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Stealing Fire
- How Silicon Valley, the Navy SEALs, and Maverick Scientists Are Revolutionizing the Way We Live and Work
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
- Length: 8 hrs and 24 mins
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The authors of the best-selling Bold and The Rise of Superman explore 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 in to levels of inspiration and innovation unavailable at all other times. Stealing Fire combines cutting-edge research and firsthand 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.
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- Amazon Customer
- 12-27-17
Terrible Book Don’t waste your Money! It’s all filler!
This whole book is just a bunch of Stoner nonsense. There is no clear point to the book, just a bunch of mashed up newspaper articles strung together as examples of “Flow states,” a term which is never Clearly defined. Add in some religious sounding words to make everything sound mysterious and you have a book that is a total waste of time and Money. This book is all filler. Probably an add for their “Corporate Flow Services.” Don’t buy This Book. It was Just Awful. Garbage.
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- Jordan A. Poole
- 12-31-17
Warning: This will get you high
As a working artist who’s lived & pondered many of the ideas discussed in this book, I’m ecstatic & energized to hear the authors connect once-before disparate ideas of science, technology, & spirituality. Their examples of seeking & creating altered states of consciousness throughout history paired with the ever present shift in exponential technology & market trends is strong evidence of a radically new world we’ve entered. They shed great balance to the pros & cons of conscious hacking while providing useful tactics & warnings to those eager to pioneer their own ecstatic experiences.
This book is for not only the scientific & mystical, but simply anyone awakened to the idea of life design & personal development. The information in this book is bound to get you high.
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- R8r
- 03-18-17
Very disappointing. Not what it promises to be.
Would you try another book from Steven Kotler and Jamie Wheal and/or Fred Sanders?
No. After purchasing Stealing Fire, I feel like I got "burned."
The book promises to be, "a guidebook for anyone who wants to radically upgrade their life." Unfortunately, it's just a guidebook to entice you into joining their training which costs $700 annually.
Has Stealing Fire turned you off from other books in this genre?
No. Just the author and his team of people who clearly wrote this book as nothing more than a means to sell their $700 "training."
Have you listened to any of Fred Sanders’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
Yes. It's on par with his other work.
What did you take away from Stealing Fire that you can apply to your work?
I learned that an entire "guidebook" can be written without giving any truly actionable guidance other than, "you should pay me $700 to get the REAL advice you were seeking when you bought my audiobook."
I also learned that an entire audiobook lasting 8 hours, 24 minutes can be nothing more than marketing. If I wanted to be an asshole, maybe I'd apply these lessons to my own endeavors but my ethics won't let me.
Any additional comments?
If you feel a need to satisfy your curiosity about this book, be prepared to take advantage of Audible's generous return policy; I certainly did.
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- alaskacie
- 02-25-17
Authors pester people who buy the book
To review, to buy more copies, so that they can rank higher (expressly said). Getting back to the book, it describes a lot of what, but nothing practical for how -- except, presumably if you join their $497 program.
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- SF Dev
- 03-29-17
An overview of the stupid hobbies of rich people
This review title should not strike anyone as controversial because in chapter 8 he literally uses the term "trickle down ecstasis" and it is only at this point that he talks about anything that is remotely useful to the average reader. Even at that point, he dwells upon the same boring themes that dominate the rest of his book, most chiefly, designer drug use. I picked up this book under the impression that this would describe the practices that have helped people and organizations innovate and succeed. However the author appears to have gotten the causal relationship reversed and he was too stoned to realize it; all he talks about is the stuff people with a lot of spare time and money end up doing with their excess resources. Perhaps the only exception to this is his description of Seal Team Six, which he puts at the beginning of the book likely because it's the only part of the book with any merit whatsoever. It's all utterly inane pseudo transcendence that I am completely bored of as someone who was raised in California. Nothing new at all. All of the studies are flimsy. This book sounds like a multi-hour long rant of a Burning Man attendee trying to explain why acting like a self-indulgent kiddult in the desert is somehow an admirable experience. It's actually harmful to imply that such "vehicles of ecstasis" can help people succeed to the extent the author does. I met several people who have already been fooled by this argument in the tech industry and I have achieved more promotions and more success than any of them without having to take a single "dab" of any chemical garbage. Dropping acid like Steve Jobs doesn't turn you into Steve Jobs; unfortunately, this book touches upon none of the characteristics that will actually make you a good engineer or business leader and skips straight to the dropping acid part and which is frankly demeaning and stupid. Great book for people who want to pat themselves on the back for their bad habits, not a great book for people who like well researched and balanced arguments that will stand the test of time.
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- houman_ag@hotmail.com
- 06-14-17
A waste of my time/money
Would you try another book from Steven Kotler and Jamie Wheal and/or Fred Sanders?
Probably not.
What was most disappointing about Steven Kotler and Jamie Wheal ’s story?
What I want from a book is new concepts, guidelines, anything meaningful that I can implement in life/business. What did I get from this book? Let's not go there.
What does Fred Sanders bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?
Nada!
If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from Stealing Fire?
The content of the book from cover to cover (that's actually not quite true. The book had some not-so-useful but interesting stories)
Any additional comments?
I have always finished all the books that I started no matter how boring they were. I never thought I'd pay for a book and not finish it, but Stealing Fire proved me wrong.
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- Fausto
- 03-19-17
No actual practices
This book was great for entertaining purposes and ultimately getting you to buy one of their programs online. If you are deep into your meditation practices and self realization journey don't waste your time. If you're new to the meditation world than this might entertain you and maybe motive you to do more research. 💙
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- Lauren L
- 06-11-17
Interesting but disappointing
Harnessing the performance - even life - enhancing power of altered states of consciousness? I so wanted to be blown away by this book. Unfortunately however, it disappointed more than not. It offers a bird's eye view of a purported global trend and although there were some very interesting insights into neurobiology, it is ultimately lacking as a consequence in depth. Claims feel exaggerated, the evidence unconvincing, hyperbole substitutes for substance. It reminded me of my adolescent quests for spiritualism and philosophy - for all the promise of the weighty tomes, I always came away empty-handed. Narrated well but very, very slowly in somnolent tones.
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- Michael Coyne
- 04-27-17
Flow is the new enlightenment
A new way of viewing humanities journey to heal and enlighten our consciousness. Amazing book!
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- @K_Speckmann
- 03-11-17
One Needs an Open Mind for Inspiration and Flow...
A fascinating, yet controversial read.
This book may inspire or offend you. If you are more on the conservative or deeply spiritual side, parts of this most interesting book you might not like. I personally also wouldn't opt for doing the riskier things.
However, the collection of studies around "flow" or heightened mental states is fascinating. Group flow and meditation practice has been done for millennia, so there most probably is something to it. I will look further into these for myself and at work. Towards further success :-)
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- Amazon Customer
- 02-26-17
Gamechanger....
Ridiculously good and for me it is exactly what I needed... Gamechanger...gratitude...what a gift for humanity!
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- elliottm79
- 05-28-19
Halfway through opinion
Basically this book keep on exploring what the author defines as Ecstasies mostly involved sex (bdsm, kink and orgasms) drug use and other kinds of getting out of the consciousness in various ways to be better... he keeps on mentioning Google and the Seal team to offer some sort of credibility.
Waste of my day and money. I’d say avoid but many seem to disagree with that. Could the second part be so much better?! I doubt it :(((
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- Anonymous User
- 04-30-20
Dangerous rubbish
Just listening to Steven Kotler's book and had to return it to audible. This guy pushes drugs and twists history. But this is the age of the new techy shaman and i know i should not be surprised but some of this guys stuff is shockingly dangerous! And he comes as the all-knowing sharer of wisdom and by dissing virtually the whole of humanities True discoverers and Real sharers of the Divine maliciously shuts up the opposition ie the billions of genuine people made in the image and likeness of God. And so wonderfully made don’t need to get spaced out on psychotic inducing drugs!
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- Em
- 07-23-17
What a treat !! 1st Review ever
Where does Stealing Fire rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
One of the best. I loved this book so much I am finally writing a review. Mind bending, I'm heavily in to the Brain, Neuro plasticity, epigenetics, quantum physics mindfulness etc. I usually get a book and its the same old research presented slightly differently. This book was so refreshingly new, I had no idea these things were going on.
I love books that are thought provoking and leave me somewhat confused and wanting to know more. This is one of those books, I'm off to listen to it again with a pen and paper.
Excellent.
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- Ciprian
- 03-26-17
The first book that I really reasonate with
This book answered to some of my existential questions. Once you start reading the first chapter you can't stop
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- Tristan R.
- 08-01-17
Wow!
I've never get the urge to write a review before, but this is one of the best books I've ever read/heard. A very insightful and interesting look into altered states, which it turns out comes from all sorts of activities and is growing. Fast.
If you're interested in learning about the minds potential and ways you can think outside the box, I would highly recommend this book.
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- Mr S Harrison
- 05-10-21
Pseudo-science for humanities dropouts
This book might be mildly entertaining if you can suspend or are incapable of logical/rational/scientific thought. In this book you are treated/exposed to the authors mile wide and inch deep musings on fringe aspects of modern science, all the while being tenuously threaded together like the worst kind of Donald Trump conspiracy nonsense, to the point where if you A) have the attention span of a 5 year old or B) the education of one, to believe any of it (this is probably unfair to 5 years olds).
This book really shows us why people with backgrounds in creative writing and history respectively are not best suited to either audit or write a book trying to draw conclusions from modern science. Whilst I would be the first t admit that combinations of seemingly opposing wings of science can lead to great advances, I would also add that only happens when do so under appropriate scientific control. I would advise anyone who actual read and enjoyed this book to read something like 'Bad Science' by Ben Goldarce and then re-read this.
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- JohnJenner
- 04-24-17
thought provoking
definitely a different prospective on performance and flow than I held before.
an interesting weave of history, present and future
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- Amazon Customer
- 06-23-21
Loved it
I never realised how many of us are seeking to alter our state of mind, and to what lengths people are willing to go.
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- R-the Relentless
- 02-18-18
A revolution of consciousness
This is an extraordinary book to bring us a revelation to what's possible in us. Looking forward to putting it to practice!
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- Mr. G. Trabakoulas
- 10-12-17
The whole book could fit in a chapter
the whole book would fit in the chapter I'm sure the rest was a lot of filler material.
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- Tom
- 08-05-17
hoping for more
book was insightful but didn't have enough specifics within to action, just retold stories. it was good, though.
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- corey
- 04-08-21
A real eye-opener
this book is a real eye-opener for anyone looking into bio hacking and unlocking human potential.
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- Anonymous User
- 12-01-20
Live a better life!
Insightful, relevant and worthy of listening to twice over!
A great beginning to self discovery through experience.
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- Bachir El Khoury
- 05-23-18
Not my thing
was a bit mislead and downloaded. interesting to know about Burning man and ecstasy pursuits, but not my thing personally And it could be N addictive self destructive behaviour. I had friend lost for this and it's sad to see it being promoted.
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- Michael Wenz
- 11-11-21
Definately a book
I had fear about the unknown, understanding more about flow state was amazing.
Good listen to and an inspiring book.
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- Anonymous User
- 09-08-21
Epic
This book was recommended to me and I was a bit skeptical but it’s brilliant. So interesting!
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- Mark
- 05-16-21
Goood
I enjoyed and resonated with this book.
I take things at face value generally.
I’ve surfed for 54 years.
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- Ritab25
- 04-29-21
eye opening
I'm listening to it again straight away. I'm apparently a pyromaniac. There's clearly lots of us out there.
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- Arron M Selby
- 01-18-21
This pulls it all together
This book pulled together so many things I have explored but have never connected through exastis. I now see the thread between them and am grateful for such clear descriptions to help me deepen in my practices.
I found the reader to be somewhat monotone with unnatural pauses in sentences, so a little difficult to listen to, however when I relaxed into the content this as just something in the background. I will probably have to buy the physical book as there were countless references I wanted to explore which is tricky from the audio book. Thank you Steven and Jamie (and all the people mentioned In the book).