Flow is hard work

Flow is the new holy grail for productivity. If you knew you could be 500% more productive? If you could be 600% more creative? If you could cut learning times in half? That is the result of flow, and Steven Kotler is a flow master.

Books

I am a huge fan of Steven Kotler. His books about flow (“The rise of superman” and “Stealing fire”) are superb. I love “Tomorrowland”, and I think the books he writes with Peter Diamandis are excellent too.

The Art of Impossible

Hence “The Art of Impossible: A Peak Performance Primer”. Impossible has a formula. A flow workbook. He broke down flow. No matter how mind-bendingly improbable a trick looked on the front end, there is always an understandable logic on the back end. The impossible always had a formula, and you can learn that formula. Very little is impossible with ten years’ practice. The book tries to decode the foundational neurobiology and unearth the mechanisms. The biological formula for the impossible is flow.

Flow

Flow’s impact on both our physical and our mental abilities is considerable. On the physical side, strength, endurance, and muscle reaction times all significantly increase while our sense of pain, exertion, and exhaustion all significantly decrease. Yet, the bigger impacts are cognitive. Motivation and productivity…