I would love to bring a real-life superhero on IQ someday, but since they survive only in the realm of comic books and movies, I honed in on the next best thing – Steven Kotler. He’s like a living Professor X. His dream it is to harness the hidden, superhuman potential in all of us through furthering our understanding of Flow States.

A Flow State is that awesome moment where all external stimuli shut down and your brain engages with laser focus on the task at hand. Whether you’re creating a woodworking masterpiece in your garage or attempting to jump the Great Wall on a skateboard, there’s no barrier to the power of a brain undergoing Flow. It’s what makes us tick at 20x and tap our hidden potential. In this episode and throughout Steven Kotler’s New York Times Bestselling book “Rise of the Superman,” he explains how extreme sports athletes harness flow states to conquer what was once thought impossible.

We’re alive at an incredible time in human history. Our understanding of the brain and how it functions could soon make it so we’re able to call upon flow states on command. So while we’re not quite at the intersection of Moore’s Law and Human Athletic Potential, the linear progression of evolution may soon reach exponential growth.

Steven Kotler is challenging himself to transform science fiction into science fact. His goal to map the Flow Genome by 2020 is some of the most exciting research being done today, and I can’t wait until he succeeds.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN 1. Why we need to imagine a bigger tomorrow. 2. How dreams will shape the future. 3. How the darkest periods in life can lead to a brighter worldview. 4. Why extreme athletes are leading our understanding of the brain. 5. How it’s easier to go 10x than an extra 10%. 6. Why discovering your purpose in life won’t happen overnight. 7. How your emotions are deceiving you. 8. Why you’re missing 99.99% of everything going on around you. 9. Why we’re no longer human beings, but human becomings. 10. What Hedonic Set Points are and how to manipulate them.