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Steven Kotler: Flow is the doorway to more that most of us seek!

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steven kotlerThis is my second interview with Steven Kotler. Last time we discussed Abundance: The Future is Better than You Think – the book Steven co-wrote with Peter Diamandis. This time, we discuss reaching our optimum state of performance, or what many of us call Flow.

During our conversation with Steven Kotler we cover issues such as the definition of flow as an optimal state of performance; his profound personal experiences of being in flow; the likelihood of putting flow in a pill or video game; why we need to set both long-term as well as clear short-term goals; Nietzsche and transhumanism; the flow genome project…

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Who is Steven Kotler?

Steven Kotler is a New York Times bestselling author, award-winning journalist, and co-founder and director of research for the Flow Research Collective. His books include The Rise of Superman, Abundance, A Small Furry Prayer, West of Jesus, and The Angle Quickest for Flight. His work has been translated into thirty languages and his articles have appeared in more than seventy publications, including New York Times Magazine, Atlantic Monthly, Wired, and Forbes. You can find him online at www.stevenkotler.com

Steven Kotler on Abundance: Get Off the Couch and Change the World

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Yesterday I interviewed Steven Kotler on Singularity 1 on 1.

Together with Peter Diamandis, Steven is the co-author of Abundance: The Future is Better than You Think.

Abundance is a book that provides both hope and inspiration in an ocean of doom and gloom. Its main message is that the future can and, most likely, will be better than we think.

Impossible?!

Check out the interview to see why you are probably wrong.

During our conversation with Steven Kotler we discuss issues such as: running a dog shelter for special needs dogs; the story of how Steven got his first writing job and eventually published articles in Maxim, Wired, GQ, Popular Science, and other periodicals; his first novel; environmental degradation, global warming and biodiversity; the neuroscience behind out cognitive biases such as why we are local optimists but global pessimists; environmentalism and nuclear energy; the story of how Steven met Peter Diamandis and eventually got together to write Abundance; the four forces shaping the world today — exponentially growing technology, DIY Innovators, techno philanthropists and the rising billion; the Qualcomm Tricorder X Prize, AI (such as Watson) and putting a doctor in your cell phone; scarcity, abundance, and capitalism; why he believes that we are living an age of unparalleled personal empowerment.

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Who is Steven Kotler?

Steven Kotler is a best-selling author, award-winning journalist, co-founder of the Rancho de Chihuahua dog sanctuary, and director of research for the Flow Research Collective. His award-winning books include the non-fiction works Abundance, A Small Furry Prayer, West of Jesus, and the novel The Angle Quickest for Flight. His articles have appeared in over 60 publications, including The New York Times Magazine, Atlantic Monthly, Wired, Forbes, GQ, Outside, Popular Science, and Discover. You can find more about Steven Kotler on his website: http://www.stevenkotler.com.

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Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think

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I wanted to talk about Abundance: The Future is Better Than You Think as soon as I heard about the book during my first interview with Peter Diamandis.

I have been putting off blogging about it because I’ve been secretly hoping (and plotting) to get Peter back for another interview. Lately, however, I am beginning to realize that stealing another 30 minutes away from Peter — who is a busy father of young twin-boys and a high-powered entrepreneur, may be a bit too selfish of me. So, I decided to steal Peter’s ever-available digital copy who can tell you in 3 minutes why Abundance is such a unique book that you must read.

 

Abundance Book Trailer:

 

Evidence in Abundance:

 

Jason Silva – one of my favorite guests on Singularity 1 on 1, made this cool movie bursting with passion and excitement about the book:

 

Joe Polish Video Interview with co-authors Peter Diamandis and  Steven Kotler:

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