A Peak Performance Primer
by Steven Kotler
Recommended by Brianne Kimmel
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Kotler writes in high-energy, anecdote-rich chapters that pair vivid profiles of elite performers with takeaways for how to push focus, set bigger goals, and engineer flow states. The most useful parts are concrete triggers and attention hacks you can try on a single project. Downsides: examples often repeat, the tone can feel breathless, and methodological depth is thin compared with academic treatments—so the book works best if you arrive with a clear target to test its suggestions immediately.
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Bestselling author, peak performance expert and Executive Director of the Flow Research Collective, Steven Kotler decodes the secrets of those elite performers—athletes, artists, scientists, CEOs and more—who have changed our definition of the possible, teaching us how we too can stretch far beyond our capabilities, making impossible dreams much mo...
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Brianne Kimmel
Ukrainian-American venture capitalist and angel investor
“Wow, this book is incredible. Highly recommend and plan to write a long format essay on how it helped my daily productivity and long haul creativity.”
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