The Art of Impossible
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New York Times Bestseller 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.
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Pop-psychology journalists are the worst of the popular science journalists. You can spot them a mile away because they'll be talking about the how serotonin causes a feeling of serenity or dopamine fuels our curiosity, as if this correlation has anything meaningful to contribute to how we live our life (& which came first, the curiosity or the dopamine. And who cares). You've probably already read a lot of books like this one; there's nothing original here, & most of it is based in the very sketchy domain of neuropsychology. Give this one a miss.
This may as well have been “Don't You Know Who I Am: A Memoir”.
Honestly, the author comes up with a list of items to do in order to ‘unlock the impossible', just like him, but is not nearly famous nor accomplished enough to merit that commentary. I'd never heard of him before reading this book, so to say I too can be as successful as him isn't nearly the encouragement he thinks it is.
There were some interesting ideas in the middle about how to organize your day to promote healthy work habits etc., but I wouldn't say any of them were earth-shattering or original. And then right at the end of the book it turns out that it's all been an advertisement for his self-help organization, which definitely left a weird taste in my mouth.
