Descriptions:
What does it take to be your best when it matters most? Author of 7 bestselling books, Pulitzer Prize nominee, and Director of Research at the Flow Genome Project, Steven Kotler studies ultimate human performance, what is actually possible for our species, and where – if anywhere – our limits lie.
Steven Kotler is a New York Times-bestselling author, an award-winning journalist and cofounder and director of research for the Flow Genome Project. He is one of the world’s leading experts on ultimate human performance. His work has been translated into over 40 languages and his articles have appeared in over 80 publications, including The New York Times Magazine, Atlantic Monthly, Time, Wired, and Forbes. He is also the cofounder of the Rancho de Chihuahua dog sanctuary.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx
Buddhists have been telling us this for years ?
Further Reading:
*Eckhart Tolle: The Power of Now.
*Siddartha
*The Alechemist
*Tae Te Ching
*The Upanishads
Words to google:
*Chi
*Deep Embodiement
*Presence
*Mindfulness
Great talk, Great topic, very important lecture in the world of distraction .
Me: The perfect talk doesnt exist.
Steven: lemme get to my flow bro
Wonderful talk, I feel invigorated just by listening to him ?
Flow = Meaning
Any J.P. fans?
6:40 "muscle reaction time increases" – he surely meant: muscle reaction time decreases…
I used to think the flow is a state you’re in when you are performing a task you already know how to perform pretty well..A signal you’re improving in whatever task you’re engaged in is a kind of frustration plus a feeling of mild agitation..Even though I really admire what Kotler has been doing,I think he missed a point when he talks about flow states..
What book do I need to read from him, to get more about this topic?
Gems! @dafingaz
As a designer of three decades- I can attest to the human ability to get in 'flow state with intent a d concentration. I used to feel that absolutely nothing at that period can distract me…These are the times when I have been at my highest creativity in fashion design. I used to say my laser focus'…the truth is we used to call it simply inspiration,. Listening to Jean Michel Jarre music and Pink Floyd helped a lot….
FLOW – What a beautiful state of mind that is…..and it can be achieved naturally – without any outside substances….?
I call this getting hyper-focused. I can spend 10 hours working on something when I'm in this state. I'll mess with the idea until it is boiled down into its powerful core concept that is easy to understand and communicate. I really enjoyed this video
Skip to 10:04. He mainly provides definitions and observations of flow, and does not get into specifics of how to get into the flow state, in my opinion.
winning champion relies to own flow and gearing up or inner critic to declutter junk ambition when failure is coming closer
Wow! This guy is a grifter – he takes flow and makes it into BS & pseudo-propaganda. Where is the scientific evidence for any of this ? If there isn't, then it's just sales and marketing and advertising.
Being in flow is the best feeling: when you're hyper-focused, working on something you're passionate about and obsessed with, expressing your creativity, time seems to disappear, and you feel like you're experiencing real momentum and progress… ugh, so good.
At the end of the day, this exercise teaches us that, in many cases, looking terrible in public isn’t as bad as we believe. Sure, we might get some looks and giggles, but these don’t hurt, now do they? The Cynic philosopher Diogenes of Sinope used to sleep in a barrel on the streets, walking around in ragged clothes, ‘pleasured’ himself in public, and insulted people who walked past him. He didn’t care what people thought of him. Therefore, no one was able to hurt him.
5:12 i entered flow of watching teds
I’m sure if we figure what fires up in your brain when flow state happens in is best state. And you make a pill to fire the same points in your brain you can have something like limitless pill. But the best way would be if we can figure out how to do it naturally and show the world how to do it. Can you imagine what world we would love in?
Sounds like a coke high
He tells us flow exists but no techniques or helpful ways to achieve it… makes me think the talk is a big plug.