You Are Heroic with Brian Johnson The Impossible: It's What's For Breakfast (Heroic +1 #1,597)
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Dec 5, 2023 Explore the concept of achieving the impossible by pushing outside our comfort zone. Learn from extreme sports athletes and gain insight from Stephen Kotler's book, 'The Rise of Superman'. Discover the importance of consistent incremental progress by stretching ourselves four percent daily.
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Compound 4% Stretching
- Small, consistent stretches compound into large performance gains over time.
- Stephen Kotler frames a 4% daily stretch as the path from impossible to routine.
Extreme Athletes As Proof
- Kotler uses extreme athletes as examples of accelerated human performance.
- Their steady edge-pushing illustrates how impossible feats become commonplace.
Stretch Slightly Every Day
- Push just outside your comfort zone by about four percent and repeat daily.
- Do this consistently to turn once-impossible feats into ordinary outcomes.