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
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Friction's True Impact
Friction, often mistaken for mere distractions, is a pervasive problem impacting productivity.
These small irritations accumulate, causing stress and hindering deep work.
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Friction: A Double-Edged Sword
Friction isn't inherently bad; it can hinder or propel us forward.
Mastering its three uses—deterrent, catalyst, and systemic—achieves super-fluidity.
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Friction as a Spending Deterrent
Rían Doris uses friction to deter unnecessary spending.
Added steps for withdrawals make him reconsider impulsive purchases.
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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.
Flow State Unlocked with Rían Doris 