This week I am joined by Clyde Brolin, Formula One journalist and author of Overdrive and In The Zone.

Clyde has spent the last decade asking thousands of elite performers about their experiences of being “in the zone”, a heaven on earth state that he first discovered through listening to Ayrton Senna describe his infamous qualifying lap around Monaco in 1988.

In this episode you will hear:

04:25 Ayrton Senna Monaco Qualifying 1988

06:40 In the Zone moments

07:55 Heaven on Earth

10:25 Lewis Hamilton is a fascinating case study

13:10 Michael Schumacher at his highest level of focus

15:10 you have to love it if you want to get to the high level otherwise you wouldn’t have the commitment required

18:25 Travis Pastrana’s pursuit of the oh shit I’m going to die moments!

21:40 if you’re going to be in an accident - stand up!

23:40 Romain Grosjean looked death in the face

26:00 the pursuit of the zone

29:25 what’s it’s like when the interviewer gets in the zone

30:40 we are dream machines

31:50 conceive, believe, achieve

34:10 Michael Phelps the master of visualisation

35:30 Felix Baumgartner couldn’t practice his free fall so he had to visualise every aspect of the sky dive

37:10 being the first to do something is really hard!

39:20 teams in the zone and why we should all do the Haka before work

42:45 takeaways from Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi the Godfather of Flow

I hope this conversation inspires you to show up, do more of what you love and seek to consistently get better every single day.

Always love

Ryan

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