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Stealing Fire
How Silicon Valley, the Navy Seals, and Maverick Scientists are Revolutionizing the Way We Live and Work
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Originally published in hardcover in 2017 by Dey Street Books.
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CNBC and Strategy + Business Best Business Book of the Year
It’s the biggest revolution you’ve never heard of, and it’s hiding in plain sight. Over the past decade, Silicon Valley executives like Eric Schmidt and Elon Musk, Special Operators like the Navy SEALs and the Green Berets, and maverick scientists like Sasha Shulgin and Amy Cuddy have turned everything we thought we knew about high performance upside down.
Instead of grit, better habits, or 10,000 hours, these trailblazers have found a surprising short cut. They're harnessing rare and controversial states of consciousness to solve critical challenges and outperform the competition.
New York Times bestselling author Steven Kotler and high performance expert Jamie Wheal spent four years investigating the leading edges of this revolution—from the home of SEAL Team Six to the Googleplex, the Burning Man festival, Richard Branson’s Necker Island, Red Bull’s training center, Nike’s innovation team, and the United Nations’ Headquarters. And what they learned was stunning: In their own ways, with differing languages, techniques, and applications, every one of these groups has been quietly seeking the same thing: the boost in information and inspiration that altered states provide.
Today, this revolution is spreading to the mainstream, fueling a trillion dollar underground economy and forcing us to rethink how we can all lead richer, more productive, more satisfying lives. Driven by four accelerating forces—psychology, neurobiology, technology and pharmacology—we are gaining access to and insights about some of the most contested and misunderstood terrain in history. Stealing Fire is a provocative examination of what’s actually possible; a guidebook for anyone who wants to radically upgrade their life.
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Stealing Fire by Steven Kotler receives high praise for its exploration of peak performance and human potential, blending meticulous research with engaging narrative. Reviews highlight the book as both a practical manual for enhancing brain function and a visionary guide to human innovation, with suggestions that it could herald a new cultural awakening. Critics commend its exploration of the mind's capabilities and its impact on creativity and performance across various fields.
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ISBN: 9780062429667
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 14 June 2018
Country: United States
Imprint: Dey Street Books, an imprint of HarperCollins US
Audience: General / adult
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Width: 152.0mm
Height: 228.0mm
Weight: 270g
Pages: 304
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. Along with his wife, author Joy Nicholson, he is also the cofounder of Rancho de Chihuahua, a hospice care and special needs dog sanctuary. Jamie Wheal, Executive Director of Flow Genome Project, is a leading expert on the neuro-physiology of human performance. His work ranges from Fortune 500 companies like Cisco, Google, and Nike, to the U.S. Naval War College and Red Bull. He combines a background in expeditionary leadership, wilderness medicine and surf rescue, with over a decade advising high-growth companies on strategy, execution and leadership. He speaks to diverse and high-performing communities such as Young Presidents' Organization (YPO), Summit Series, and MaiTai Global on the intersection of science and high performance. At the Flow Genome Project, he leads a team of the world's top scientists, athletes and artists dedicated to mapping the genome of the peak-performance state known as Flow. He lives on the Colorado River with his wife Julie, their two kids Lucas and Emma, and a righteous Golden Retriever named Cassie.
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