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TRY THIS TODAY! - How To Enter FLOW STATE & Stay Productive 99% Of EVERYDAY! | Steven Kotler

Tom Bilyeu's Impact Theory

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Risk Tolerance and Peak Performance Advice

  • Steven Kotler recounts spending time with field biologists and action sport athletes, noticing their high-risk tolerance.
  • He realized that after learning about peak performance and flow, he gave advice to loved ones based on his own skewed risk tolerance.
  • This led to negative consequences, with some ending up in the hospital or damaging relationships.
  • Kotler learned that risk tolerance is genetically hardwired and shaped by early childhood, impacting how individuals should approach peak performance.
  • He emphasizes that personality doesn't scale, and applying one's own experience to others can be detrimental.
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