The Art of Impossible: A Peak Performance Primer

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New York Times Bestseller

Bestselling author and peak performance expert Steven Kotler decodes the secrets of those elite performersathletes, artists, scientists, CEOs and morewho 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 knowthats 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.

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Thoroughly grounded in science, writing of the biological systems that drive fear, anger, grief, lust, and other emotions, all of which can be turned to advantage. . . . [Kotler] offers . . . an entertaining, inspiring approach to life-hacking that begs to be implemented by the willing reader. Kirkus Reviews(starred review) The Art of Impossible is consistently fascinating. There arent many writers I would follow on an intellectual journey as ambitious as this to examine peak performance; fortunately, Steven Kotler is one of them. David Epstein, New York Times bestselling author of Range and The Sports Gene This book is a tour de force of high performance. Its an essential resource for those looking to align their curiosity, passion, and purpose to have not just a little more flow and creativity in their lives but to have a lot more flow and creativity. Want to learn how to take your innovation to seemingly impossible heights Steven Kotler will teach you how. Scott Barry Kaufman, author of Transcend: The New Science of Self-Actualization This book is quite literally impossible. Ive been tracking Stevens work for ten years now, and its impossible to overstate how important it is. Its impossible that he cracked the code on breakthrough success, yet he has. Its impossible to have turned extreme innovation from an art to a science, yet he has. Its impossible that he put it all together in a book thats impossible to put down, yet he has. Read it and go accomplish the impossible yourself. Salim Ismail, chairman of ExO Works, author of Exponential Organizations The Art of Impossible is a must-read! Steven Kotler is one of a handful of people on the planet with a deep understanding of the frontiers of human performance. His ability to bring applied neuroscience and psychology to life through storytelling is world-class. This book is a treasure. Dr. Michael Gervais, high-performance psychologist In The Art of Impossible, Steven Kotler has managed to articulate what many peak performers intuitively know but cant explain: that theres a formula for impossible. Kotler demystifies the mythic, breaking down that formula and giving readers exactly the tools they need to accomplish their dreams, no matter how big. Laird Hamilton, waterman, big-wave surfer

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Steven Kotler is a New York Times bestselling author, an award-winning journalist, and the Executive Director of the Flow Research Collective. He is one of the world's leading experts on human performance. Along with his wife, author Joy Nicholson, he is also the cofounder of Rancho de Chihuahua, a hospice care and special needs dog sanctuary.