Steven Pressfield

Well, it definitely feels like that's who you really are, right? That's kind of your, it is your calling, that you should be doing that. And at least for me, when I would try to do anything else, You know, like if I would get a copywriting job or something like that, I would be so depressed at the end of the day.

Really, you know, that I would have the only thing that would save me would be to sit down at this old clunky typewriter and try to write something of my own, you know. But the other thing from a writer's point of view is that you're you feel a call to a certain story. You know, there's a book you want to write. Like, I'm sure you felt this, Russell, or you're feeling it right now.

Really, you know, that I would have the only thing that would save me would be to sit down at this old clunky typewriter and try to write something of my own, you know. But the other thing from a writer's point of view is that you're you feel a call to a certain story. You know, there's a book you want to write. Like, I'm sure you felt this, Russell, or you're feeling it right now.

Really, you know, that I would have the only thing that would save me would be to sit down at this old clunky typewriter and try to write something of my own, you know. But the other thing from a writer's point of view is that you're you feel a call to a certain story. You know, there's a book you want to write. Like, I'm sure you felt this, Russell, or you're feeling it right now.

You know, that there's this story about whatever it is. And you just got it and you start it and you're hooked on it. And now you've got to finish it. And you go through the same sort of things you're talking about, where... Once you're a few weeks into it, you say to yourself, what am I doing? This is crazy. This is not going anywhere. I'm lost. Nobody's going to buy this. I'm not good enough.

You know, that there's this story about whatever it is. And you just got it and you start it and you're hooked on it. And now you've got to finish it. And you go through the same sort of things you're talking about, where... Once you're a few weeks into it, you say to yourself, what am I doing? This is crazy. This is not going anywhere. I'm lost. Nobody's going to buy this. I'm not good enough.

You know, that there's this story about whatever it is. And you just got it and you start it and you're hooked on it. And now you've got to finish it. And you go through the same sort of things you're talking about, where... Once you're a few weeks into it, you say to yourself, what am I doing? This is crazy. This is not going anywhere. I'm lost. Nobody's going to buy this. I'm not good enough.

All that kind of thing. And those are the sort of resistance points that you have to sort of learn to overcome. Just like an entrepreneur, right, where you start something and you think, oh shit, what have I done? There's no way this is going to pay off, etc., etc., But that just seems to be part and parcel of any creative enterprise. When you are called, you do get that feeling, right?

All that kind of thing. And those are the sort of resistance points that you have to sort of learn to overcome. Just like an entrepreneur, right, where you start something and you think, oh shit, what have I done? There's no way this is going to pay off, etc., etc., But that just seems to be part and parcel of any creative enterprise. When you are called, you do get that feeling, right?

All that kind of thing. And those are the sort of resistance points that you have to sort of learn to overcome. Just like an entrepreneur, right, where you start something and you think, oh shit, what have I done? There's no way this is going to pay off, etc., etc., But that just seems to be part and parcel of any creative enterprise. When you are called, you do get that feeling, right?

You feel like, I've got to do this thing. Nothing else is going to make me happy.

You feel like, I've got to do this thing. Nothing else is going to make me happy.

You feel like, I've got to do this thing. Nothing else is going to make me happy.

Well, I'm definitely a believer that life happens on two levels. That there's the material level that we're on, and there's a higher level above that. And we get called from that level. It's the muse, it's the goddess, that's the way I look at it. That it's sort of... Sie sprechen von Songwritern, die auf der Straßenbahn fahren und plötzlich kommt ein Song in ihre Hände, von Anfang bis Ende.

Well, I'm definitely a believer that life happens on two levels. That there's the material level that we're on, and there's a higher level above that. And we get called from that level. It's the muse, it's the goddess, that's the way I look at it. That it's sort of... Sie sprechen von Songwritern, die auf der Straßenbahn fahren und plötzlich kommt ein Song in ihre Hände, von Anfang bis Ende.

Well, I'm definitely a believer that life happens on two levels. That there's the material level that we're on, and there's a higher level above that. And we get called from that level. It's the muse, it's the goddess, that's the way I look at it. That it's sort of... Sie sprechen von Songwritern, die auf der Straßenbahn fahren und plötzlich kommt ein Song in ihre Hände, von Anfang bis Ende.

Sie müssen sich auf die Seite der Straße schrecken und es schreiben, bevor es weggeht. Ich fühle definitiv, dass Ideen aus einem anderen Ort kommen. Es ist unser Job, sie zu holen und sie in das materielle Wesen zu bringen. Auf diesem materiellen Plan.

Sie müssen sich auf die Seite der Straße schrecken und es schreiben, bevor es weggeht. Ich fühle definitiv, dass Ideen aus einem anderen Ort kommen. Es ist unser Job, sie zu holen und sie in das materielle Wesen zu bringen. Auf diesem materiellen Plan.

Sie müssen sich auf die Seite der Straße schrecken und es schreiben, bevor es weggeht. Ich fühle definitiv, dass Ideen aus einem anderen Ort kommen. Es ist unser Job, sie zu holen und sie in das materielle Wesen zu bringen. Auf diesem materiellen Plan.

Let me ask you, Russell, how do you deal with self-doubt that hits you when you start something? I mean, when you were first messing around with potato guns, you said to yourself, what am I doing with this thing here? How do you deal with self-doubt when you're starting something new?