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#11 Rian Doris & Conor Murphy: Flow — Cultivating the optimal experience of life (part 1)
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#11 Rian Doris & Conor Murphy: Flow — Cultivating the optimal experience of life (part 1)

Flow dramatically increases every measure of performance you can imagine, as well as your subjective quality of life experience. It’s defined as an optimal state of consciousness. This will help you understand and increase your time in flow so you can get the most out of every aspect of your life.

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Our goal in this conversation was to get your hands on the knobs and the dials and the levers of your own psychology. By the end, you’ll have:

  • a strong understanding the principles involved

  • know how to tweak and improve your experience on an ongoing basis

  • be able to apply these principles in a wide range of circumstances.

This is part one of a two-part conversation. You can find part two here.


Topics discussed

  • Conor’s background and transition into data work

  • Rian’s background

  • Starting a company in flow

  • What is The Flow Research Collective

  • What is flow?

  • Flow Research Collective goal

  • What are the 21st century skills?

  • States are activity or task independent

  • The ultimate competitive advantage

  • The autotelic personality

  • Microflow

  • How to find flow in new activities

  • Why is flow important?

  • The skin bag bias

  • The astronaut syndrome

  • What is a flow trigger?

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