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The James Altucher Show

Ep. 10 - Steven Kotler: How to Be a Super-Human

The James Altucher Show

James Altucher

Education, Business

4.6 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2014

⏱️ 73 minutes

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This week, Steven Kotler, an American bestselling author, journalist, and entrepreneur joins The James Altucher Show to talk about his new book The Rise of Superman: Decoding the Science of Ultimate Human Performance.They break down the term "flow," an optimal state of consciousness in which we perform and feel our best, and Steven shares his fascination with the term.His book focuses on extreme athletes who partake in phenomenal situations that are impossible to train for and experience "flow" that bridges their ability gap.Steven calls them "flow" hackers... and discusses how he has used them as case studies to figure out how they trigger and harness their euphoric state.You will learn how to activate your own state of flow and unleash your creativity.Time will stand still allowing opportunities and possibilities that you never even imagined to open up.It's a great "Choose Yourself" tool to master. ------------What do YOU think of the show? Head to JamesAltucherShow.com/listeners and fill out a short survey that will help us better tailor the podcast to our audience!Are you interested in getting direct answers from James about your question on a podcast? Go to JamesAltucherShow.com/AskAltucher and send in your questions to be answered on the air!------------Visit Notepd.com to read our idea lists & sign up to create your own!My new book, Skip the Line, is out! Make sure you get a copy wherever books are sold!Join the You Should Run for President 2.0 Facebook Group, where we discuss why you should run for President.I write about all my podcasts! Check out the full post and learn what I learned at jamesaltuchershow.com------------Thank you so much for listening! If you like this episode, please rate, review, and subscribe to "The James Altucher Show" wherever you get your podcasts: Apple PodcastsiHeart RadioSpotifyFollow me on social media:YouTubeTwitterFacebookLinkedIn See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0

This is James Altecher, here at the James Altecher Show, and the title of today's interview

0:17.3

is How to Be a Superhuman.

0:20.3

I'm going to be interviewing Stephen Kotler, who wrote the book The Rise of the Superhuman,

0:25.1

and we'll be discussing what he means by a Superman.

0:30.1

But first, I want to introduce my co-host, Aaron Bravo, Aaron, how are you doing today?

0:34.8

I'm doing great, James.

0:36.1

It's good to be here.

0:37.9

You already recorded the interview.

0:39.4

I listened to it about an hour ago.

0:42.1

I found it pretty fascinating.

0:43.6

It's actually one of my favorite interviews that you've done so far, but it's on a subject

0:47.0

matter that I'm highly interested in.

0:49.7

And I'm sure a lot of our listeners out there will really enjoy it as well.

0:53.6

Yeah, I mean, it's basically, I mean, the book focuses a lot on the gap between what the

1:01.4

brain can train for and what the body and brain will do when it goes beyond what it can

1:08.0

train for.

1:09.0

So for instance, he focuses a lot on these extreme athletes.

1:13.0

Like let's say you're climbing up a mountain or jumping off a mountain with no ropes or anything

1:18.0

like that, or you're surfing in extreme conditions or you're skateboarding and trying to

1:23.2

do something that's never been done before.

1:25.3

These are things that the average person can train only so much.

1:29.9

But when you're actually in the event, things can happen, which have never been, which

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