Why 90% of People Accept Mediocrity: The Hidden Reason You’re Not Successful Yet | Steven Kotler (Fan Fav)

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🗓️ 10 May 2025

⏱️ 98 minutes

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Fan Favorite: This episode originally aired on: December 27, 2022. 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 Follow Steven Kotler: Website: https://www.stevenkotler.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/steven_kotler Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stevenkotler/ CHECK OUT OUR SPONSORS ButcherBox: Ready to level up your meals? Go to ⁠https://ButcherBox.com/impact⁠ to get $20 off your first box and FREE bacon for life with the Bilyeu Box! Vital Proteins: Get 20% off by going to ⁠https://www.vitalproteins.com⁠ and entering promo code IMPACT at check out Netsuite: Download the CFO’s Guide to AI and Machine Learning at ⁠https://NetSuite.com/THEORY⁠ iTrust Capital: Use code IMPACTGO when you sign up and fund your account to get a $100 bonus at ⁠https://www.itrustcapital.com/tombilyeu⁠ Mint Mobile: If you like your money, Mint Mobile is for you. Shop plans at ⁠https://mintmobile.com/impact.⁠ DISCLAIMER: Upfront payment of $45 for 3-month 5 gigabyte plan required (equivalent to $15/mo.). New customer offer for first 3 months only, then full-price plan options available. Taxes & fees extra. See MINT MOBILE for details. What's up, everybody? It's Tom Bilyeu here: If you want my help... STARTING a business:⁠ join me here at ZERO TO FOUNDER⁠ SCALING a business:⁠ see if you qualify here.⁠ Get my battle-tested strategies and insights delivered weekly to your inbox:⁠ sign up here.⁠ ********************************************************************** If you're serious about leveling up your life, I urge you to check out my new podcast,⁠ Tom Bilyeu’s Mindset Playbook⁠ —a goldmine of my most impactful episodes on mindset, business, and health. Trust me, your future self will thank you. ********************************************************************** LISTEN TO IMPACT THEORY AD FREE + BONUS EPISODES on APPLE PODCASTS:⁠ apple.co/impacttheory⁠ ********************************************************************** FOLLOW TOM: Instagram:⁠ https://www.instagram.com/tombilyeu/⁠ Tik Tok:⁠ https://www.tiktok.com/@tombilyeu?lang=en⁠ Twitter:⁠ https://twitter.com/tombilyeu⁠ YouTube:⁠ https://www.youtube.com/@TomBilyeu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Everybody, welcome to another episode of Conversations with Tom.
0:05.0	I have another three-peak guest on today, which I'm very excited about.
0:09.0	When you have that kind of history with somebody, it's way more fun.
0:12.0	Stephen Kotler, welcome to the show.
0:15.0	Tom, it's great to see you again.
0:17.0	Dude, for real.
0:18.0	First of all, somehow I missed, or maybe this happened since last we spoke,
0:22.9	but I can't imagine. You've been twice nominated for a Pulitzer Prize.
0:28.0	None of that happened. Yeah, that's happened along the way. Small furry prayer and stealing fire.
0:33.0	We're both nominated by the publishers for the Pulitzer. That's crazy. Congratulations.
0:38.9	Amazing.
0:40.0	The new book, which I am super stoked on, and honestly, never have I read a book that
0:46.0	so lined up with my personal experience where I thought, oh, my God, yes, like somebody's
0:49.8	putting words and science to this thing that feels so perfectly aligned with what I have experienced.
0:57.4	The book being The Art of Impossible.
1:00.4	In it, you talk about something that really lit me on fire, which is this notion of the habit of inferiority.
1:08.3	And I want to start there.
1:10.2	And then we'll get into sort of what you mean
1:12.0	by impossible and all that stuff.
1:13.9	Totally.
1:14.9	Totally.
1:15.9	But the habit, the habit of inferiority.
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