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If you believe that we have a potential to live an extra 20 or 30 healthy years in your health span, then you're gonna seek it out and be there early. Minds of old are essentially a fixed mindset also about your future. If you don't believe you can learn, grow, change, benefit, your brain will not get up for the fight. You've given away so much of your hour with peak performance language. The first thing is watch your self-talk: Self talk is super, super critical. It's like, you don't get to be super old, but its not in yourself. So at any age, if you have a crappy mindset golden into old age

In this episode, Steven and Peter discuss the importance of a positive mindset in order to live longer, the science behind aging, and the effects of different mindsets on healthspan.

You will learn about:

07:36 | Age Is Just A Number It Can't Define Your Limits.
49:27 | Science Fiction Is Slowly Becoming Science Fact.
1:18:39 | A Growth Mindset Vs. A Fixed Mindset.

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.

Read his latest book: Gnar Country.

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