53 Becoming Superhuman: Unlocking the Science of Ultimate Human Performance with Steven Kotler
The School of Greatness
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Flow Is the Mother Invention of Performance Theory
The reason action and better sport athletes get into flow so frequently twofold one is necessity is clearly the mother invention. The level of performance has gone up so much that if these athletes are not in flow when they're performing they're going to end up in the hospital or dead. Flow gives you four other chemicals besides dopamine that are also just as potent and it cocktails them like a street drug. All other addictions lead backwards but flow doesn't.
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