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Steven Pressfield

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  1. “At the time that you were there, I don't know. We're getting into some deep stuff really early here. I know it's the first day.”

    2021-02-26 · The Tim Ferriss Show · #501: Steven Pressfield — How to Overcome Self-Sabotage and Resistance, Routines for Little Successes, and The Hero’s Journey vs. The Artist’s Journey · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT

  2. “Well, I felt like the cat was a little bit of a role model for me, that it was a cat that was obviously completely self-sufficient, you know, lived in the woods, didn't require anybody to feed him, wouldn't let anybody feed them, was a totally autonomous individual. And I thought to myself, kind of, first of all, why did anything come out of the woods? But if this is what came out of the woods, that it was such a positive kind of person, you know, and so I thought if this cat has come here, maybe he's come here to kind of encourage me and tell me that, Steve, you can do that too. You know, you can be like me too. You can be autonomous. You can be self-sufficient. You can take care of yourself.”

    2021-02-26 · The Tim Ferriss Show · #501: Steven Pressfield — How to Overcome Self-Sabotage and Resistance, Routines for Little Successes, and The Hero’s Journey vs. The Artist’s Journey · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT

  3. “He would sit there across from me, just kind of eyeballing me, and there was no doubt which one of us was the superior being. And no doubt which one of us had his shit together and the other one didn't And he would look at me like he was trying to decide whether or not to kick my ass or not, you know? But I felt that this cat was a great omen. I felt that in some way, you know, why does a cat materialize like that? Why does anything happen like that? Like in the Native American tradition, when an animal is kind of a spirit animal or something And so I took a lot of courage from that cat appearing. I sort of felt like in some way my energy had sort of drawn him out of the woods because he kept coming back. I mean, this wasn't a one-time thing. And so anyway, that's for a little, I don't know if that's context, Tim.”

    2021-02-26 · The Tim Ferriss Show · #501: Steven Pressfield — How to Overcome Self-Sabotage and Resistance, Routines for Little Successes, and The Hero’s Journey vs. The Artist’s Journey · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT

  4. “It was an old battle-scarred tomcat, you know, and he would sit there across from me while I would make hot dogs or whatever I was doing. And I could never feed him. He would never take anything from me. You know, I think it was sort of like he didn't want to be a pet, you know? He would sit there. This is all true, Tim. I'm not making this up.”

    2021-02-26 · The Tim Ferriss Show · #501: Steven Pressfield — How to Overcome Self-Sabotage and Resistance, Routines for Little Successes, and The Hero’s Journey vs. The Artist’s Journey · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT

  5. “When you talked about 30 years of abject failure, I used to cook. There was no way to cook. So I used to have a little fire, I'd make a little fire out in the back behind this little house. And it was right up in North Carolina, there's a lot of pine woods. And this was right in the middle of the pine woods around Raleigh. And there used to be this feral cat, this wild cat that lived in the woods behind me. And when I would come out and cook, and I'd be sitting on the back stoop, and the woods started like maybe only five feet from the house, this cat would sort of materialize.”

    2021-02-26 · The Tim Ferriss Show · #501: Steven Pressfield — How to Overcome Self-Sabotage and Resistance, Routines for Little Successes, and The Hero’s Journey vs. The Artist’s Journey · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT

  6. “Great to be here, Tim. I've been wanting to have a conversation with you as well. So I'm excited about this too. It's great.”

    2021-02-26 · The Tim Ferriss Show · #501: Steven Pressfield — How to Overcome Self-Sabotage and Resistance, Routines for Little Successes, and The Hero’s Journey vs. The Artist’s Journey · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT

  7. “At this altitude, I can run flat out for a half mile before my hands start shaking. Can I ask you a personal question? living this year over metal endoskeletal.”

    2021-02-26 · The Tim Ferriss Show · #501: Steven Pressfield — How to Overcome Self-Sabotage and Resistance, Routines for Little Successes, and The Hero’s Journey vs. The Artist’s Journey · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT