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Steven Kotler Quotes

American author and journalist focused on peak performance and the science of flow. Co-founder of the Flow Research Collective.

6 sourced quotes from Steven Kotler across Flow State.

“Flow is the optimal performance state of the human nervous system.”

The Rise of Superman · 2014 Flow State

“In flow, the brain becomes hyper-efficient. Five major neurochemicals can be active at once — almost nowhere else in life does this happen.”

The Art of Impossible · 2021 Flow State

“The four phases of the flow cycle: struggle, release, flow, recovery. Skip any one and you cannot get the next.”

The Art of Impossible · 2021 Flow State

“Group flow is the most powerful productivity tool we have. Pixar runs on it. The Lakers won on it.”

Stealing Fire · 2017 Flow State

“Flow has a dark side. It is also what the slot machine produces. The neurochemistry does not care if you are an artist or an addict.”

Stealing Fire · 2017 Flow State

“You cannot live in flow. The body cannot sustain it. The recovery is real.”

The Art of Impossible · 2021 Flow State