EFR 709: The Neurobiology of Flow State & How to Achieve Peak Performance at Any Age with Steven Kotler
Ever Forward Radio with Chase Chewning
Chase Chewning
5 • 927 Ratings
🗓️ 22 May 2023
⏱️ 96 minutes
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Summary
Steven Kotler breaks down powerful insights from his newest book, Gnar Country: Growing Old, Staying Rad, which dissects the neurobiology of flow state, peak performance, and aging. Steven shares research-backed hacks for staying rad as you age, from using fear as a compass to building leg strength to feel more confident.
Steven Kotler is the Executive Director of the Flow Research Collective, the world’s leader in neuroscience-based peak performance research and training. He’s the author of several NYT best-selling books, including The Art of Impossible: A Peak Performance Primer.
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Key Highlights
- Flow states have 26 known triggers and “flow follows focus”. What does that mean biologically?
- How to find the challenge/skill sweet spot.
- How can we get into a flow state more easily?
- The Biology of Aging: “Getting our biology to work for us, rather than against us”
- The hidden ways we are ego-driven & How to calm your ego.
- How our brain chemistry impacts learning, memory, flow, and performance.
- What shocked Steven the most about the Gnar Country experiment.
- Why he researched park skiing in relation to flow state.
- Activities that increase strength, stamina, agility, balance, and flexibility for peak performance aging.
- Hacks for tapping into flow state to overcome fear.
- What role does creativity play in growing old and staying rad?
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- The Art of Impossible by Steven Kotler
- Gnar Country by Steven Kotler
- Flow in Sports by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi and Susan A. Jackson
- Ego is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday
- EFR 678: Lessons From the World's Longest Study of Happiness with Dr. Marc Schulz
- The Immortality Key by Brian C. Muraresku
- Recapture the Rapture by Jamie Wheal
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | The following is an operation podcast production. |
| 0:03.3 | Hey, I'm Stephen Kotler. I train circus animals. |
| 0:07.6 | And today on Ever Forward, we're going to be learning |
| 0:12.2 | how to get penguins to March in a line. |
| 0:15.0 | Hey, I'm Stephen Kotler. |
| 0:19.0 | I'm the executive director of the Flow Research Collective. |
| 0:21.0 | Today on Ever Forward, we're going to be talking about flow |
| 0:24.9 | states, peak performance, peak performance, aging, and how to rock to you drop. This is your number one source for inspiring content from people who are putting a purpose |
| 0:37.6 | to their passion and truly living a life ever forward. |
| 0:40.8 | I am your host, Chase Ch Tuning. This is Ever Forward Radio. And we're back. What's going on everybody? Welcome back to another power-packed |
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