390: Pulling the Pin with Steven Pressfield

New York Times Bestselling author and broadcaster Ken Coleman is in the personal growth business. His books and show are designed to help people identify and embrace their true calling. Ken shares his personal story and gets Chuck to take his career assessment quiz to figure out what he’ll do once Mike fires him. Ken’s newest book is The Get Clear Career Assessment: Find the Work You’re Wired to Do. Promo code ROWE gets you $5 off.     Today’s episode is sponsored by ZipRecruiter.com/Rowe to try ZipRecruiter for FREE. BetterDebtNow.com/Mike for your FREE consultation. Oh No, Not the Home! by Peggy Rowe. Reserve your copy at MikeRowe.com/MomsBook KnobelSpirits.com/Mike to see if Knobel ships to your state.

The celebrity fitness trainer, author, and filmmaker drops by to put Mike and Chuck on his trademarked no sugar, no grains lifestyle. Along the way, he discusses the positive effects of eliminating processed foods on fertility, the fallacies of the food pyramid, and the million plus pounds of weight lost by the "Rowebies" following Vinnie's program. If you want to learn more about NSNG and what exactly a Rowebie is, visit VinnieTortorich.com/Rowe Many thanks to our excellent sponsors PureTalk.com/Rowe Save 50% off your first month! FieldOfGreens.com Use code: MIKE for 15% off and FREE shipping 3DayBlinds.com/ROWE Buy one get one 50% off

When it comes to work ethic, Master Bladesmith Josh Smith self-identifies as “the guy Mike is always talking about.” At age 11, Josh was taught how to build knives by his little-league baseball coach. By age 19, he was the youngest bladesmith to ever pass the Master Smith test of the American Bladesmith Society. Today, he owns and operates the Montana Knife Company. Josh talks about giving up the security of a six-figure journeyman lineman job to start his own knife company, how he changed the way contestants are treated on Forged in Fire, and what it was like to build a sword for a sheik in Abu Dhabi.  Big thanks to our terrific sponsors ZipRecruiter.com/Rowe to try ZipRecruiter for FREE. American-Giant.com/MIKE Use code MIKE to get 20% off your order. Groundworks.com to schedule a FREE inspection. Oh No, Not the Home! by Peggy Rowe Preorder at MikeRowe.com/MomsBook

Three-time NY Times bestselling author Peggy Rowe describes her recent encounters with a scammer and blackmailer as Mike and Chuck debate the proper punishment for such scoundrels.  Today’s episode sponsored by Knobel Tennessee Whiskey at KnobelSpirits.com Oh No, Not the Home! by Peggy Rowe Preorder at MikeRowe.com/MomsBook

The former farmer and lifelong educator works as director of the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education (CTE) where he brings his get-it-done farming mindset to education. Brent discusses how Oklahoma’s Central Tech is using competition to help prepare students for real-world opportunities and focusing on a mastery of skill rather than a time-based curriculum.  Big thanks to our awesome sponsors Lands’ End Business.LandsEnd.com/Mike Use code MIKE for 20% off your order. AuraFrames.com/Mike Use code: Mike to get $35 off their best-selling frame. K12.com/ROWE to find a tuition-free K12-powered school near you.

Master Sculptor Sabin Howard is known as America’s Michelangelo for his work in, and deep knowledge of, Modern Classicism. On September 13, 2024, he will unveil his newest work, the National WWI Memorial in Washington, D.C., called A Soldier’s Journey. Sabin discusses why he believes that great art can be recognized by everyone and should be for “we the people,” why art is inextricably connected to history, and why art tells us what it means to be human. Tip o’ the hat to our excellent sponsors PureTalk.com/Rowe Save 50% off your first month. American-Giant.com/MIKE Use code MIKE to get 20% off your order. 3DayBlinds.com/ROWE Buy one get one 50% off.

The Tony Award-winning actor, director, and podcaster goes deep with TWIHI about everything from his traumatic childhood and dashed dreams of becoming a magician to the Broadway show that made him want to act and his recollections of Stephen Sondheim and Hal Prince. Many thanks to our excellent sponsors ZipRecruiter.com/Rowe to try ZipRecruiter for FREE. K12.com/Rowe Find a tuition-free K12-powered school near you. 3DayBlinds.com/ROWE Buy one get one 50% off

VDH is a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, a Distinguished Fellow at Hillsdale College, a professor of public policy at Pepperdine University, a nationally syndicated columnist, a bestselling author, AND a fifth-generation California farmer. In his July 29, 2024 article, America’s Lab Rats? (read here: https://victorhanson.com/americas-lab-rats/ ), Victor argues that American society appears to be treating many of its citizens like insignificant lab rats in some kind of social experiment, leading to unintended and harmful consequences. His website. His book. Big thanks to our awesome sponsors Groundworks.com to schedule a FREE inspection. PureTalk.com/Rowe Save 50% off your first month! FieldOfGreens.com Use code: MIKE for 15% off and FREE shipping

Bishop Martin and his wife Donna were the inspiration for the film Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot, which details their miraculous journey navigating the foster care system in a small Texas town and how they inspired the parishioners of Bennet Chapel Church to adopt 77 children. Bishop Martin speaks to how this unlikely story became a book and a movie and how it all was accurately prophesized in advance.  Tip o’ the hat to our excellent sponsors ZipRecruiter.com/Rowe to try ZipRecruiter for FREE. American Battlefield Trust—Visit Battlefields.org/Mike to get your FREE copy of their award-winning history magazine, Hallowed Ground. Land’s End—Visit Business.LandsEnd.com/Mike Use code MIKE for 20% off your order.

The American businessman and philanthropist talks about growing up in Boston as a fifth-generation builder, starting his first business collecting garbage at the age of 13, and the mission he’s on to create a new internet by arguing in his new book,  Our Biggest Fight, that we the people’s data should belong to we the people. Big thanks to our terrific sponsors American-Giant.com/mike Use promo code MIKE to get 20% off your order. PureTalk.com/Rowe Save 50% off your first month! American Battlefield Trust—Visit Battlefields.org/Mike to get your FREE copy of their award-winning history magazine, Hallowed Ground.