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101 " Where is the lightning to lick you with its tongue? Where is the frenzy with which you should be inoculated? Behold, I teach you the overman: He is this lightning; he is this frenzy. – FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE "
― Steven Kotler , The Rise of Superman: Decoding the Science of Ultimate Human Performance
102 " Most people are so afraid of dying they never live. "
103 " Flow is an alternative path toward mastery, but, like any path, not without its pitfalls. There’s a serious dark side to flow, "
104 " Scientists who study human motivation have lately learned that after basic survival needs have been met, the combination of autonomy (the desire to direct your own life), mastery (the desire to learn, explore, and be creative), and purpose (the desire to matter, to contribute to the world) are our most powerful intrinsic drivers—the three things that motivate us most. All three are deeply woven through the fabric of flow. Thus toying with flow involves tinkering with primal biology: addictive neurochemistry, potent psychology, and hardwired evolutionary behaviors. "
105 " Our limits are governed by flow’s ability to amplify performance as much as by imagination’s ability to dream up that performance. "
106 " The quality most desirable in a CEO? According to a global survey conducted by IBM of 1,500 top executives in sixty countries: creativity. "
107 " creativity triggers flow; then flow enhances creativity. "