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The rise of superman : decoding the science of ultimate human performance / Steven Kotler.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boston : New Harvest/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014Description: xxii, 234 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1477800832 (hbk.)
  • 9781477800836 (hbk.)
Subject(s):
Contents:
Part one: He is the frenzy. The way of flow -- The wave of flow -- The where of flow -- The what of flow -- The flow shortcut -- Part two: Flow hacker nation. Outer flow -- Inner flow -- The we of flow -- The flow of imagination -- Part three: Time to rise. The dark side of flow -- The flow of next -- Flow to abundance.
Summary: "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." "-- Provided by publisher.
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 796.019 K87 Available 33111007516954
Total holds: 0

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An exploration of how extreme athletes break the limits of ultimate human performance and what we can learn from their mastery of the state of consciousness known as "flow"

In this groundbreaking book, New York Times -bestselling author Steven Kotler decodes the mystery of ultimate human performance. Drawing on over a decade of research and first-hand interviews with dozens of top action and adventure sports athletes such as big-wave legend Laird Hamilton, big-mountain snowboarder Jeremy Jones, and skateboarding pioneer Danny Way, Kotler explores the frontier science of "flow," an optimal state of consciousness where we perform and feel our best.

Building a bridge between the extreme and the mainstream, The Rise of Superman explains how these athletes are using flow to do the impossible and how we can use this information to radically accelerate our performance in our own lives.

At its core, this is a book about profound possibility, what is actually possible for our species, and where--if anywhere--our limits lie.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part one: He is the frenzy. The way of flow -- The wave of flow -- The where of flow -- The what of flow -- The flow shortcut -- Part two: Flow hacker nation. Outer flow -- Inner flow -- The we of flow -- The flow of imagination -- Part three: Time to rise. The dark side of flow -- The flow of next -- Flow to abundance.

"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." "-- Provided by publisher.

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