Flow State Unlocked with Rían Doris The 10-Minute Rule That Makes Hard Work Feel Like TikTok | Ep 16
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Mar 4, 2024 
Explore how to make hard work feel like TikTok with the 10-minute rule. Learn about flow states in activities like rock climbing and gaming, becoming a 'temporal architect' for efficient time allocation, strategic calendar planning, retroactive time logging, and the impact of time allocation on productivity and achieving flow.
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Effortless Exertion and Flow
- Effortless exertion, a core characteristic of flow, explains how people can engage in complex activities for hours.
- Transient hypofrontality, the temporary deactivation of the prefrontal cortex, contributes to this feeling of effortlessness.
Double-Edged Effortless Exertion
- Effortless exertion can be both productive (work) and unproductive (social media).
- The same mechanism drives peak performance and wasted time.
Hidden Fatigue of Effortless Exertion
- Effortless exertion, though feeling easy, is surprisingly fatiguing.
- This can lead to time slippage, where we waste time on unproductive tasks and deplete our energy.