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Turning Pro

Tap Your Inner Power and Create Your Life's Work

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Turning Pro

By: Steven Pressfield
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The follow-up to his best-seller The War of Art, Turning Pro navigates the passage from the amateur life to a professional practice.

"You don't need to take a course or buy a product. All you have to do is change your mind." (Steven Pressfield, author)

Turning pro is free, but it's not easy. When we turn pro, we give up a life with which we may have become extremely comfortable. We give up a self we have come to identify with and to call our own.

Turning pro is free, but it demands sacrifice. The passage from amateur to professional is often achieved via an internal odyssey whose trials are survived only at great cost, emotionally, psychologically, and spiritually. We pass through a membrane when we turn pro. It's messy, and it's scary. We tread in blood when we turn pro.

What we get when we turn pro. What we get when we turn pro is we find our power. We find our will and our voice, and we find our self-respect. We become who we always were but had until then been afraid to embrace and live out.

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I enjoyed the book and found it both interesting and inspiring. I also like it when authors narrate their own books (for these types of books) so that is an added plus for me. That being said, considering the book is only 2 hours and 4 minutes, I thought $5 was too much to pay for it.

Good read

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I wish this was longer, but I’ll listen to it again. Brilliant. This is my second book by the author. Loved them both.

Absolute must for the creative.

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This book is a great kick in the pants for anyone struggling to get moving on their own personal projects, start an online shop, or publish their work. It feels like a supportive friend who’s been there before giving you a much needed kick in the pants!

Essential Reading for Artists

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I was recommended this book by a dear friend, Steve. It is exactly what I needed at the right time. You will listen to this book when it is your time.

Amazing!

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This book, albeit very short was a punch in the gut and a kick in the pants. It spoke many truths and put words to what I've struggled to be able to verbalize. Whew... this came along at the exact right time in my life. Everything I've done the past 5 yrs has been leading up to this point. I'm ready now to do the BIGGER work and Turn Pro!!

It's MY Life in Words

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Always cool to grab a few things from a book. This was just 1 spot that was cool. Liquor hard on liver, beer you have to drink a bunch, but wine was best.

Now I’ll drink wine

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Needed this. Every single word resonated profoundly. Thank you Steven Pressfield! I highly recommend this to any wayward creative mind who needs a push in the right direction.

Resonated Profoundly

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Excellent book to follow-up The War of Art. Lots of useful insight to drive home what it means to be a pro.

Great follow-up to The War of Art

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One of the best self help books I have read. Full of wisdom and practical advice. Beautifully written. Read it. You'll be better for it.

Excellent

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An excellent book, required reading in my eyes for anybody pursuing the arts. A fantastic book to follow up the War Of Art with.

Top notch!

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