How to Do the Impossible This Year

The Art of Manliness

Philosophy, Society & Culture, Education

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🗓️ 4 January 2021

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

There are goals in life that seem very attainable. And then there are those which seem practically impossible — rising out of poverty and/or a traumatic childhood, becoming a bestselling writer, deadlifting 500 pounds. With impossible goals the odds seem long, and it isn't clear how to get from point A to point B.

My guest today has spent decades figuring out the roadmap for making that journey. His name is Steven Kotler, he's a peak performance expert, the Executive Director of the Flow Research Collective, and the author of numerous books, including his latest: The Art of Impossible: A Peak Performance Primer. Today on the show, Steven talks about how he defines an impossible goal and then unpacks the formula for making the impossible, possible. That formula begins with harnessing the five big intrinsic motivators that will give you focus for free and which you need to activate in a certain sequence, and then moves through the six levels of grit which should be trained in a particular order as well. We discuss the importance of creativity and continual learning, and how to assess the ROI of your reading. Steven also explains how flow amplifies the process of achieving peak performance, and why you need to rediscover the primary flow activity from your childhood. At the end of our conversation, Steven shares some things you can begin doing today to start tackling your impossible goals.

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0:00.0	Brett McKay here and welcome to another edition of the Art of Manliness Podcast.
0:11.2	There are goals in life that seem very attainable, and then there are goals which seem practically
0:15.2	impossible, rising out of poverty or overcoming a traumatic childhood, becoming a bestselling
0:19.9	author, deadlifting 500 pounds.
0:22.1	With impossible goals, the odds seem long and it isn't clear how to get from point A to
0:26.2	point B.
0:27.2	Best Day has spent decades figuring out the roadmap for making that journey.
0:30.6	Stainless Steven Kotler, he's a peak performance expert, the Executive Director of the flow
0:34.5	research collective and the author of numerous books, including his latest, The Art of Impossible,
0:38.9	a peak performance primer.
0:40.5	Today on the show, Steven talks about how he defines an impossible goal and then unpacks
0:44.1	the formula for making the impossible possible.
0:46.9	That formula begins with harnessing the five big intrinsic motivators that will give
0:50.3	you focus for free in which you need to activate in a certain sequence and then moves through
0:54.3	through the sixth levels of grit that should be trained in a particular order as well.
0:57.9	We discuss the importance of creativity and continue learning and how to assess the ROI
1:01.8	of your reading.
1:02.8	Stephen also explains how flow amplifies the process of achieving peak performance
1:06.3	and why you need to rediscover the primary flow activity from your childhood.
1:09.8	At the end of our conversation, Stephen shares some things you begin doing today to start
1:13.2	tackling your impossible goals.
1:15.1	Out of the shows over, check out our show notes at aowm.is-artofimpossible.
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