IE234 Steven Kotler: Flow State Mastery: Unlocking Peak Performance & Super-Empathy through Nature's Power!

Steven Kotler is a New York Times bestselling author, an award-winning journalist, and the Executive Director of the Flow Research Collective. He is one of the world’s leading experts on human performance and we are excited to have him join us on the podcast for a second time! He is the author of ten bestsellers (out of fourteen books), including The Art of Impossible, The Future is Faster Than You Think, Stealing Fire, The Rise of Superman, Bold and Abundance. 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, Wired, Atlantic Monthly, Wall Street Journal, TIME, and the Harvard Business Review.TUNE IN02:17 - Speciesism and how pro-human excellence comes at a cost to mother earth13:05 - How working through trauma can open you up in new ways to find the blessings through those challenges19:18 - How flow states naturally increases empathy & nature relatedness24:50 - Did psychedelic drugs influence each era’s culture or vice versa?34:05 - Steven Kotler invents a new psychedelic that makes you trip evolution44:29 - What is primary productivity & how is the human species affecting it?54:14 - Understanding your triggers to maintain attention managementLISTEN & SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCASTSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2HJCflVnHRDmvNtI8r2a65?si=692723d115ce4ef2/Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/inspired-evolution/id1272090974/CONNECT WITH STEVEN KOTLERWebsite: https://www.stevenkotler.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stevenkotler/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KotlerSteven/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzhSCsVvwlhqMSQIQQHbNfg/Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/steven_kotler/media/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steven-kotler-4305b110/New book Devil’s Dictionary: https://www.devilsdictionary.link/JOIN THE INSPIRED EVOLUTION COMMUNITYWebsite: https://www.inspiredevolution/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/inspired_evolution/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/inspiredevolution/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/com/inspiredevolution/Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/inspiredevolution. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.