Stealing Fire

How Silicon Valley, the Navy SEALs, and Maverick Scientists Are Revolutionizing the Way We Live and Work

By: Steven Kotler, Jamie Wheal

Narrated by: Fred Sanders

The author of the bestselling Bold and The Rise of Superman explores altered states of consciousness and how they can ignite passion, fuel creativity, and accelerate problem solving, in this groundbreaking book in the vein of Daniel Pink’s Drive and Charles Duhigg’s Smarter Faster Better.

Why has generating ""flow"" and getting ""into the zone"" become the goal of the world’s most elite organizations? Why are business moguls attending Burning Man? Why has meditation become a billion-dollar industry? Why are technology gurus turning to psychedelic drugs to unlock creativity?

All of these people are seeking to shift their state of mind as a way of unlocking their true potential. Altered states, the authors reveal, sharpen our decision making capabilities, unleash creativity, fuel cooperation, and let us tap into levels of inspiration and innovation unavailable at all other times. Stealing Fire combines cutting-edge research and first-hand reporting to explore a revolution in human performance — a movement millions of people strong to harness and utilize some of the most misunderstood and controversial experiences in history.

Building a bridge between the extreme and the mainstream, this groundbreaking and provocative book examines how the world’s top performers—the Navy SEALS, Googlers, Fortune 100 CEOs—are using altered states to radically accelerate performance and massively improve their lives, and how we can too.

Ultimately, Stealing Fire is a book about profound possibility—about what is actually possible for ourselves and our species when we unlock the full potential of the human mind.

Mind blowing excellence

Jamie and Steven have put together one of the greatest glimpses into the future of human consciousness. Read this book if you don't want to be left behind.

Wow!

Best business book I have ever read and most fascinating book I have read in a long time.

Extremely Interesting

The explanations and examples they use throughout the book are spectacular.

This stuff is fire for the soul.

Very very interesting, great narration, fantastic explanations. Really cool historical references and stories.

Amazing

By far one of the most interesting and intriguing books I have listen/read so far.

This book blew my mind

I loved the storytelling and science behind why we do what we do and the future possibilities.