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Giving & Asking: From Author Steven Pressfield's Blog

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Steven Pressfield is the writer of 'Gates of Fire'; a novel about the Spartans at Thermopylae, and 'The Legend of Bagger Vance', in which golfing heals souls and invokes the supernatural. 'The Legend of Bagger Vance' was made into a movie (clips here)

Here in his regular Wednesday blog posting, he talks about the give and take of cadging and schmoozing, and stopping short of shameless.

http://www.stevenpressfield.com/2015/04/an-ask-too-far-2/?mc_cid=5b2d3b0d8d&mc_eid=fc94972b12

Watch the clip following the trailer. 'There's that perfect shot out there, waiting to find each and every one of us. We gotta get out of its way and let it choose us. THAT is our authentic swing.'
 
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