The Rise of Superman
by Steven Kotler
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Kotler examines how extreme athletes achieve peak performance through flow, total absorption where action and awareness merge. Flow has a systematic neuroscience, not just mystique.
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In the Conversation
In this collection, The Rise of Superman references 2 other books and is cited by 2 other books.
It draws on Flow and Thinking, Fast and Slow.
It’s picked up by Endure: Mind, Body, and the Curiously Elastic Limits of Human Performance and Atomic Habits.
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Kotler's entire framework is built on Csikszentmihalyi's flow research, extending it to extreme sports and peak performance
References Kahneman's System 1 processing to explain how flow bypasses conscious deliberation for faster reaction times
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Both Hutchinson and Kotler investigate how altered states of consciousness, whether flow or extreme focus, enable athletes to surpass what was previously thought to be their physiological ceiling
Clear cites Steven Kotler's Rise of Superman for the "4 percent beyond your current ability" rule about flow states. Kotler's research on extreme athletes underpins Clear's "Goldilocks Rule" for habit difficulty.
Chapter 19 (notes)
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