388: Steven Kotler on Flow, Recovering From Lyme Disease, Psychedelics, & The Art of Impossible

Jan 19, 2021

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Watch the full video interview on YouTube here: https://bit.ly/tuhpstevenkotler388

Steven Kotler (IG: @kotler.steven) is one of the world's leading experts on peak performance. He's an author, an award-winning journalist, and the founder and executive director of the Flow Research Collective.

Steven has written the national bestsellers The Future Is Faster Than You Think, The Rise of Superman, Stealing Fire, Abundance, and Bold.

His work has been nominated for two Pulitzer Prizes, has been translated into more than forty languages, and has appeared in more than one hundred publications, including The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, WIRED, and TIME.

Today we're discussing Steven's new book, The Art of Impossible. The core message of his book - We are capable of so much more than we know.

In this episode, we discuss:

The crossover between magic and neuroscience
Facing fear is a lesson in peak performance
Neuroscience and action sports were catching everybody's attention in the 1990s
Flow is optimal performance
Flow states have triggers
How the Flow Research Collective began
Steven recalls the first time he was in flow
The highlights of our life tend to be flow states
Steven's battle with Lyme disease
Steven shares a near mystical experience he had while surfing
Heightened creativity shows up in flow
What is a collective flow state?
Great collaboration is a shared state of consciousness
The art of impossible starts with motivation
Flow resets the nervous system
Reboot your primary flow activity
The basics of positive psychology
If you want to perform at your best, you need social support
Anxiety blocks peak performance
The three best tools to calm yourself down
People who practice gratitude are more prone to flow
Steven's thoughts on caffeine, supplements, and nootropics in relation to flow
Building a biophysical based flow detector
Flow is better than psychedelics for creativity
Psychedelics outperform flow for spiritual experiences and trauma work
Flow in animals
Steven and his wife run a dog sanctuary
The difference between intuition and insight
The experience of writing fiction vs. nonfiction
Book are the most condensed knowledge form available
Steven's current health status
When the impossible becomes possible

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