Kevin Kelly is the co-founder of Wired magazine and author of sveral books including his latest, Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I’d Known Earlier. In this episode we discuss:

• The nature of good advice and who is really worth listening to

• Why your goal should be to become the "only" not the best in what you do

• What it means to live in perpetual disequilibrium and why that fuels growth

We also talk about the balance between exploring new possibilities and exploiting what you’ve already learned and the nature of forgiveness.

Steven Pressfield is the bestselling author of The War of Art, Gates of Fire, and The Legend of Bagger Vance. In this episode we discuss:

• How shame, honour, and resistance shape the creative life

• The ancient idea of the "daimon" and its role in artistic destiny

• Lessons from decades of rejection, hard work, and his eventual breakthrough

We also talk about Steve’s unconventional path to success which involved him working 21 different jobs in eleven states and his reflections from writing his memoir Government Cheese.