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Books like Turning Pro

Turning Pro by Steven Pressfield is about creativity, resistance, discipline. If that's what drew you in, here are 6 books that share its DNA — each summarized on Superbook, and ready to chat with in the app.

  1. The War of Art
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    The War of Art

    Steven Pressfield · Self-help

    The War of Art is Steven Pressfield's short, blunt manual for anyone who creates — or wants to create — and finds themselves blocked, procrastinating, or unable to start.

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  2. The Creative Habit
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    The Creative Habit

    Twyla Tharp · Self-help

    The Creative Habit is legendary choreographer Twyla Tharp's account of how creativity works in practice — not as inspiration but as habit, discipline, and preparation.

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  3. Big Magic
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    Big Magic

    Elizabeth Gilbert · Self-help

    Big Magic is Elizabeth Gilbert's manifesto for living a creative life — not as a professional artistic career but as an orientation toward existence.

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  4. The Artist's Way
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    The Artist's Way

    Julia Cameron · Self-help

    The Artist's Way is Julia Cameron's twelve-week program for recovering and developing creative ability, originally published in 1992 and still widely used in studio groups and classrooms.

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  5. Mastery
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    Mastery

    Robert Greene · Self-help

    Mastery is Robert Greene's long account of how extraordinary human mastery develops — from childhood inclinations through apprenticeship through creative independence to the integration that characterizes true mastery.

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  6. 12 Rules for Life
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    12 Rules for Life

    Jordan Peterson · Self-help

    12 Rules for Life is Jordan Peterson's attempt to distill what clinical psychology, comparative mythology, the Bible, and evolutionary biology say about how to live.

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