The rise of superman
by Steven Kotler · first published 2014
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"An exploration of how extreme athletes are able to break the limits of ultimate human performance and what we can learn from their mastery of the state of consciousness known as "flow." "--
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Then for those athletes, they might pursue the following books with the same zeal as the OP: The Rise of Superman Art of Impossible
on “Ask HN: Performance psychology in the workplace?” ↗I love Steven Kotler's books, The Rise of Superman but not Art of Impossible. I will check it out, thanks!
on “Ask HN: Performance psychology in the workplace?” ↗Kotler's The Rise of Superman goes into how some these meta-performance skills are a big part of what's being transferred more and more effectively. There's young kids doing mind blowing things in extreme sports like skateboarding…
on “Language homogenization at Harvard” ↗