TODAY’S EPISODE IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE FLOW RESEARCH COLLECTIVE Are you an entrepreneur, a leader, or a knowledge worker, who wants to harness the power of flow so you can get more done in less time with greater ease and accomplish your boldest professional goals faster? If you’ve answered this question with “hell yes” then our peak-performance training Zero to Dangerous may be a good fit for you. If this sounds of interest to you all you need to do is click here right now, pop in your application and one of our team members will be in touch with you very soon.   ABOUT THE GUEST: Bret Lockett Bret Lockett is a leading business consultant, speaker, entrepreneur, former NFL player, and founder of the “High Stakes” Training, an executive performance training platform designed to help high achievers become top performers in life, and in business. Bret has been featured in media across the globe including Forbes, CNN, Entrepreneur Magazine, NBC, the Huffington Post, ABC, and the Boston Herald, among others.   Andrew D. Huberman Andrew D. Huberman is an American neuroscientist and tenured professor in the Department of Neurobiology at the Stanford University School of Medicine. He has made numerous important contributions to the fields of brain development, brain plasticity, and neural regeneration and repair. A large amount of that work focused on the visual system, including the mechanisms that control light-mediated activation of the circadian and autonomic arousal centers in the brain, as well as the brain control over conscious vision or sight. Huberman was awarded the McKnight Foundation Neuroscience Scholar Award (2013), and a Biomedical Scholar Award from the Pew Charitable Trusts. He is the recipient of the 2017 ARVO Cogan Award for making major contributions to the fields of vision science and efforts to regenerate the visual system and cure blindness.   ABOUT THE EPISODE:   In this episode, you will learn about: Accessing Flow In Different Environments (02:13) Needing Mastery For Flow (05:50) Learning To Be Observant (07:33) Underlying Universal Skills (13:50) How Ego Affects Peak Performance (17:35) How To Stay Focused (22:19) Tolerating Discomfort (29:33) How Important Are Our Goals (32:13) Goal Setting Theory (36:28) Turning Passion Into Purpose (39:02) Importance of Focus (49:11) Flow Triggers & Flow Blockers (53:48) Lessons From Tom Brady (01:05:39) Group Flow (01:09:38) Handling Negative Feedback (01:11:15) Biggest Leadership Lesson (01:12:54) Habits & Routines (01:14:17)   RESOURCES: Bret Lockett Instagram   Dr. Andrew Huberman Website Instagram   STEVEN KOTLER is a New York Times bestselling author, award-winning journalist, and Founder and Executive Director of the Flow Research Collective. He is one of the world’s leading experts on human performance. His books include The Art of Impossible, Stealing Fire, and The Rise of Superman. His work has been translated into over 40 languages and appeared in over 100 publications, including the New York Times Magazine, Wall Street Journal, TIME, Wired, Atlantic Monthly, The Harvard Business Review and Forbes.