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The Rise of Superman

Decoding the Science of Ultimate Human Performance

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The Rise of Superman

By: Steven Kotler
Narrated by: Jeff Cummings
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Wall Street Journal Bestseller

In this groundbreaking book, New York Times bestselling author Steven Kotler decodes the mystery of ultimate human performance. Drawing on over a decade of research and first-hand reporting with dozens of top action and adventure sports athletes like big wave legend Laird Hamilton, big mountain snowboarder Jeremy Jones, and skateboarding pioneer Danny Way, Kotler explores the frontier science of “flow”, an optimal state of consciousness in which we perform and feel our best.

Building a bridge between the extreme and the mainstream, The Rise of Superman explains how these athletes are using flow to do the impossible and how we can use this information to radically accelerate performance in our own lives.

At its core, this is a book about profound possibility; about what is actually possible for our species; about where - if anywhere - our limits lie.

©2014 Steven Kotler (P)2013 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved. Extreme Sports Sports Inspiring Heartfelt Sports Performance Psychology

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A phenomenal book that is useful for anyone! Really passionately written, a pleasure to listen to. The narrator is the best one I heard! 10/5 stars for me!

Incredible!

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A bit of a long drawn out observation of how being “in the zone” or as they seem to be rebranding it to be “in the flow “ helps human life and performance and personal growth. Informative

The Flow, The Zone same same

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Hearing what others have done and what is possible helps inspire me to break past my own barriers and assumptions. It is also fascinating to hear about.

Fascinating and inspiring

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I thoroughly enjoyed this audiobook. It is entertaining and insightful at the same time. I would recommend it.

Excellent

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Some great stuff I’m in here but the stories just go on and on and on and on...... I love extreme sports but it gets tiring after about the first 6 hours ;)

Repeat, repeat, repeat

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