
About this episode
Creative success is notoriously elusive, but those who have made the journey insist it comes down to three factors: hard work, luck, and talent.
Steven Pressfield wants to add one more thing to that list: a muse. And he should know.
His muse guided him to incredible success as an author of fiction, nonfiction, and movies including hit books like: The Legend of Bagger Vance, The War of Art, and Gates of Fire.
Steven’s story of the long and bumpy road he took to find his muse and his success can help the rest of us find ours a little quicker.
This is… A Bit of Optimism.
For more on Steven and his work, check out:
his new memoir, Govt Cheese: https://stevenpressfieldstore.kinsta.cloud/product/govt-cheese-signed-copy/
and his other published works: https://stevenpressfield.com/books/
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