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Being productive doesn't have to mean suffering 🤔

2024-03-27 · Short · Ali · recording, 0:42 · watch on YouTube

Topic: Productivity and time · mode: Explanation and tutorial · tags: Feel-Good Productivity thesis, Evidence-based framing

In a Short, Ali says top performers rarely feel they suffer through their work: flow research since the 1970s shows people in flow are highly productive and energised, yet society still preaches the grind, a narrative he says people like David Goggins push.

What is said

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00:00:00 — Flow research versus the grind and suffering narrative

  • ★★ Ali says it is pretty unusual for top performers in a given field to feel as if they are suffering through their work. — 00:00:00
  • ★★★ Ali says the research on the flow state came out in the 1970s: in flow people are super productive, feel great, time flies, and they end energised rather than drained. — 00:00:00
  • ★★ Ali feels the flow research has not sunk into society: people still think they just have to grind, and that procrastination means they do not want it enough or lack motivation and discipline. — 00:00:00
  • ★★ Much as he loves David Goggins, Ali thinks people like Goggins push the narrative that you must wake at four in the morning and go out and suffer, because suffering is how men are made. — 00:00:00

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Mentioned

Central: Flow state

Also: David Goggins

Also centred on Flow state: Is Learning to Rap Useful? · 3 Tips to Achieve Flow State 🧠 · How to Reset Your Dopamine (And Change Your Life)

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