TRY THIS TODAY! - How To Enter FLOW STATE & Stay Productive 99% Of EVERYDAY! | Steven Kotler
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🗓️ 27 December 2022
⏱️ 95 minutes
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Build IRONCLAD discipline in this FREE workshop: https://bit.ly/3RUnYux
On Today's Episode:
Being a high achiever comes with many challenges and there are so many insights into how to optimize for success with your time, your performance, and even your neurochemistry. When you can get into a state of flow, the tasks that require your focus to achieve higher levels of success become almost effortless.
Do you know how to tap into flow at will and truly achieve peak performance? When it comes to studying flow, peak performance both mental and physical, and the neurobiology of doing the impossible, Steven Kotler is at the top with the Flow Research Collective.
Steven is NY Times bestselling author with two Pulitzer Prize nominations, and over a dozen books all worth reading. In this episode, Steven shares his research and insights into The Art of Impossible. From unpacking the habit of inferiority to why “Never Trust Dopamine” is a thing, Steven knocks is out of the park on how flow state, goal setting, and the pursuit of greatness are all tied into achieving the unachievable. Stop settling for mediocre and start moving towards your own personal greatness.
Check out the Art of Impossible: https://www.amazon.com/Art-Impossible-Peak-Performance-Primer/dp/0062977539
QUOTES:
“We’ve gotten used to performing at a mediocre level and that’s what we expect, [...] when you level set at mediocre it is going to take extraordinary amounts of motivation and energy to get up to super expert.”
“Self-awareness is an art form.”
“Psychology is a metaphor for neurobiology.”
“Passion is literally the intersection of multiple curiosities.”
“Flow follows focus, it only shows up when all of our attention is in the right here right now.” “We are goal directed creatures. We are either shaped by our fears or our goals.”
“Goal setting is both about driving motivation and filtering reality. Our goals filter our reality.”
“As a journalist, you’re taught that the best room to be in is the room where you’re the dumbest.” “Being in a good mood is one of the best hacks for creativity.”
“When you’re in flow, risk taking is up and long term planning is down, [...] have big dreams in flow, but verify them in reality.”
“I’m not saying don’t learn the weird ass sh*t, but know this is the line and once you step over this line it’s an open question.”
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| 0:00.0 | What is up my friend Tom Billio here and I have a big question to ask you how would you rate your level of personal discipline on a scale of 1 to 10 if your answer is anything less than a 10 I've got something cool for you |
| 0:10.6 | and let me tell you right now discipline by its very nature means compelling yourself to do difficult things that are stressful |
| 0:17.2 | boring which is what kills most people are possibly scary or even painful now here is the thing achieving huge goals and stretching to reach your potential requires you to do those challenging stressful things |
| 0:29.2 | and to stick with them even when it gets boring and it will get boring building your levels of personal discipline is not easy but let me tell you it pays off |
| 0:37.0 | in fact I will tell you you're never going to achieve anything meaningful unless you develop discipline right I've just released a class from impact theory university called how to build ironclad discipline that teaches you the process of building yourself up in this area so that you can push yourself to do the hard things that greatness is going to require of you right click the link on the screen register for this class right now and let's get to |
| 0:59.1 | work I will see you inside this workshop and impact the university until then my friends be legendary |
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| 1:40.8 | everybody welcome to another episode of conversations with Tom I have another three p guest on today which I'm very excited about when you have that kind of history with somebody it's way more fun |
| 1:49.2 | Stephen Kotler welcome to the show Tom it's great to see you again dude for real first of all somehow I missed or maybe this happened since last we spoke but I can't imagine you've been twice nominated for a Pulitzer prize |
| 2:04.8 | that that happened yeah that's happened along the way small furry prayer and stealing fire were both thought nominated by the polo shirts first for the Pulitzer |
| 2:13.4 | that's crazy congratulations amazing the new book which I'm super stoked on and honestly never have I read a book that so lined up with my personal experience why |
| 2:25.2 | thought oh my god yes like somebody's putting words and science to this thing that feels so perfectly aligned with what I have experienced the book being the art of impossible |
| 2:37.0 | in it you talk about something that really let me on fire which is this notion of the habit of inferiority and I want to start there and then we'll get into sort of what you mean by impossible and all that stuff totally |
| 2:51.4 | totally but the habit the habit of inferiority alright so I wish I wish I wish I would have noticed coming because the habit of inferiority is a quote from |
| 3:02.0 | harvard psychologist William James and it was it's either in the very first psychological textbook ever written 1901 or something he wrote right around then so this is turn of the century and what he was talking about at the time was the fact that most people have second wins right we have a first when you get tired you push through you got a second when you said but most of us have no idea we've got a third wind and a fourth wind |
| 3:31.0 | and a fifth wind because we never get used to even pushing into that second when let alone beyond and he said the reason is that human beings one way or another are designed to work at much greater speed and with much greater efficiency but we've gotten the habit of inferiority right we are we've gotten used to performing at a mediocre level and that's what we expect and for key key reasons that we can cover in a second if you want to |
| 4:00.0 | there's a lot of neurobiology that basically has your body is a homostatic static system and when you level said it mediocre it is going to take extraordinary amounts of motivation energy to get up to like super expert right you have to train you have to fight how you train and train how you fight to quote the army and that was the point James |
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