5 Second Thoughts about… Work and Flow State

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Stealing Fire by Steven Kotler, Jamie Wheal

Without the ability to separate past from present from future, we’re plunged into an elongated present, what researchers describe as “the deep now.” Energy normally used for temporal processing gets reallocated for focus and attention. We take in more data per second, and process it more quickly. When we’re processing more information faster, the moment seems to last longer — which explains why the “now” often elongates in altered states.

Tools of Titans by Timothy Ferriss

“To do original work: It’s not necessary to know something nobody else knows. It is necessary to believe something few other people believe.”