“Scientists who study human motivation have lately learned that after basic survival needs have been met, the combination of autonomy (the desire… — Steven Kotler Copy Share Image
“Scientists call this shutdown7 “transient hypofrontality.” Transient means temporary. “Hypo,” the opposite of “hyper,” means “less than normal.” And frontality refers to… — Steven Kotler Copy Share Image
“The past three decades have witnessed unprecedented growth in what researchers now term ultimate human performance. This is not the same as… — 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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
The reasons there are so many clichés about universes inside of dewdrops is because there are universes inside of dewdrops. — Steven Kotler Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
