“the Altered States Economy totals out to roughly $4 trillion a year. That’s a sizable chunk of our income that we annually… — Steven Kotler Copy Share Image
“we decided to take Drucker’s advice and follow the money. First, we dubbed the amount of cash and coin people spend each… — Steven Kotler Copy Share Image
“[T]he self “is not an unmitigated blessing,”6 writes Duke University psychologist Mark Leary in his aptly titled book, The Curse of the… — Steven Kotler Copy Share Image
“So, when we do experience a non-ordinary state that gives us access to something more, we feel it first as something less—and… — Steven Kotler Copy Share Image
“When you strip everything else away, technology is nothing more than the promise of an easier tomorrow. It’s the promise of hope. And how… — Steven Kotler Copy Share
“With the prefrontal cortex down-regulated, most impulse control mechanisms go offline too. For people who aren't used to this combination, the results can be… — Steven Kotler Copy Share
“of the benefits of spaying and neutering, it wasn’t until the 1990s that their catchy tag line, “Less born, less killed, less cruelty,” really… — Steven Kotler Copy Share
“The quality most desirable in a CEO? According to a global survey conducted by IBM of 1,500 top executives in sixty countries: creativity.” — Steven Kotler Copy Share
The reasons there are so many clichés about universes inside of dewdrops is because there are universes inside of dewdrops. — Steven Kotler Copy Share
“According to the official numbers, shelters take in somewhere between six million and eight million dogs and cats every year and euthanize about half… — Steven Kotler Copy Share
“This means flow packs a double punch: it doesn’t just increase our decision-making abilities—it increases our creative decision-making abilities. Dramatically.” — Steven Kotler Copy Share
“A quick search on Google yields over 11.5 billion hits for the word “time.” In comparison, more obvious topics of interest like sex and… — Steven Kotler Copy Share
“Risk heightens focus and flow follows focus. This means that the fight-or-flight response primes the body—chemically and psychologically—for the flow state. Athletes report moving… — Steven Kotler Copy Share
“Our limits are governed by flow’s ability to amplify performance as much as by imagination’s ability to dream up that performance.” — Steven Kotler Copy Share
“As it turns out, what makes a dog adoptable has very little to do with dogs, a great deal to do with humans.” — Steven Kotler Copy Share
“happiness raises nearly every business and educational outcome: raising sales by 37 percent, productivity by 31 percent, and accuracy on tasks by 19 percent,” — Steven Kotler Copy Share
“Given that seven of the top twenty most-visited sites on the Web are porn sites, and that nearly 33 percent of all Internet searches… — Steven Kotler Copy Share
“Most people live in a very restricted circle of their potential being. They make use of a very small portion of their possible consciousness,” — Steven Kotler Copy Share
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