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Steven Kotler

Steven Kotler

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Steven
Dates
1967 - present
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Steven Kotler is an award winning journalist, bestselling author, and the Founder and Executive Director of the Flow Research Collective, a peak performance research and training organization. Kotler is hailed as one of the world's leading experts on high performance and is a foremost authority on harnessing flow to amplify focus, decision making and productivity. He is the author of 11 bestsellers, including The Art of Impossible, The Future is Faster Than You Think, Stealing Fire, The Rise of Superman, Bold and Abundance. His work has been translated into more than 50 languages and has been nominated for two Pulitzer Prizes. Kotler appears frequently on radio, television, and lectures extensively on radical innovation, human performance, and disruptive technology.

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MEDIA & PUBLICATIONS

  • Kotler writes Far Frontiers, a blog about technology and innovation for Forbes.

  • He also writes The Playing Field, a blog about the science of sport and culture for PsychologyToday.com.

  • He has appeared in more than 100 publications, including the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Forbes, Wired, and Time

  • His articles have also appeared at Harvard Business Review, LA Times, Atlantic Monthly, GQ, National Geographic, Popular Business and Discover.