Vishen LakhianiFounder of Mindvalley | NYT Bestselling Author | Transforming Lives Globally

The Science Of Extraordinary Performance With Steven Kotler | Mindvalley Trailer

20 Feb 2019 · 1 min

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This is a short trailer-style transcript of a Mindvalley conversation between host Vishen Lakhiani and author Steven Kotler about extraordinary/peak performance. Kotler emphasizes the "habit of ferocity"—training an extra gear or "attack mode" directed at one’s goals—and says peak performance depends more on states of consciousness than on skill alone. He promises to explain the neuroscience, psychology, and physiology underpinning these states and provide practical tools.

If you really, really want a life that exceeds your expectations, you need to be ferocious.
Kotler's books, probably the author I've spent the most time reading in the last five years. I mean Rise of Superman, abundance.
You need to train up this extra gear and it's nothing people are talking about.
A lot of what we think about peak performance have more to do with states of consciousness more than skill sets.
I'm going to break down the neuroscience, I'm going to break down the psychology, I'm going to break down the physiology. I'm going to get to the basic level of the tools so you'll know how the system works and be able to work with with it. The habit of ferocity is exactly that. It's sort of teaching you to be in attack mode. You're not attacking the world, you're not attacking anybody else, you're attacking your dreams. It's teaching you how to always compete with yourself and win.