How To Design A Life With Zero Distractions | Ep 17
Mar 13, 2024
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Exploring how reducing friction in daily tasks promotes desired actions, switching to Kindle for easier reading, managing environmental friction to shape behaviors, strategies to minimize systemic friction like workspace optimization and password management
Friction in daily tasks hinders productivity by draining energy and disrupting focus through accumulated irritations.
Utilizing friction as either a deterrent or catalyst can propel individuals forward by introducing obstacles or promoting desired behaviors.
Deep dives
Understanding Friction's Impact
Friction in daily tasks, often deemed as distractions, actually hinders productivity by creating small irritations that elevate stress levels akin to physical pain. Each instance of friction, like being pinched, drains energy and disrupts focus, impeding creative thinking and progress. Over time, accumulated friction leads to exhaustion, slowing down one's journey towards goals by increasing effort and suppressing efficiency.
Harnessing Friction for Success
Friction is a neutral force that can either inhibit progress or propel individuals forward. Utilizing friction as a deterrent involves introducing obstacles, such as having to go through a specific process to access savings, to prevent impulsive actions like overspending. Conversely, reducing friction as a catalyst enables the promotion of desired behaviors, like setting up a seamless work environment to enhance productivity without unnecessary hurdles.
Combatting Systemic Friction for Super Fluidity
Systemic friction, often overlooked, disrupts effort towards targeted goals by diverting attention to trivial tasks, hindering flow and increasing perceived effort. Identifying and eliminating systemic friction, such as simplifying daily routines and optimizing workflows, are vital steps to enhance productivity. By fine-tuning daily systems to eradicate even minor irritants, individuals can attain super fluidity and transition smoothly between tasks, significantly improving overall effectiveness.
Rían Doris is the Co-Founder & CEO of Flow Research Collective, the world’s leading peak performance research and training institute focused on decoding the neuroscience of flow states and helping leaders and their teams unlock flow states consistently.
Clients include Accenture, Audi, Facebook, Bain & the US Airforce. Along with being listed on Forbes 30 Under 30 Rian's thought leadership has been featured in Fast Company, PBS and Big Think and he hosts Flow Research Collective Radio, an iTunes top 10 science podcast.
Rían is also the Executive Chairman & Owner of Consulting.com. On the side, Rian does some angel investing in health and performance companies like Levels Health, Neurohacker Collective, The Way & Myodetox.
Rian holds a degree in Philosophy, Politics & Economics (PPE) from Trinity College Dublin, an MSc in Neuroscience at King's College, London and an MBA. Rian is currently pursuing a PhD at the University of Birmingham—focusing on how flow states affect perceived meaning in life.
Prior to co-founding Flow Research Collective with Steven Kotler, Rian worked with NYT Bestselling Author Keith Ferazzi, and 12X NYT Bestselling Author Dr. Dan Siegel, distinguished fellow of the American Psychiatric Association.
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