Steven Kotler: Gnar Country, Growing Old, Staying Rad: Episode #94, Steven Kotler

Old dogs can learn new tricks. And humans can thrive in the later years of life. We discuss Steven Kotler's new book Gnar Country: Growing Old, Staying Rad, where he explodes our fixed mindset around aging, inviting us all to rethink Possibility as we age. Steven, a world-renowned expert in flow science and peak human performance, imparts many actionable strategies to help us massively level up our games for more accelerated learning, elevated creativity & expansive productivity.    Show Notes Steven Kotler:    We discuss;   -Inspiration behind Gnar Country [5:30] -Steven's ambition to learn park skiing [11:00] -Peak performance aging study [13:00] -If first you don't succeed, start again one level higher [18:00] -Feeling shame and processing trauma for greater flow state [22:30] -Peak performance mindset [29:00] -Multi-tooled solutions and stacked protocols [31:30] -Flow requires recovery [35:00] -TV & Alcohol block flow [38:00] -Rules for flow [49:00] -Success in dangerous environments is knowing the line between fear and too much fear [50:30]   Gnar Country website: https://www.gnarcountry.com A Strange Experiment in Peak Performance Aging video: https://www.gnarcountry.com/gnar-country-experiment   To Connect with Steven Kotler:  instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stevenkotler/?hl=en twitter: https://twitter.com/steven_kotler?lang=en facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KotlerSteven/ linked in: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steven-kotler-4305b110/   Worth The Fight Links: IG: @worththefightbook www.worththefightbook.org