root causes of, 94
Strengths Profiler and, 140
training, 92–94, 139, 274
Wharton, Michael, 100
Whitehead, Alfred North, 163
willpower, 69–71, 74, 225
Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 147
writing, free, 189
yes, always saying, 255
yoga, 82
Zero-to-Dangerous, 277–78
Zlotoff, Lee, 186–87, 189, 264
About the Author
STEVEN KOTLER is a New York Times bestselling author, an award-winning journalist, and the executive director of the Flow Research Collective. He is one of the world’s leading experts on human performance. He is the author of eleven books, including The Future Is Faster Than You Think, Stealing Fire, Bold, Abundance, and The Rise of Superman. His work has been nominated for two Pulitzer Prizes, translated into more than forty languages, and appeared in more than a hundred publications, including the New York Times Magazine, Atlantic Monthly, Time, Wired, and Forbes. He is also the cofounder of Rancho de Chihuahua, a canine welfare and education organization. You can find him online at www.stevenkotler.com.
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Copyright
THE ART OF IMPOSSIBLE. Copyright © 2021 by Steven Kotler. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse-engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.
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Names: Kotler, Steven, 1967– author.
Title: The art of impossible: a peak performance primer / Steven Kotler.
Description: First edition. | New York: HarperCollins, [2021] | Includes index. |Identifiers: LCCN 2020025796 (print) | LCCN 2020025797 (ebook) | ISBN 9780062977533 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780062977526 (epub)
Subjects: LCSH: Goal (Psychology) | Achievement motivation. | Success.
Classification: LCC BF505.G6 K68 2021 (print) | LCC BF505.G6 (ebook) | DDC 650.1—dc23
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