The Art Of The Impossible With Steven Kotler

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Mindvalley

Education, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement, Mental Health

4.5 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2021

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

This episode’s guest is a New York Times bestselling author, an award-winning journalist, and the founder and executive director of the Flow Research Collective. He is one of the world’s leading experts on human performance and a highly sought-after trainer and speaker. We’re thrilled to welcome the legendary Steven Kotler to the Mindvalley Podcast. In this interview, the founder of Mindvalley Vishen Lakhiani, discusses Steven's new book, The Art of Impossible, and the pair take a deep dive into how to adapt to the inevitable changes life throws at us. Steven Kotler is one of the world’s leading peak performance experts. He is the New York Times bestselling author of books like Stealing Fire, Abundance, and The Rise of Superman. Kotler is a highly sought-after trainer and speaker with clients including Google, Cisco, Deloitte, a stable of professional athletes, and the US Special Forces. He has also been featured on Ted Talks, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal as well as a plethora of other world-renowned platforms. Steven’s new book, The Art of Impossible: A Peak Performance Prime, is now available to purchase. Listen out for: - A sneak peek into the ideas behind Steven’s new book. - 4 skills you need to peak your cognitive performance. - The definition of the word “impossible”. - When to start training for grit. - The Habit of Ferocity, and how you can build it. - Live Bonus Q&A Session. Bonus: - Learn what it takes to create a life that exceeds your expectations with Steven Kotler’s FREE Mindvalley Masterclass here 👉 https://go.mindvalley.com/thof_podcast - Subscribe to Mindvalley Membership to discover 30+ Mindvalley Quests, watch our podcast sessions live, interact with the guests, connect with the world’s best teachers and find your community 👉 https://go.mindvalley.com/NOW Like this episode? Subscribe to our podcast on iTunes, Spotify, or your favorite podcasting app. Share this with your friends on Instagram or Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Passion is not something you discover.
0:02.7	Passion is something you cultivate and earn
0:05.6	by playing at the intersection of multiple curiosities
0:08.8	and accumulating little wins.
0:11.0	Little win after little win after little win, this is how we grow passion. We make this crazy mistake.
0:17.2	We do it to ourselves all the time where we're like, oh, I just haven't found my passion
0:22.0	yet. You're lying. If you know three or four things you're
0:24.9	curious about and start playing at the intersection of those things for years on end,
0:30.5	you're going to get passion.
0:31.6	I am Mission Laciani, founder of Mind Valley, the School for Human Transformation.
0:36.0	You're listening to the Mind Valley podcast where we'll be bringing you the greatest teachers and thought leaders on the planet.
0:42.0	They discuss the world's most powerful ideas and personal growth for mind, body, spirit, and work.
0:49.0	Hey everyone, welcome to the Mind Valley Podcast.
0:52.0	I'm live right now with Stephen Butler. We're in front of a live audience.
0:56.5	556 people are here with us. I just hit the record button because so many gems are pouring out of this man's mouth and I cannot
1:05.1	wait to get this podcast recording to you now for those of you who don't know
1:08.1	Stephen Kotler you probably have been living under a rock in some ways because he is one of my favorite authors.
1:15.0	Over the last 10 years Stephen Kotler has churned out, hit after hit after hit,
1:20.0	he co-authored bold with Peter Day Amandis,
1:23.0	Abundance with Peter Die Amandis,
1:24.8	I One Point in 2013 called Abundance,
1:27.4	My Favorite Book of the Year.
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