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Professional Mindset - YOU ARE THE HERO - Chapters 90-93 - Turning Pro Book Club at go.fsbb.io

March 30, 2025 14:19 Book Club

Peter Saddington's book club segment explores the concept of the "professional mindset" through the lens of Steven Pressfield's *Turning Pro*. The video reflects on the idea of the individual as the "hero" of their own journey, drawing parallels between professional pursuits and the role of a tribal shaman. Saddington uses a personal anecdote about a visit to a Maasai village to illustrate the acceptance of unseen forces and the reliance on a leader's intuition. He connects this to the artist's struggle with internal resistance, which he likens to "evil forces", and the need to access sources of inspiration and courage. Saddington then shares a conversation with Rabbi Mordekin Finley regarding the Kabbalistic concept of the "Yetzer Hara" or "inner shadow self," as a representation of internal resistance and self-sabotage.

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About the Creator

This video is part of a library of 780+ episodes published by Peter Saddington on staas.fund. Peter is a serial entrepreneur, venture capitalist (StaaS Fund, RegD 506B), and AI practitioner who has trained 17,000+ professionals in agile and AI methodologies. He bought Bitcoin at $2.52 in 2011, built 4 autonomous AI agents (the Council of Dogelord), and operates 10+ websites with zero employees. His AI Workshop has been attended by Fortune 500 teams, and his newsletter "The Agile VC" reaches thousands of subscribers weekly. Peter holds 3 Master's degrees (Divinity, Computer Science, Computational Operations Research) from institutions including Georgia Tech.

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