My guest today is a Pulitzer Prize-nominated writer, author of multiple best-selling books and one of the world's leading experts on flow.Steven Kotler founded the Flow Research Collective in 2019 and has written category-defining books like The Rise of Superman, Stealing Fire and The Art of the Impossible. His most recent work is fiction – a thriller set in the near future called, The Devil's Dictionary.We had a fascinating conversation exploring:Steven's 20-year career as a journalist, writing for over 70 of the world's leading publications and becoming a New York Times bestselling author.The latest of the books he's written with Singularity University and X-Prize founder Peter Diamandis.Why Steven uses fiction to explore the solutions to some of the world's biggest problems.What the latest in flow research can teach us about reaching our potential.Making creativity a core value.If you enjoy listening, check out the Future Work/Life newsletter and sign up for my new course on Maven, which uses some of the techniques we discuss to help transform you from burned-out leader to thought leader. You can sign up for updates and exclusive offers for the course by leaving your details on the form that I link to in the show notes.LINKS:Steven's websiteFlow Research CollectiveOllie's LinkedIn profileFuture Work/Life websiteFuture Work/Life newsletterSign up to register your interest for my new Maven cohort-based-course -  Design a Work/Life Flywheel: Transform from burned-out leader to thought leader Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.