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How to Get into the Flow State | Steven Kotler

By Steven Kotler — 2019

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Steven Kotler, author of Mindvalley’s ‘The Habit of Ferocity’ talks at A-Fest Jamaica about flow and how it can create peak performers.

37:42 min

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