I stumbled upon a video with Jason Silva and Steven Kotler a few months ago. I had been following Jason for a while but knew nothing about Steven Kotler. The subject was, of course flow. This was the first time I looked at flow differently, like an intentional state of mind meant to increase productivity and to eliminate unnecessary mind ballast. I have been a Mindvalley member for a while and took a few courses, some more engaging and rewarding than others.
The minute I heard Steven Kotler talk about flow and ferocity, I said to myself: this is a course I would start today if they had it. It appears I manifested my wishes because a few days later, right before the Mindvalley reunion, the course was announced. I believe I was the 7th person to join. I couldn’t wait for the reunion to end so I can start the course. From the beginning to the very end the course kept me engaged and focused. Every step of the way, I felt like I was uncovering a new strategy to help me get closer to the best version of myself. Why did I choose this course? Instinctively, I knew that it will help me close a few gaps I was allowing in my life and were holding me back from getting to my goals but most importantly were holding me back from actually having a clear image of my goals. I was fully engaged from day
1. For the fist time in my life I was asked to weigh in my curiosities. Every single one of them mattered. And then, grouping them in a way in which they became a purpose and another and another, every single one aligned with what I already felt my mission in life was, it was enlightening and exhilarating in the same time. This course closed a gap for me and taught me how to close gaps in my daily activities so that I can perform effectively. I like to say that I am a real estate broker morphing into a butterfly. I came to the USA 25 years ago with $20 in my pocket and built a successful real estate business. I recently discovered that I am more of a creator than an operator and I am reinventing myself. I overcame a plethora of limiting beliefs especially related to my accent and English not being my first language. I wrote a book and I am learning to become a public speaker because I decided I want to help change the world. During the month of March, while I was taking the THOF course, I also joined 3 Toastmasters clubs, delivered 4 speeches, 3 table topics and brought home 4 ribbons. Yes, it’s sort of funny to think that you speak for ribbons but when your goal is to speak on world stages and inspire people to overcome their fear and limiting beliefs , every single string counts. This course helped me launch myself into this new career with the ferocity of someone who already achieved. They say knowledge is power. I say the knowledge of having a clear map of your life is power. Steven Kotler defines flow in the most poetic way and makes you want to find ways in which you can turn on flow on command. Well, for me this is what this course did.
When I apply the principles I learned in this course, I am able to bring myself in a state of full immersion, motivation and heightened mental sensitivity and stay focused on my tasks longer and deliver results. And little that I knew, the tool of getting and in flow would come in handy when just a couple of weeks ago my life took a drastic turn. My husband of 20 years threw in the towel. The roots of my growth for the past few years have been strangling his path and I was too busy or too blind to notice. Long story but the habit of ferocity comes in pretty darn handy these day, believe me. I get to practice being my best while at my worst. It works. My actions are not based on impulsive reactions but on cognitive decisions designed to produce a result that benefits both parties. I know one thing for sure, and nobody can take this away from me.
As long as I focus my energy on my work, my dreams, my purpose, my passion I will flow towards it with the certainty of this moment. My practice of (almost) daily mediation and daily gratitude as well as active recovery have become my toolbox on the path of self love and self discovery. This course validated activities I was already practicing but I was conditioned to believe they were a part of the Kumbaia spirit. Seeing that ferocity and high performance are achieved by applying these highly spiritual activities proved to me, once again that I am on the right path. Ferocity teaches me to love myself and there is no better way to serve and love the world than loving yourself first. The habit of ferocity taught me to embrace the things that scare me because this is the only way I will get to do the things that bring me joy. And I learned to do it twice and three times and as many times as needed until the thing that scared me before becomes the thing that brings me joy. While I reframed my fear, I reframed my life. I learned that grit is not something you eat is something you become. I roll up my sleeves every day, take the tools I learned from the course and I build the cathedral of my dreams. I am the master of my fate, the captain of my soul and this course proved it to me in a scientific way. Having an engineering background, learning a system that is designed to create a map, a blue print for my life has been the missing link on my journey to self realization and transcendence to becoming the best version of myself dedicated to the lives of the ones I touch.
Thank you Steve and Ali for making all this happen. I am for ever grateful.
The minute I heard Steven Kotler talk about flow and ferocity, I said to myself: this is a course I would start today if they had it. It appears I manifested my wishes because a few days later, right before the Mindvalley reunion, the course was announced. I believe I was the 7th person to join. I couldn’t wait for the reunion to end so I can start the course. From the beginning to the very end the course kept me engaged and focused. Every step of the way, I felt like I was uncovering a new strategy to help me get closer to the best version of myself. Why did I choose this course? Instinctively, I knew that it will help me close a few gaps I was allowing in my life and were holding me back from getting to my goals but most importantly were holding me back from actually having a clear image of my goals. I was fully engaged from day
1. For the fist time in my life I was asked to weigh in my curiosities. Every single one of them mattered. And then, grouping them in a way in which they became a purpose and another and another, every single one aligned with what I already felt my mission in life was, it was enlightening and exhilarating in the same time. This course closed a gap for me and taught me how to close gaps in my daily activities so that I can perform effectively. I like to say that I am a real estate broker morphing into a butterfly. I came to the USA 25 years ago with $20 in my pocket and built a successful real estate business. I recently discovered that I am more of a creator than an operator and I am reinventing myself. I overcame a plethora of limiting beliefs especially related to my accent and English not being my first language. I wrote a book and I am learning to become a public speaker because I decided I want to help change the world. During the month of March, while I was taking the THOF course, I also joined 3 Toastmasters clubs, delivered 4 speeches, 3 table topics and brought home 4 ribbons. Yes, it’s sort of funny to think that you speak for ribbons but when your goal is to speak on world stages and inspire people to overcome their fear and limiting beliefs , every single string counts. This course helped me launch myself into this new career with the ferocity of someone who already achieved. They say knowledge is power. I say the knowledge of having a clear map of your life is power. Steven Kotler defines flow in the most poetic way and makes you want to find ways in which you can turn on flow on command. Well, for me this is what this course did.
When I apply the principles I learned in this course, I am able to bring myself in a state of full immersion, motivation and heightened mental sensitivity and stay focused on my tasks longer and deliver results. And little that I knew, the tool of getting and in flow would come in handy when just a couple of weeks ago my life took a drastic turn. My husband of 20 years threw in the towel. The roots of my growth for the past few years have been strangling his path and I was too busy or too blind to notice. Long story but the habit of ferocity comes in pretty darn handy these day, believe me. I get to practice being my best while at my worst. It works. My actions are not based on impulsive reactions but on cognitive decisions designed to produce a result that benefits both parties. I know one thing for sure, and nobody can take this away from me.
As long as I focus my energy on my work, my dreams, my purpose, my passion I will flow towards it with the certainty of this moment. My practice of (almost) daily mediation and daily gratitude as well as active recovery have become my toolbox on the path of self love and self discovery. This course validated activities I was already practicing but I was conditioned to believe they were a part of the Kumbaia spirit. Seeing that ferocity and high performance are achieved by applying these highly spiritual activities proved to me, once again that I am on the right path. Ferocity teaches me to love myself and there is no better way to serve and love the world than loving yourself first. The habit of ferocity taught me to embrace the things that scare me because this is the only way I will get to do the things that bring me joy. And I learned to do it twice and three times and as many times as needed until the thing that scared me before becomes the thing that brings me joy. While I reframed my fear, I reframed my life. I learned that grit is not something you eat is something you become. I roll up my sleeves every day, take the tools I learned from the course and I build the cathedral of my dreams. I am the master of my fate, the captain of my soul and this course proved it to me in a scientific way. Having an engineering background, learning a system that is designed to create a map, a blue print for my life has been the missing link on my journey to self realization and transcendence to becoming the best version of myself dedicated to the lives of the ones I touch.
Thank you Steve and Ali for making all this happen. I am for ever grateful.