamps below. 00:00 - Introduction 00:24 - How to beat self doubt? 05:42 - All Is Lost moments 11:29 - Separate doubt from reality 16:36 - Transcend pain and fear 24:19 - Muses and artists 26:15 - Mentors and life experience 32:58 - Exile is the human condition 37:37 - Failure and truck driving 39:44 - Developing a craft 43:10 - Afghanistan never changes 48:07 - Military discipline in art 51:10 - Pressure to be great 52:36 - Find your reality 56:26 - Fiction is truth 1:03:56 - Shame and creativity 1:06:55 - Steve's goal 1:08:37 - Find meaning

[@davidgarza1301]

I am grateful Steve emptied that tractor trailer so to speak, which is a pretty profound metaphor of artists as carriers. I found the War of Art a few years ago and it has given me a new outlook on my artistic life and working with the muses. Thanks Steve and thank you Brad for your work bringing this excellent interview.

[@BradCarr_]

@David Garza, thank you for the thoughtful comment. Glad Steve's work is helpful for your creative process

[@samgardner481]

Brad, thank you for such a great interview! I'm a huge fan of Steven Pressfeild and these were some really refreshing questions. Looking forward to following you.

[@BradCarr_]

Sam Gardner, thanks! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@jazw4649]

Every question is a really good question

[@cassandragaisford2777]

Wonderful interview…” follow your calling”. Thank you

[@BradCarr_]

Hey! Thanks for listening

[@MorabitAbderahman-Berkane]

Awesome channel, deep conversation- one of my mentors

[@BradCarr_]

thanks for sharing! glad you enjoy it

[@naetek6430]

....really great questions....

[@BradCarr_]

thanks for noticing! was there one that stood out to you?

[@naetek6430]

@@BradCarr_ It seemed almost all of them...and The guest definitely confirm it...

[@daniel_najar]

"All you can do is deliver the load"

[@MorabitAbderahman-Berkane]

19:30

[@stevecrane6163]

Resistance like everything can be for good or ill, we have to use our knowledge of experience (empirical) and in built knowledge (spiritual) to discern which it is. Evil can appear to look like Good until you observe the detail (modus operandi and vivendi) but ultimately one is wholly creative and the other wholly destructive. It is the combination of what we observe (our five senses) and what our intuition ("sixth sense") tells us that leads us to make the correct decisions and choices. It is very dangerous to let just the head or the heart make these on their own.

[@BradCarr_]

@Steve Crane, thanks for the thoughtful approach to managing resistance and discerning the truth. It's so helpful to turn this idea over from other angles

[@karlcountry2363]

Mystical muse is horse crap