Steven Kotler: Ultimate Performance
Finding Mastery with Dr. Michael Gervais
Dr. Michael Gervais
4.6 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 13 January 2016
⏱️ 98 minutes
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Summary
Steven Kotler, a New York Times best-selling author and award-winning journalist, teaches us about "going for it" -- and the path through chronic pain that has led him to explore the neurobiology of flow. Kotler is the cofounder and Director of Research for the Flow Genome Project, an international organization, dedicated to putting flow state research onto a hard science footing.
In this episode: -How dealing with lime disease led to discovering flow -Overcoming injury as a skill and finding a way forward (grit) -Writing as his main pipeline into flow -Framework for allowing him to be fully committed to the now -Creativity and passion as triggers for flow -Focusing on the things that produced the most flow in his life -Making a list of all the things that already work for him -Starting the day in flow -Quitting when you are most excited -Physical vs. Social Risks -Divorcing self from results -Removing the transitions -Turning fear into a compass -Finding the right language to connect with anyone -The formula for mastery: passion, perseverance, and creativity -Pursuing challenges slightly above one's skill set
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| 0:00.0 | All right, welcome back or welcome to the Finding Mastery Podcast. |
| 0:13.0 | I'm Michael Jervay. |
| 0:14.0 | And the purpose of these conversations and podcast |
| 0:17.0 | is to sit down with people that are just flat-out switched on. |
| 0:20.0 | They are hungry and eager and deeply dedicated to understand the on the Path of Mastery. Finding Mastery is brought to you by Kajabi. I've always had a deep appreciation for |
| 0:35.8 | witnessing how people express and share their craft. And I know we have a lot of creators in the |
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