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simple explanation for this failure: we’re trying to train a skill, but what we really need to be training is a state of mind.
Steven Kotler • Stealing Fire: How Silicon Valley, the Navy SEALs, and Maverick Scientists Are Revolutionizing the Way We Live and Work
PART ONE THE POWER OF CONVERGENCE
Peter H. Diamandis, Steven Kotler • The Future Is Faster Than You Think
Flow is defined as “an optimal state of consciousness where we feel our best and perform our best.”
Steven Kotler • The Art of Impossible
she released her watershed book, The Progress Principle.
Liam Veitch • Stop Thinking Like a Freelancer
This is another reason why peak performance is an infinite game. But it’s also why the quartet of skills at the heart of this book matters so much. Motivation is what gets you into this game; learning is what helps you continue to play; creativity is how you steer; and flow is how you turbo-boost the results beyond all rational standards and reason
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But the centaur lesson remains: the more a task shifts to an open world of big-picture strategy, the more humans have to add.
David Epstein • Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World
strength and presence of mind to seize them.