Original airdate: August 9, 2022
Have you ever dreamed of doing the impossible? When you’re always motivated to grow, push your boundaries and get outside your comfort zone?
My guest, Steven Kotler, says that doing the impossible is possible. After studying elite athletes, artists, CEOs, scientists, and more, Steven found that we can be consistently unstoppable even when faced with unexpected setbacks and adversity.
Steven will tell us what it really takes to maximize our potential and achieve peak performance. Steven Kotler is a NYT bestselling author, an award-winning journalist, and one of the world’s leading experts on human performance. He is the author of ten bestsellers (out of fourteen books), including “The Art of Impossible.” His work has been nominated for two Pulitzer Prizes, translated into over 50 languages, and has appeared in over 100 publications, including the New York Times Magazine, Wall Street Journal, TIME, and the Harvard Business Review.
In this interview, Steven shares his expertise on flow state and how to enter and sustain it so that we can stretch ourselves and achieve impossible feats. He also talks about his new sci-fi thriller, “The Devil’s Dictionary,” and the inspiration behind its message about animal rights.
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