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Steven Kotler: Hacking Flow, Mental Performance, Psychedelics | Ep. 03

Align Podcast

Aaron Alexander

Society & Culture, Philosophy

4.8923 Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2015

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Steven Kotler is the writer of "The Rise of Superman" and New York Times best seller "Abundance". We chat about how to hack flow and become more attuned to every moment. We chat on Kotler's perspectives on psychoactive medicines, mental performance and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

I said empty your mind, be formless, shapeless, like water.

0:08.0

It's about how hard you hit.

0:10.0

It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward.

0:13.6

How much you can take and keep moving forward?

0:16.4

Join the movement expert Aaron Alexander

0:19.4

as he dives into the minds of the foremost innovative health care thinkers and movement masters on their approach to optimal health and wellness.

0:28.0

Aline Podcast.

0:30.0

Why, hello and welcome back to the Aligned podcast.

0:33.4

I am your host Aaron Alexander and today I had the privilege of speaking to New York Times

0:38.6

best-selling author Mr Stephen Kotler.

0:42.2

In this conversation we got into the impact of psychedelics and marijuana on athletic performance.

0:48.0

We got into why in the world this time

0:52.8

through extreme, potentially traumatic instances such as like a car accident

0:57.4

or skydiving or whatever it may be.

0:59.8

And so much more than that.

1:01.6

I had a fantastic time talking to Stephen and I know you

1:04.8

guys are going to get so much out of this conversation. As you pointed out, we

1:09.2

suck it multitasking. The human brain is not built for multitasking.

1:12.8

So you want to stretch, you want to be outside your comfort zone,

1:15.9

but you don't want to snap.

1:17.3

The secret to Superman is raising the challenge level

1:21.2

a little bit every single day.

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