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Stealing Fire
Steven Kotler & Jamie Wheal
4.1 (10 Reviews)
Psychology
Business
Productivity
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Discover how Silicon Valley giants, Navy SEALs, and scientists hack consciousness to achieve superhuman performance. "Stealing Fire" reveals the trillion-dollar underground economy of flow states that's revolutionizing human potential. What secrets of "ecstasis" do Elon Musk and elite operators share?

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The Hidden Revolution in Human Performance

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Ever notice how the world's most elite performers-from Navy SEALs to Silicon Valley founders-seem to operate on a different plane? They access mental states that amplify creativity, demolish fear, and unlock superhuman problem-solving. This isn't mysticism or luck. It's neuroscience. And it's happening right now, quietly reshaping how we train soldiers, build companies, and understand human potential itself. The secret? Learning to step beyond ordinary consciousness into what the ancient Greeks called "ecstasis"-literally, to stand outside oneself. While most of us struggle through our days caffeinated and distracted, a growing movement is hacking altered states for performance enhancement. The results are staggering: foreign languages learned in weeks instead of months, PTSD cured with single sessions, and teams operating with shared consciousness like a single organism. We're spending $4 trillion annually trying to get out of our heads-more than we invest in education worldwide-yet we've barely scratched the surface of what's possible when we intentionally harness these states. Strip away the surface differences between a SEAL in combat, a monk in meditation, and someone on psychedelics, and you'll find remarkably similar brain activity creating what feels like magic but is actually precise neurochemistry.

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When Teams Become One Mind and Why It Matters

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The Neuroscience Behind Transcendence and Training Revolution

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The Four Universal Doorways: STER

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Why We've Been Blind and How Understanding Is Evolving

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From Pathology to Peak Performance and the Universal Drive

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The River Between Everything and Nothing

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