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The Legend of Bagger Vance A Novel of Golf and the Game of Life

Steven Pressfield

The time: 1931. The place: the golf links at Krewe Island off Savannah's windswept Atlantic shore. The event: a mesmerizing thirty-six-hole match in which Bobby Jones and Walter Hagen, legends of golf in their own time, are joined by an unsung opponent, the troubled war hero Rannulph Junah. The key...

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The Joe Rogan Experience

The book was referenced while discussing Steven Pressfield's career, with one guest mentioning it in passing as part of his body of work and another highlighting it as an example of Pressfield's successful output after he began treating his creative process seriously. Both mentions were positive but not presented as a strong endorsement.

Episode: #2175 - Sam Tallent

Sam Tallent talks about Steven Pressfield's writing and mentions this book specifically as an example of Pressfield's successful work after he started taking his creative process more seriously.

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Yeah Pressfield was kind of like a near do well until he was like 40 kind of like was like half-assing it till he was 40 and then somewhere along the line he realized that it's just about being a professional and like showing up and so he started addressing the muse

And then he wrote The Legend of Bagger Vance and he wrote like some great screenplays and books and yeah and just became like very prolific

Episode: #2184 - Sara Imari Walker

The book, which was later adapted into a movie, is mentioned in passing as another work by the author.

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This gentleman named Steven Pressfield is a great author he wrote a legend of bag or vance a bunch of other great movies and he um wrote this book called The War of Art.

Episode: #2496 - Julia Mossbridge

Julia mentioned "The Legend of Bagger Vance" while talking about books she's read.

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He wrote The Legend of Bagger Vance.

Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend

The Game was mentioned in the context of a dating advice book from 19 years prior, and how it suggested that negging (insulting a person subtly) could be used to increase attraction.

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That's the game.

— Episode: Sarah Silverman Returns

Episode: Sarah Silverman Returns

The Game was mentioned in the context of a dating advice book from 19 years prior, and how it suggested that negging (insulting a person subtly) could be used to increase attraction.

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That's the game.

That book, the game.

It's from about 19 years ago.

The Dan Patrick Show

The hosts said there was an entire book covering the topic they were discussing, referencing the title "The Game".

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There's a whole book about this. Oh, yeah. The game. Game. Okay.

— Episode: Hour 3 -Dame Won't Play for Golden State...

Episode: Hour 3 -Dame Won't Play for Golden State, NFL Half...

The hosts said there was an entire book covering the topic they were discussing, referencing the title "The Game".

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There's a whole book about this. Oh, yeah. The game. Game. Okay.

Up and Vanished

Neil Strauss wrote this book about his experience undercover in a secret society of seduction experts. It was required reading for FBI agents because it detailed techniques for developing rapport and attraction.

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I had written a book called The Game

— Episode: Introducing To Die For

Episode: Introducing To Die For

Neil Strauss wrote this book about his experience undercover in a secret society of seduction experts. It was required reading for FBI agents because it detailed techniques for developing rapport and attraction.

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I had written a book called The Game

About several years I spent undercover in a secret society of seduction experts

The latest, the game details his journey to the secret world of pickup artists

And to my complete shock, the man on the phone informed me that the book was required reading for him and his colleagues in the FBI

In our work where you're developing confidential human sources and recruiting spies, the understanding of how to develop quick rapport and attraction is key and critical

We're Here to Help

In the episode, the host warned listeners that the book could steer them toward an undesirable path, particularly in the context of dating or relationship advice. Gareth Reynolds specifically advised against reading it, describing it as a ridiculous choice that might lead to a nightmare direction.

Critiqued

Episode: 5: Find Your Goblin

It was mentioned in a negative light as a book that could lead someone down a path they wouldn't want to go down, likely with reference to dating or relationship advice.

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I'm going to advise you not to do okay Ian I promise you if you end up reading some ridiculous book like the game or anything like this it might sway you in a nightmare direction

The Daily Stoic

This book by Steven Pressfield was briefly mentioned as one of his amazing books.

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obviously has all these amazing books that are afghan campaign gates of fire or legend of backer vans

— Episode: Jack Carr on Writing, Becoming World Cla...

Episode: Jack Carr on Writing, Becoming World Class, and Bu...

This book by Steven Pressfield was briefly mentioned as one of his amazing books.

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obviously has all these amazing books that are afghan campaign gates of fire or legend of backer vans

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