Stephen Kotler is the guy when it comes to talking about flow state. His new book, The Art of

Impossible, is phenomenal and we dive in and talk about what is this thing called flow state?

Why is it so incredibly pleasurable and how the hell do we get there more often?

This was a great podcast with a ton of takeaways I can't wait to share it with you.

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always. In reading The Art of Impossible and having this conversation with Stephen Kotler,

it became really apparent to me that perhaps all of these activities, which I love so much,

whether it's sports or making love to my wife or anything that takes me out of my mind and I'm

fully embodied in the thing. Well, many times I think it's that thing that I love to do.

But perhaps that thing is just a vehicle to release that massive load of endogenous chemicals

that comes in flow state that gives me the pleasurable sensation that makes me feel like I love

that thing. When really that thing is just the way for me to get my own pharmaceutical cocktail

endogenously released by my own brain and hormone systems. So I'm in flow state. And I have that

absolute release of my mind, which is so highly pleasurable and so sought after. Interesting food

for thought. And just one of the myriad topics I talk about on this podcast with Stephen Kotler.

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