Flow Trainer Accelerator

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Phase 1 — Zero to Dangerous: Our Flagship Peak Performance Training

This is our flagship peak performance training, you’ll go through it, working one on one with our PhD level neuroscientist and psychologist coaches, and unblock any sticking points, limiting beliefs or self sabotaging behaviors you have.

Week 1 — Cultivating Your Dangerous Mindset & Flow 101

This week you’ll learn how the world’s most successful people think and see reality. You’ll also learn the neuroscience behind flow states so you can begin recreating them in your own life.

Week 2 — Becoming A Time Jedi & Battling Cognitive Load

In this week we’ll shatter any preexisting notions you have around the concept of time. Then we’ll rebuild your perception of time from the bottom up so that you can unlock time abundance once and for all.

Week 3 — Reclaiming Sanity With Burnout Proofing, Recovery & Sleep

This week you’ll evolve into an executive athlete. That means learning how to sleep better than you ever have, dialling in your recovery practices and making yourself immune to burnout.

Week 4 — Optimizing Your Physiology With Positive Psychology

This week we’ll teach you how to get your biology to work for you, not against you. You’ll master the non-negotiable habits that science says every human being needs to be performing to max out performance.

Week 5 — Waging War On Distraction & Overwhelm

This week is where you steal your sanity back from the technological overlords. We’ll be helping you undo the brain melt and dopamine addiction. All so you can unlock a laser like focus so powerful you’ll have to be careful where you look.

Week 6 — Limitless Motivation, Pristine Clarity & Flowy Execution

This week will involve you finding that electricity running through your veins level motivation that fuels the world's top performers. You’ll also learn the keys to 10xing what you currently get out of a workday.

Week 7 — Building A High Flow Lifestyle

By now, you’ll have a lot of the peak performance tools under wraps. Here we integrate it all so you can start to live at the upper edge of your potential. All the time. We’ll make this a new normal for you.

Week 8 — Sustaining Peak-Performance Forever

Most performance programs result in a short spike in performance for two to three months. Then behavior returns to baseline. Zero to Dangerous strives for the opposite. Your results should compound aggressively over the long term. This week shows you how.

Phase 2 — Mastering The Craft Of Coaching

Here we cover the fundamentals of the art of transformational coaching. You’ll learn about every coaching modality and we’ll show you how to pull out the best elements from all of them to produce incredible results with your clients.

Module 1 — Defining The Craft of Coaching

Here you’ll learn the fundamental essence of what coaching is, how it’s different from other modalities and the ultimate purpose of a coaching interaction.

Module 2 — Becoming A Craft Focused Coach

Here we’ll give you the roadmap needed to succeed as a coach in the 21st century. Hint: it’s more about craft mastery than Instagram followers.

Module 3 — A Coaching Modality Meta Analysis

This module provides a synthesis of every coaching modality we know of. All broken down visually in a matrix. This will give you a crucial overarching view of the entire coaching landscape so you can use the best elements of each modality.

Module 4 — The Mechanics of Coaching

Here, we show you the fundamental mechanics of any coaching interaction. We also break down all of the pro’s and con’s of every coaching modality so you can extract the tools you most resonate with.

Module 5 — The Levers of Coaching Mastery

Ever wonder what things differentiate a bad coach from a good or great coach? Turns out there are only a few key differentiating factors. Mastering them will allow you to coach at the all star level.

Module 6 — Mastering The Levers For Coaching Mastery 1

Here we’ll show you how to master the first set of levers. From client rapport building, to eliciting insights, you’ll learn the fundamentals of these deep skills.

Module 7 — Mastering The Levers For Coaching Mastery 2

Here we go deeper into the second set of coaching levers. We cover things like asking powerful questions, regulating your nervous system for optimal presence and moving a client through vulnerability.

Phase 3 — Becoming A 21st Century New Wave Coach

Here we talk about how the coaching industry has evolved and what you need to do to succeed as a coach in today’s marketplace.

Module 1 — The Art of Coaching In Flow

Here we’ll show you what flow triggers to deploy to drive yourself into a flow state while working with a client. All so that you can show up with more presence, power and impact.

Module 2 — The Ethics & Responsibilities of Coaching

Coaching involves a significant relationship. It comes with certain ethical implications. For example: never “make meaning” for a client. Mastering this ethical code will serve yourself, your clients and your practice.

Module 3 — Structuring A Coach Engagement

How do you package your coaching to deliver optimal results to your clients with maximum efficiency? Here, you’ll learn how.

Module 4 — Becoming An Emotionally Intelligent Coach

The science of emotional intelligence is deep and crucial. You need to understand the key elements of EQ, and integrate them, to maximize your coaching potential. We’re here to help you do that.

Module 5 — The Art of Group Coaching & Facilitation

Want to work with organizations, teams or groups? Here we show you what’s required to do that at a high level.

Module 6 — Regulating Your State As A Coach

You don’t want to be that coach on a dopamine high constantly interrupting your clients. We’ll show you how to prime your physiology for active listening and maximum presence.

Module 7 — Keeping Your Coaching House In Order

Here you’ll learn the elements of coaching housekeeping. From the intake process, to the completion process and everything in between.

Phase 4 — The Flow Research Collective Coaching Framework

This is an incredibly detailed, scientifically backed framework. It includes all the models for coaching flow, every exercise and protocol we recommend and an accessible breakdown of all the science behind it so that you can drop it seamlessly into your current practice.

Module 1 — The Battle Between Science and Frameworks

Most frameworks are not scientifically validated. We’ll cover the pro’s and con’s of frameworks and the tension between the practitioner and the researcher so that you and your clients are fully informed.

Module 2 — An Overview of The FRC Coaching Framework

Here we’ll walk you through the five core elements of the FRC Coaching Framework. First, science and research. Second, the style of coaching. Third, models and exercises. Fourth, protocols. Fifth, key coaching questions.

Module 3 — Mastering Flow Science & Research

Here you’ll get access to the flow bible. This includes every research paper and resource ever created on flow science and research. It’s your one stop shop for developing deep expertise, credibility and authority.

Module 4 — Mastering Self-Directed Coaching For Flow

Here we give a breakdown of the style of coaching we recommend when trying to coach flow, along with exactly how to implement it.

Module 5 — Mastering The Flow Cycle & Flow Triggers For Coaching

Two of the most powerful models for coaching flow are the flow cycle and the flow triggers. We show you the four stage flow cycle, the science it’s based on and how to coach it. We do the same with the 22 flow triggers.

Module 6 — Mastering Cognitive Load Training

All flow triggers either reduce cognitive load or increase dopamine and norepinephrine. Here, we show you how to reduce cognitive load in your clients so that flow can be triggered more effectively.

Module 7 — Mastering Flow Blocker Coaching

We’ve identified 10 key flow blockers. Here we show you what they are and give you practical tools to help your client overcome each flow blocker.

Phase 5 — Mastering The Flow Research Collective Coaching Framework

Here we dive deeper into The Flow Research Collective Coaching Framework so that you feel confident in having mastered it and are ready to go out into the wild.

Module 1 — Mastering The Recovery Protocols

Recovery is a crucial component of hacking flow. Here we’ll give you all of the recovery protocols to use with your clients and the science behind why each one works.

Module 2 — Mastering The Attention Protocols

Attention, over time, is focus. Focus, over time leads to flow. Here we breakdown all of the key protocols needed to guard your clients attention so they can harness flow. And, of course, the underlying neuroscience.

Module 3 — Mastering The Behavioral Change Protocols

Results are impossible if your clients behavior doesn’t change. Here we’ll give you a breakdown of why and exactly how you can elicit long term behavioral change in your clients.

Module 4 — Becoming A Question Asking Ninja

Here we dive deep into the art of asking transformational questions. How to do it, why it matters and the science behind self-generated insights versus instructive information.

Module 5 — To Infinity And Beyond With Power Questions

It’s possible to produce radical results simply by asking the right questions. Here we give you a breakdown of the most powerful coaching questions. You’ll also get a breakdown of why each one works and when and how to use them.

Module 6 — Deploying The Group Flow Triggers With Groups

If you’re wanting to coach groups, you need to understand the group flow triggers so you can drive your team, organization and even family into flow. Here we show you what they are and how to use them.

Module 7 — A Recap of The Flow Research Collective Coaching Framework

Here we go back through the entire FRC coaching framework to ensure you’ve got it all locked down. The goal being that you can start implementing it right away.

Phase 6 — Behind The Coaching Curtain

Here we show you recorded coaching calls with our PhD level coaches with commentary of exactly what they’re doing and why. You’ll also do practice sessions here and get access to exclusive interviews with world renowned master practitioners.

Module 1 — A Flow Coaching Simulation

Here we’ll walk you through a coaching engagement in detail, from start to finish. We’ll show you what it would like to work with a client with certain problems and produce incredible results with them.

Module 2 — A Flow Corporate Engagement Case Study

Here you’ll see exactly what the inside of a Flow Research Collective organizational training looks like. We’ll show you a real example of a company we’ve worked with and exactly how we do what we do.

Module 3 — Behind The Curtain With The FRC Coaching Team 1.0

Here you’ll watch real life recordings of a coaching call from our PhD level coaches. There’ll be narration and commentary so you can see the FRC coaching framework in action and understand exactly why the coach is doing what at every point.

Module 4 — Behind The Curtain With The FRC Coaching Team 2.0

We’ll dive even deeper into real life coaching calls and point out everything that’s being done to make your learning come to life.

Module 5 — Under The Hood With The FRC Coaching Team

An exclusive long form interview with the Flow Research Collective PhD level coaches about the best practices, tips, tricks and mindsets they use when working with clients to produce astonishing results.

Module 6 — Executing A Flow Coaching Session, Top To Bottom

Here you’ll learn, step by step, exactly how to execute a flow coaching session. You’ll also get a chance to do practice sessions to hone your skills in real time.

Module 7 — How To Use Data To Coach Flow & Peak Performance

Here we’ll bring you behind the curtain with an expert on using data within coaching and peak performance. You’ll get the low down on everything you need to do for quantified self and data driven coaching .

Phase 7 — Creating Your Magnum Opus

Here you’ve got to get your hands dirty. The Flow Trainer Accelerator is not just about passive learning, to really transform you into an expert on flow science we insist that you produce an original piece of work. This could be a new coaching framework, an article or a keynote speech. It’ll crystalize your knowledge and you’ll leave the Flow Trainer Accelerator having created something you can immediately use in the real world.

Module 1 — The Magnum Opus Overview

We’ll give you an overview of your research project, the steps involved and why it matters. You’ll learn our simple, frictionless approach to producing research backed content.

Module 2 — Magnum Opus Topic Selection

Here you select a topic about flow science and research that’s been of interest to you in the past. It can be whatever you want—breathwork and peak performance, flow and parenting, adversity and the science of resilience—take your pick.

Module 3 — The Science of Research

Here we show you how to conduct research, in a simple step by step fashion. This will allow you to investigate any practice or protocol and see if there’s research that validates it.

Module 4 — The Purpose of Scientific Validity

Here we talk about why research even matters and what the point of being “backed by science is”.

Module 5 — Presenting Your Magnum Opus

Once you’ve completed your Magnum Opus, you’ll present it to your cohort for feedback. This is an amazing opportunity to show off your work and learn how to improve your process.

Module 6 — The Work Of Those Who Went Before You

Here you get access to all of the incredible research projects of previous participants. It’s a wealth of incredible knowledge and you can

Module 7 — Applying Your Magnum Opus In The Wild

Here we show you how to take your research project, and turn it into something you can immediately use in your business or practice. This way you walk out of the training with something you can immediately put into use.

Bonus Phase — If you’re someone who wants even more, you’ll find all sorts of never before seen goodies here.

Deep dives with Steven Kotler. Intimate interviews with the world’s best coaches from across domains. Marketing, lead gen and sales kung-fu to help you get your coaching business off the ground and more.

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What is the Flow Research Collective?

The Flow Research Collective is a peak performance research and training institute. On the research side, we’re partnered with universities like Stanford, UCLA, USC and institutions like Deloitte, attempting to understand what happens in the brain and body when human beings are performing at their best. On the training side, we build training programs that help business leaders improve their professional performance by accessing flow states more consistently.

Is the Flow Trainer Accelerator an online training?

The Flow Trainer Accelerator is fully digitally delivered. That means you can do it from anywhere. However, it’s nothing like your usual “online course”. Most online courses have a 3% completion rate. Flow Trainer Accelerator has a 100% completion rate. This is because it involves live engagement with incredible experts and leaders from all across the world. It’s not just a big, empty video library.

What’s the purpose of “booking an interview” for the Flow Trainer Accelerator?

One of the important features of the Flow Trainer Accelerator is the group coaching and community. What makes this so great, is that everyone in the Flow Trainer Accelerator is an inspiring, mission driven coach, consultant or facilitator. The interview process allows us to curate this kind of community and ensure it’s a good fit for both sides.

When does the Flow Trainer Accelerator start?

You can join as soon as you’re accepted into the Flow Trainer Accelerator after your interview. However, we do reach coaching capacity, so if you’re interested, we recommend you apply right away.

Who will my coach be?

You get to choose your own coach based on a description of their expertise and background! They’re all incredible so choosing can be tough so we can help advise you if you’d like. You’ll also work with more than one coach over the duration of the training.

Why does the Flow Trainer Accelerator exist?

As far as we could tell there is no comprehensive neuroscience based coaching program that focuses specifically on teaching people to coach flow states. We thought we ought to create one!

Where does Flow Trainer Accelerator happen?

The whole training is delivered through our world class learning management system. This means you start the course at the top, and everything from the coaching sessions to the videos to the exercises, are laid out simply for you. No hunting for links or trying to find times!

Who are the main instructors in the Flow Trainer Accelerator?

The content will be taught by 3X New York Times bestselling author and world renowned peak-performance expert Steven Kotler and Rian Doris, Kotler’s Co-Founder here at the Flow Research Collective. You’ll love their complimentary styles! We also have other world-leading experts and master coaches teach certain modules.

"Flow Research Collective is bringing a great data set to the table. They combine and integrate the research to find optimal solutions for individuals and groups. They help to amplify the returns of flow states."

- Matthew Reibling Founder of Techsyn

"We are all starting to formalize the structure in which to implement flow. This is super exciting and has the opportunity to change the world."

- Jason Bissel CEO at GainInsights Solutions

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Become A Neuroscience Backed Peak Performance Coach & Help Your Clients Harness The Power of Flow State

The Flow Trainer Accelerator helps you master the craft of coaching and become an expert in flow science so you can sign dream clients, build credibility and deliver incredible results.

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Are you a coach or service provider with a passion for flow, peak performance and higher states of consciousness, wanting to coach your clients to achieve flow state?

The Flow Trainer Accelerator is the world’s leading training for service providers who want to coach, teach and train others in the science of peak performance and flow states.

How Does the Flow Trainer Accelerator Work?

There Are Four Phases To The Program:

The Flow Trainer Accelerator has five main elements…

Daily Content & Exercises

Intimate PhD Level Coaching

Lifetime Group Coaching & Community

The Flow Research Collective Coaching Framework

Your Magnum Opus

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We've used our methodology with over 25,000 clients and taught it to over 200,000 students.

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