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The New York Times bestselling author and human performance expert tests his knowledge and theories on his own aging body in a quest to become an expert skier at age fifty-three. Gnar: adjective, short for "gnarly," def: any environment or situation that is high in perceived risk and high in actual risk. Country: noun, def: any defined territory, landscape or terrain, fictitious or real. Cutting-edge discoveries in embodied cognition, flow science, and network neuroscience have revolutionized how we think about peak performance aging. On paper, these discoveries should allow older athletes to progress in supposedly "impossible" activities like park skiing (think: jumps and tricks.) To see if theory worked in practice, Kotler conducted his own ass-on-the-line experiment in applied neuroscience and later-in-life skill acquisition: He tried to teach an old dog some new tricks. Recently, top pros have been performing well past a previously considered prime: World-class athletes such as Kelly Slater, the greatest surfer of all time, is winning competitions in his fifties; Tom Brady can beat players half his age. But what about the rest of us? Steven Kotler has been studying human performance for thirty years, and taught hundreds of thousands of people at all skill levels, age groups, and walks of life, how to achieve peak performance. Could his own advice work for him? Gnar Country is the chronicle of his experience pushing his own aging body past preconceived limits. It's a book about goals and grit and progression. It's an antidote for weariness that is inspiring, practical, and, often hilarious. It is about growing old and staying rad. It's a feverish reading experience that makes you put down the book, get out there, and move. Whether hurtling down a mountain side, running your first 10K race, or taking your career to new heights, Kotler challenges us to test ourselves, surpass our limits, and achieve our own impossible, whatever it might be. Part personal journey, part science experiment, part how-to guide, Kotler takes us on his punk rock, high-velocity joy-ride for a better life in spite--and often in defiance of--the perceived limitations of the aging human body.

New York Times bestselling author Steven Kotler's follow up to Last Tango, a near-future thriller about the evolution of empathy ...

From the New York Times bestselling authors of Abundance and Bold comes a practical playbook for technological convergence in our modern era.

Bestselling author and peak performance expert Steven Kotler decodes the secrets of those elite performers--athletes, artists, scientists, CEOs and more--who have changed our definition of the possible, teaching us how we too can stretch far beyond our capabilities, making impossible dreams much more attainable for all of us. What does it take to accomplish the impossible? What does it take to shatter our limitations, exceed our expectations, and turn our biggest dreams into our most recent achievements? We are capable of so much more than we know--that's the message at the core of The Art of Impossible. Building upon cutting-edge neuroscience and over twenty years of research, bestselling author, peak performance expert and Executive Director of the Flow Research Collective, Steven Kotler lays out a blueprint for extreme performance improvement. If you want to aim high, here is the playbook to make it happen! Inspirational and aspirational, pragmatic and accessible, The Art of Impossible is a life-changing experience disguised as a how-to manual for peak performance that anyone can use to shoot for the stars . . . space-suit, not included.

New York Times bestselling author Steven Kotler crafts a near-future thriller about the evolution of empathy in the tradition of William Gibson and Neal Stephenson.

This book is for anyone who has worked very hard at something--in business, life, sport, music, hobbies--and stopped seeing progress. In these pages, John K. Coyle explores the intersection of two popular frameworks¿Design Thinking and Strengths-finding¿and shows how they can be combined to achieve breakthrough performance. Coyle demonstrates how to leverage the mindset and process of Design Thinking to define the ¿right¿ problem, and to ask and answer a ¿better question.¿ Instead of ¿how do I fix my weaknesses,¿ he re-defines the central challenge of ¿how can I design for my strengths?¿ To illuminate these concepts, Coyle weaves a fascinating thread from ¿Imaginariums" as a student under Stanford's David Kelley, to world-class racing as a cyclist and speedskater, to applying Design Thinking to emerging business problems. With contributions from more than a dozen leading experts, including Steven Kotler, David Kelley, David Eagleman, Daniel Coyle and Chip Conley, as well as Olympic gold medalists, Apolo Ohno and Meryl Davis, this book will engage, entertain and inform.At its core, this book is about sharing the tools and mindsets required to find and reveal hidden potential, and imparting the belief that each and every one of us contains the capacity to do something extraordinary - if we design for it.

Schneller, höher, weiter – mehr denn je bestimmt dieses Motto unsere heutige Zeit. Gesteigerte Kreativität; Bewusstseinszustände, die uns ganz neue Optionen eröffnen; Spitzenleistungen quasi auf Knopfdruck: Viele Pioniere und Innovatoren arbeiten daran. Unternehmen wie Tesla, Google, Nike und Red Bull kooperieren mit Neurobiologen, Psychologen oder Pharmakologen. Sie alle wollen dem Geheimnis von Spitzenleistungen auf die Spur kommen und Abkürzungen auf dem Weg dorthin finden. Also keine 10.000 Stunden mehr, um beispielsweise ein Meister in der Kunst der Meditation zu werden. Und Durchbrüche stehen kurz bevor. Silicon-Valley-Insider Steven Kotler und Flow-Experte Jamie Wheal kennen die Bemühungen um Spitzenleistung aus erster Hand. In ihrem Buch zeigen sie, wie unsere gängigen Vorstellungen über Bewusstsein, Kreativität und Leistung auf den Prüfstand gestellt und Grenzen verschoben werden.

Dla człowieka naturalne jest myślenie liniowe. Do niedawna zmiany zachodzące w świecie miały przeważnie właśnie taki charakter. Do dziś większość przedsiębiorstw zadowala się wzrostem liniowym, choć wsp�łcześnie globalizacja i rozw�j technologii postępują wykładniczo i wiele dziedzin nauki rozwija się w ten spos�b: informatyka, elektronika, nanotechnologia, biologia molekularna. W takim środowisku szanse na rzeczywiście spektakularny sukces mają przedsiębiorcy myślący w spos�b wykładniczy. Trzymasz w ręku książkę, kt�ra została pomyślana jako manifest przedsiębiorcy wykładniczego i r�wnocześnie jego podręcznik. Idea jest prosta: należy rozwiązać problem, kt�ry nęka miliardy ludzi, i dzięki temu wywrzeć pozytywny wpływ na świat, spełnić swoje marzenia i znaleźć drogę do prawdziwego sukcesu. Należy przy tym myśleć wykładniczo i odważnie realizować swoje cele. W tej książce om�wiono: schemat 'sześciu D wykładniczości'; technologie wykładnicze, dzięki kt�rym ścieżka od pomysłu do fortuny staje się znacznie kr�tsza; zagadnienia związane z psychologią śmiałości, dzięki kt�rej nauczysz się myśleć w większej skali; czynniki zwiększania ludzkiej efektywności; wykorzystanie siły tłumu do odnajdywania błyskotliwych rozwiązań; stosowanie crowdsourcingu i crowdfundingu. Rozw�j w postępie wykładniczym? Tak! Teraz to możliwe!

Exploring the intersection of technology and entrepreneurship, this summary delves into strategies for achieving significant impact and wealth creation. It emphasizes the importance of leveraging exponential technologies and fostering a mindset geared towards innovation. The authors provide insights on how to harness resources and build networks that can drive transformative change, encouraging readers to think boldly and act decisively in pursuit of their goals.