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Flow Research Collective
Flow Research Collective Radio is a podcast dedicated to helping you unlock the upper edge of your potential. Join New York Times bestselling author Steven Kotler and Co-Founder of the Flow Research Collective, Rian Doris as they attempt to decode the science of peak performance and flow with world leading experts on the topic.
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Nov 30, 2021 • 1h 8min
Remembering Csikszentmihalyi 1: Steven Kotler On The Impact, Underrated Books & Legendary Tales Of The Godfather of Flow | Flow Research Collective Radio
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 go to getmoreflow.com right now, pop in your application and one of our team members will be in touch with you very soon.
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"In a sense the pursuit of happiness and meaning, purpose, the way it gets framed out from a practical perspective sounds selfish. What it does to the human being along the way actually isn’t completely unselfish. It sort of turns you into the person deserving of that meaning and that purpose. It’s a process of becoming." ~ Steven Kotler
ABOUT THE GUEST:
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.
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If you order Steven's new book, The Art of Impossible, right now, you’ll get $1,500 of free bonuses immediately dropped into your inbox. They include secret chapters he has never released, masterclasses on key skills to help you jack up motivation, heighten creativity, and accelerate learning. You’ll also get an entirely free training to help you fight distraction and spend more time in flow. So click the link here, snag yourself a copy of The Art of Impossible, and let’s get after it. 👉 https://www.theartofimpossible.com/

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Nov 23, 2021 • 1h 53min
Self-Understanding, Flourishing & Flow - Jonathan Beale & Brent Hogarth | Flow Research Collective Radio
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 go to getmoreflow.com right now, pop in your application and one of our team members will be in touch with you very soon.
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"Friendships can be a strong facilitator of flow. But it depends how we navigate those friendships and what we do… There are ways in which time with friends can massively enhance flow. Identify the healthy activities in which you become most absorbed and most utilize your character strengths and look for opportunities to do those with people you have relationships with." ~ Jonathan Beale
ABOUT THE GUEST:
Dr Jonathan Beale is Lead Researcher and Teacher of Philosophy at Sevenoaks School, & an Academic Visitor at St Antony’s College, University of Oxford. He is also a Visiting Research Fellow in Philosophy at the University of Hertfordshire; a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts; and a Research Fellow for ‘BrainCanDo’ – an educational neuroscience research centre. He’s previously held positions as Researcher-in-Residence at Eton College (2019-21) and Fellow in Philosophy at Harvard University (2011-13). He is the co-editor of three books for Routledge: Wittgenstein and Scientism (2017), The ‘BrainCanDo’ Handbook of Teaching and Learning (2020) and Wittgenstein and Contemporary Moral Philosophy (2022). He has published articles on education and philosophy in academic journals and media outlets including The New York Times, and has given invited talks at universities including Oxford, Cambridge, Durham, UCL, Sheffield, Yale, Ottawa and Zaragoza, and for organizations including the Royal Society of Arts.
Dr. Brent Hogarth is a Sport and Clinical Psychologist from Vancouver, Canada. He is an expert in training flow-state, mindfulness, and self-control for both sport and corporate athletes.
Brent has significant training and experience providing performance enhancement and mental health counseling. This includes, but is not limited to, working with Olympic and professional athletes, serial entrepreneurs, members of the USA military, computer engineers, authors, hedge fund managers, and more. Brent's clinical counseling experience is vast, and he sees everyone as having the ability to be a high-performer. He completed his doctoral fellowships at the University of Texas, at El Paso, and at Lehigh University, in Bethlehem, PA. In both of these placements, Dr. Hogarth worked with Division 1 student-athletes, their teams, coaches, and athletic admin.
Before entering graduate school, Brent earned an undergraduate degree in Kinesiology. After a short stint as a fitness trainer, he traveled to India where he lived in a Buddhist Monastery and completed a Yoga Teacher Training Course. It was at this moment - sitting in meditation on the hills of McLeod Ganj, India - that Brent committed to becoming a psychologist.
Dr. Hogarth is a Humanistic-Existential psychologist. His theoretical orientation is Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). ACT uses acceptance and mindfulness strategies, together with commitment and behavior change strategies, to increase psychological flexibility. Psychological flexibility means contacting the present moment fully and based on what the situation affords, changing or persisting in behavior in the service of clients chosen values.
Brent is an avid athlete and aspiring author. He represented B.C in gymnastics as a youth, loves to ski (ask Steven if he's any good), and plays basketball. Recently he completed a full Ironman and is training for his first 100-mile ultra marathon. He is currently building on his breakthrough disse

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Nov 16, 2021 • 1h 9min
Mapping Cloud 9: Part 2 - Steven Kotler | Flow Research Collective Radio
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 go to getmoreflow.com right now, pop in your application and one of our team members will be in touch with you very soon.
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“Two days a week in flow you are 1000% more productive than the competition.
It’s for these reasons that Forbes once pointed out that the #1 management metric people need to know, flow state percentage. Which is the amount of time people spend in flow.
“The most important thing though is it’s not just top athletes or big corporations or experts, it’s all of us.” ~ Steven Kotler
ABOUT THE GUEST:
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.
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If you order Steven's new book, The Art of Impossible, right now, you’ll get $1,500 of free bonuses immediately dropped into your inbox. They include secret chapters he has never released, masterclasses on key skills to help you jack up motivation, heighten creativity, and accelerate learning. You’ll also get an entirely free training to help you fight distraction and spend more time in flow. So click the link here, snag yourself a copy of The Art of Impossible, and let’s get after it. 👉 https://www.theartofimpossible.com/

Nov 8, 2021 • 1h 9min
If You Beat Yourself, Who Wins? A Conversation on Trauma and Flow - Dr. Richard Schwartz | Flow Research Collective Radio
Check out the episode´s full show notes page on our website: www.flowresearchcollective.com/radio
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“Most of us have parts that are living as if that bad thing that was happening then is still happening to us. Beliefs and emotions that I call burdens that came into them from the trauma. And now, they are attached to these parts and drive the way they operate, almost like a virus.” ~ Dr. Richard Schwartz
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 go to getmoreflow.com right now, pop in your application and one of our team members will be in touch with you very soon.
TODAY´S GUEST
Richard Schwartz began his career as a family therapist and an academic at the University of Illinois at Chicago. There he discovered that family therapy alone did not achieve full symptom relief and in asking patients why he learned that they were plagued by what they called “parts”. These patients became his teachers as they described how their parts formed networks of inner relationships that resembled the families he had been working with. He also found that as they focused on and, thereby, separated from their parts, they would shift into a state characterized by qualities like curiosity, calm, confidence, and compassion. He called that inner essence the Self and was amazed to find it even in severely diagnosed and traumatized patients. From these explorations, the Internal Family Systems (IFS) model was born in the early 1980s.
IFS is now evidence-based and has become a widely-used form of psychotherapy, particularly with trauma. It provides a non-pathologizing, optimistic, and empowering perspective and a practical and effective set of techniques for working with individuals, couples, families, and more recently, corporations and classrooms.
In 2013 Schwartz left the Chicago area and now lives in Brookline, MA where he is on the faculty of the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.
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If you order Steven's new book, The Art of Impossible, right now, you’ll get $1,500 of free bonuses immediately dropped into your inbox. They include secret chapters he has never released, masterclasses on key skills to help you jack up motivation, heighten creativity, and accelerate learning. You’ll also get an entirely free training to help you fight distraction and spend more time in flow. So click the link here, snag yourself a copy of The Art of Impossible, and let’s get after it. 👉 https://www.theartofimpossible.com/

Nov 1, 2021 • 43min
Transformative Technology, Flow & The Value of Going Deep With Meditation - Nichol Bradford | Flow Research Collective Radio
Steven Kotler’s new book, The Art of Impossible, is out.It’s $27.99 everywhere books are sold BUT you can only get the book and a battle-tested set of Free Peak Performance Tools and Trainings at 👉 https://www.theartofimpossible.com
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"Human storytelling is how we know who we are and why we’re here and where we’re going." ~ Nichol Bradford
ABOUT THE GUEST:
Nichol's purpose is to weave wellbeing, technology and science into new ground and practical possibilities for all of us. Her mission is to empower humans to grow and expand by creating or curating new visions, opportunities, and tech enabled tools for all. She does this by investing in founders who build wellbeing tech through a global non-profit.
Nichol co-founded and built Transformative Tech.org, a global ecosystem dedicated to educating, gathering, and activating wellbeing tech founders, investors, and innovators.
Prior to Transformative Tech, Nichol served as senior interactive entertainment executive with responsibility for strategy, operations and marketing for major brands that include: Activision Blizzard, Disney, and Vivendi. Highlights included operating World of Warcraft and all of Blizzard Entertainment’s properties in China as well as holding a key role on the Vivendi Games team responsible for the Activision-Blizzard merger.
Nichol speaks extensively on Human Transformation, Transformative Tech, the Future of Health, Work, and Human Excellence, and Flourishing Cities. She is also a lecturer at Stanford University, has an MBA from the Wharton School of Business, and attended Singularity University’s Global Solutions program. Nichol is a novelist and has written The Sisterhood, a work of transformative Afro-futuristic fiction. Outside of work, her two favorite activities are meditation and combat sports.
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If you order Steven's new book, The Art of Impossible, right now, you’ll get $1,500 of free bonuses immediately dropped into your inbox. They include secret chapters he has never released, masterclasses on key skills to help you jack up motivation, heighten creativity, and accelerate learning. You’ll also get an entirely free training to help you fight distraction and spend more time in flow. So click the link here, snag yourself a copy of The Art of Impossible, and let’s get after it. 👉 https://www.theartofimpossible.com/

Oct 26, 2021 • 53min
The Practical Application of Peak Performance - Todd Herman | Flow Research Collective Radio
Steven Kotler’s new book, The Art of Impossible, is out.It’s $27.99 everywhere books are sold BUT you can only get the book and a battle-tested set of Free Peak Performance Tools and Trainings at 👉 https://www.theartofimpossible.com
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"Success in life is in direct proportion to my willingness to seek out pain." ~ Todd Herman
ABOUT THE GUEST:
Todd Herman has been working with the highest achievers in sports and business for over two decades. He is the creator of the multi-award-winning Leadership & Skills Development Program, 90 Day Year, and author of the WSJ bestselling book, ‘The Alter Ego Effect: The Power of Secret Identities to Transform Your Life’ and ‘My Super Me’, a book for children to help them find their hero within and be more confident and courageous. Todd’s professional programs are delivered annually to over 200,000 professionals in 73 countries. Named by the Boston Herald as a “Training Superstar,” Todd has been featured on The Today Show, PBS, NFL Films, NY Times, CBS, Fox Sports, and Inc Magazine among others. Originally from Alberta, Canada, Todd now lives in New York City with his wife and three young children.
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If you order Steven's new book, The Art of Impossible, right now, you’ll get $1,500 of free bonuses immediately dropped into your inbox. They include secret chapters he has never released, masterclasses on key skills to help you jack up motivation, heighten creativity, and accelerate learning. You’ll also get an entirely free training to help you fight distraction and spend more time in flow. So click the link here, snag yourself a copy of The Art of Impossible, and let’s get after it. 👉 https://www.theartofimpossible.com/

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Oct 19, 2021 • 1h 35min
Mapping Cloud 9: Part 1 - Steven Kotler | Flow Research Collective Radio
Steven Kotler’s new book, The Art of Impossible, is out.It’s $27.99 everywhere books are sold BUT you can only get the book and a battle-tested set of Free Peak Performance Tools and Trainings at 👉 https://www.theartofimpossible.com
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"Whenever you see the impossible become possible, you see a state of consciousness known to researchers as 'flow'." ~ Steven Kotler
ABOUT THE GUEST:
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.
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If you order Steven's new book, The Art of Impossible, right now, you’ll get $1,500 of free bonuses immediately dropped into your inbox. They include secret chapters he has never released, masterclasses on key skills to help you jack up motivation, heighten creativity, and accelerate learning. You’ll also get an entirely free training to help you fight distraction and spend more time in flow. So click the link here, snag yourself a copy of The Art of Impossible, and let’s get after it. 👉 https://www.theartofimpossible.com/

Oct 12, 2021 • 1h 23min
Sound, Rhythm and Music As A Trigger For Flow State - Dan Clark & Kevin J.P. Woods | Flow Research Collective Radio
Steven Kotler’s new book, The Art of Impossible, is out.It’s $27.99 everywhere books are sold BUT you can only get the book and a battle-tested set of Free Peak Performance Tools and Trainings at 👉 https://www.theartofimpossible.com
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“Anyone is capable of doing anything, but they have to believe in themselves, and they have to have a track record of success.” ~Dan Clark
ABOUT THE GUESTS:
DAN CLARK:Dan Clark (CEO of Brain.fm, a brain technology company) started building websites at the age of 13, then sold his first business at the age of 20. Before Brain.fm, he owned a consulting firm that turned around tech companies. He has built and overseen 100s of apps and tech heavy websites. He was featured in Forbes 30 under 30 in technology and loves helping people not lose their shirt when diving into technology projects.
After Dan tried Brain.fm, he called the company 12 time and believed in the product so much he even offered to work for free. Two years later in 2017, he became CEO, the same year that the National Science Foundation awarded Brain.fm a grant to study its music technology.
KEVIN J.P. WOODS
Kevin is the Director of Science at Brain.fm. After receiving his doctorate from the Program in Speech and Hearing Bioscience and Technology, Harvard University, for work performed in the Lab for Computational Audition at MIT's Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences.
Kevin works on:
Data-Driven Sound Design
Attention and Distraction
The Cocktail Party Problem
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If you order Steven's new book, The Art of Impossible, right now, you’ll get $1,500 of free bonuses immediately dropped into your inbox. They include secret chapters he has never released, masterclasses on key skills to help you jack up motivation, heighten creativity, and accelerate learning. You’ll also get an entirely free training to help you fight distraction and spend more time in flow. So click the link here, snag yourself a copy of The Art of Impossible, and let’s get after it. 👉 https://www.theartofimpossible.com/

Oct 5, 2021 • 59min
Sound, Rhythm and Music As A Trigger For Flow State - Dan Clark & Kevin J.P. Woods | Flow Research Collective Radio
Steven Kotler’s new book, The Art of Impossible, is out.It’s $27.99 everywhere books are sold BUT you can only get the book and a battle-tested set of Free Peak Performance Tools and Trainings at 👉 https://www.theartofimpossible.com
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“Anyone is capable of doing anything, but they have to believe in themselves, and they have to have a track record of success.” ~Dan Clark
ABOUT THE GUESTS:
DAN CLARK:Dan Clark (CEO of Brain.fm, a brain technology company) started building websites at the age of 13, then sold his first business at the age of 20. Before Brain.fm, he owned a consulting firm that turned around tech companies. He has built and overseen 100s of apps and tech heavy websites. He was featured in Forbes 30 under 30 in technology and loves helping people not lose their shirt when diving into technology projects.
After Dan tried Brain.fm, he called the company 12 time and believed in the product so much he even offered to work for free. Two years later in 2017, he became CEO, the same year that the National Science Foundation awarded Brain.fm a grant to study its music technology.
KEVIN J.P. WOODS
Kevin is the Director of Science at Brain.fm. After receiving his doctorate from the Program in Speech and Hearing Bioscience and Technology, Harvard University, for work performed in the Lab for Computational Audition at MIT's Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences.
Kevin works on:
Data-Driven Sound Design
Attention and Distraction
The Cocktail Party Problem
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If you order Steven's new book, The Art of Impossible, right now, you’ll get $1,500 of free bonuses immediately dropped into your inbox. They include secret chapters he has never released, masterclasses on key skills to help you jack up motivation, heighten creativity, and accelerate learning. You’ll also get an entirely free training to help you fight distraction and spend more time in flow. So click the link here, snag yourself a copy of The Art of Impossible, and let’s get after it. 👉 https://www.theartofimpossible.com/

Aug 23, 2021 • 51min
Does Flow Accelerate Winning? -Tim Grover | Flow Research Collective Radio
Tim Grover, CEO of Attack Athletics, Inc., talks about the characteristics of peak performers like Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant, the benefits of peak performance training, the power of intrinsic motivation, and the importance of mastering the fundamentals for success. He also discusses accessing the flow state and the role of adversity in entering it.