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Steven Kotler - Peak Performance Aging: Crushing It As You Get Older

Smart People Podcast

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How to Park Ski and Get to Intermediate

Flow states have triggers preconditions that lead to more flow. Two of them are challenge skills balance and creativity. Most people can get them to flow when the challenge is about 5% greater than your skill set. You want to overload the system with anxiety and fear. That's the first trigger that matters. The second is creativity. When we link two ideas together that causes the brain to release dopamine. And it drives focus into the present moment.

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