The authors of the best-selling Bold and The Rise of Superman explore altered states of consciousness and how they can ignite passion, fuel creativity, and accelerate problem solving, in this groundbreaking book in the vein of Daniel Pink’s Drive and Charles Duhigg’s Smarter Faster Better.
Why has generating “flow” and getting “into the zone” become the goal of the world’s most elite organizations? Why are business moguls attending Burning Man? Why has meditation become a billion-dollar industry? Why are technology gurus turning to psychedelic drugs to unlock creativity?
All of these people are seeking to shift their state of mind as a way of unlocking their true potential. Altered states, the authors reveal, sharpen our decision-making capabilities, unleash creativity, fuel cooperation, and let us tap in to levels of inspiration and innovation unavailable at all other times. Stealing Fire combines cutting-edge research and firsthand reporting to explore a revolution in human performance – a movement millions of people strong to harness and utilize some of the most misunderstood and controversial experiences in history.
Building a bridge between the extreme and the mainstream, this groundbreaking and provocative book examines how the world’s top performers – the Navy SEALS, Googlers, Fortune 100 CEOs – are using altered states to radically accelerate performance and massively improve their lives, and how we can, too.
Ultimately, Stealing Fire is a book about profound possibility – about what is actually possible for ourselves and our species when we unlock the full potential of the human mind.
crazy smart and immediately actionable Game Changing Book, no doubt. Once in while a book comes along that changes the intellectual climate of human potential. The work that is in this masterpiece is of the next generation, this is what I call humanity+ material. I read the book in 3 hours, chap to chap being transformed, upgraded, and I am a scientist, a doctor, a designer and writer. I read a LOT. The writing is highly engaging, crazy smart and immediately actionable. Straight-up scientific and creative Genius. This book raises…
Definite page turner. Hard to put down. Steven Kotler and Jamie Wheal have truly surpassed themselves with the follow-up to the journey they started with Flow and Peak States in the Rise of Superman. Be prepared to be challenged in your beliefs and shaken to your core. It is filled with fascinating stories that outlay the 4th Basic human need. They start the journey in downtown Athens 415 BC and end with the poetic words of Leonard Cohen . It is a definite page-turner, which will make you beg for more peeks behind the curtain. It is…
A new (and sustainable) path to high performance If you have any desire to discover the cutting edge path to high performance, and you like to both excel in life (fully on your own terms) AND you like to live life on the edge of acceptability, this book is a must read.Â