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Flow State Mastery with Steven Kotler #306

Muscle Intelligence

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The Four Steps to Speeding Up Your Brain

Flow is essentially what happens after we've learned a bunch of new information, sort of chunk that information. The front end of a flow state, there is a struggle phase. You want to get to the point right where your head feels like it's about to explode and then take your mind off the problem. What works best is low grade physical exercise. This is not going to the gym and going for a walk or 20 minute walk in nature. But gardening or building model airplanes gets your body involved so you can get a little bit out of your head. Not only do you need an active recovery protocol in place but you are also going to sleep on good night. So you're really unique

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