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How to Get into the Flow State | Steven Kotler

By Steven Kotler — 2019

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

Like Simone Biles and Naomi Osaka, I’ve Stepped Away from Competition Because of Performance Anxiety.

Out in the chalk circle, my vision became tunneled, my stomach tied in knots, and I felt like I couldn’t hear anything but my own racing thoughts.

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Amelia Jarecke
2021
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The Phenomenon: Pressure, the Yips, and the Pitch that Changed My Life

The Phenomenon is the story of how St. Louis Cardinals prodigy Rick Ankiel lost his once-in-a-generation ability to pitch—not due to an injury or a bolt of lightning, but a mysterious anxiety condition widely known as “the Yips.

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Rick Ankiel, Tim Brown
2025
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How Perfectionism Affects Athletes’ Performance After Competitive Failure

Elite athletes are more likely to rise to the occasion after a failure if they keep potential unhelpful consequences of striving for perfection in check, according to a University of Alberta study, the first of its kind to investigate perfectionism and performance following failure in competitive...

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Michael Brown
2020
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Throw Like a Girl: How to Dream Big and Believe in Yourself

The evidence is overwhelming: sports help girls grow into strong women. Both scientific studies and anecdotal evidence confirm that athletic girls not only grow up to be healthier; they learn teamwork, gain inner confidence, and grow into society’s leaders.

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Jennie Finch
2025
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The Pressure Principle: Handle Stress, Harness Energy, and Perform When It Counts

Pressure is a constant in all our lives. The pressure to hit a deadline, deliver a speech, or cook for a dinner party. But how would life look if we could harness pressure and turn it to our advantage? Dealing with pressure is a skill just like any other.

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Dave Alred MBE
2018
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Baseball Inside the Zone: 33 Mental Training Workouts for Champions

Get ready to unlock your potential in ways you never thought possible! Baseball Inside the Zone: 33 Mental Training Workouts for Champions is the first book of its kind that allows the athlete to be the player, the coach and the champion of his/her game.

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Rob Polishook
2025
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Mental Coach of Top Athletes Shares 3 Steps to Handling Pressure Like an Olympian

A half-pipe course lasts about 22 seconds. Alpine skiers fly through the air for five seconds. Figure skaters complete three twirls in a breath.

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Yoni Blumberg
2018
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How Pro Athletes Deal With Pressure

When Minnesota Vikings punter Jeff Locke learned how to control his attention, he learned how to cope better with pressure and improved his performance in games. Pressure can get to any athlete, that is, if the athlete lets it happen.

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Patrick Cohn
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Under Pressure: Why Athletes Choke

What makes an elite sports star suddenly unable to do the very thing they have been practising for years? And is there anything they can do about it?

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A. Mark Williams, Tim Wigmore
2020
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