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Old is Just a Mindset – Steven Kotler

The New Man

CHAPTER

The Challenge Skills Sweet Spot

"There's something going on between the ears that's keeping us from doing this," he says. "We paid the most attention task at hand with challenge of the task about 5% greater than her skill set at 4%. You want to stretch, but not snap." Fear is a performance killer: It tightens our muscles up and slows fast, which kills everything,. And gets you hurt.

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