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Steven Kotler

Steven Kotler

Author, journalist, co-founder and director of the Flow Genome Project.

Steven Kotler is a New York Times bestselling author, award-winning journalist, and cofounder and director of research for the Flow Genome Project. His books include The Rise of Superman, Abundance, A Small, Furry Prayer, West of Jesus, and The Angle Quickest for Flight. His work has been translated into thirty languages and his articles have appeared in more than seventy publications, including New York Times Magazine, Atlantic Monthly, Wired, and Forbes.

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The Rise of Superman

Decoding the Science of Ultimate Human Performance

by Steven Kotler

The Rise of Superman. What an awesome title and vision. Steven Kotler is one of the world’s leading authorities on the science of flow. He created the Flow Genome Project that is all about “decoding the peak performance state of flow.” (<—Awesome.) In this book we take a peak at how we can get our greatness on. Big Ideas include a quick look at flow and how to hack it, achieving mastery sans misery, using fear as a compass and how to do the impossible.

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The Rise of Superyou
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Introducing a New Mantra: “No Pressure, No Diamonds.”

Steven Kotler wrote a great book called The Rise of Superman. In it, he challenges some myths of

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Antifragility & Optimal Living

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Making the Impossible Possible
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How to Make It What’s for Breakfast in X Tomorrows

As we’ve discussed, Steven Kotler wrote The Rise of Superman. His “

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Modern Hērō & Peak Performance

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Flow Junkies
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How to Attain Superyou Mastery Sans Misery

In our last +1, we made our plans to enjoy doing the impossible together over breakfast in the not-too-distant future after following a nice little aggregation and compounding of a bunch of little +4% gains. Today we’re going to talk about the fact that, as

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Peak Performance & Purpose

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How to Make a Pearl
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To Go with our Diamonds

One of our very first +1s was on a brilliant line from Steven Kotler. At the end of our interview about his great book The Rise of Superman...

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Conquering Fear & Modern Hērō

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How to Make Grit
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Sand on Paper Applied to Your Life

In our last +1, we talked about how to make a pearl. Recall that the first step was to introduce an “irritant.” We connected that gem origin story to another: No pressure, no diamonds. We could say: No sand, no pearl...

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