If you think that ageing means slowing down and giving up on your passions, think again!

On today's show we dive into the contents of the book Gnar Country: Growing Old, Staying Rad, with author Steven Kotler.

He shares his personal journey of testing his own ageing body in a quest to become an expert skier at age fifty-three. He challenges himself to learn park skiing, a sport that involves jumps and tricks and is usually reserved for young daredevils.

But Kotler is not just a thrill-seeker. He is also a scientist who has been studying peak performance for thirty years and teaching hundreds of thousands of people how to achieve it. He applies cutting-edge discoveries in embodied cognition, flow science, and network neuroscience to his own experiment in later-in-life skill acquisition.

The result is a book that is part memoir, part science, and part how-to guide. It is a book that inspires, educates, and entertains. It is a book that shows you how to grow old and stay rad.

Gnar Country is not just about skiing. It is about any goal that you have in your life, whether it is physical, mental, or professional. It is about how to overcome the obstacles that ageing presents and how to use them as opportunities for growth. It is about how to tap into your innate abilities and unleash your full potential.

In Gnar Country, you will meet the elite performers who have changed the definition of what’s possible in the second half of our lives. You will learn the principles and practices that they use to achieve extraordinary results. You will discover how to find your flow state, the optimal state of consciousness where you feel and perform your best.

Gnar Country is more than a book. It is a movement. It is a community of people who refuse to settle for less than their best. It is a call to action for anyone who wants to aim high and make it happen.

Notable moments in this episode:
(05:04) - what is “Gnar Country”?
(06:23) - interplay of flow and peak performance aging
(14:17) - what is ‘flow’ and “peak performance”?

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Follow Steven:
Buy Steven’s book - https://www.gnarcountry.com/
Website - https://www.stevenkotler.com/
Website - https://www.flowresearchcollective.com/

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