1: To perform at the highest level, we must tap into our intrinsic motivation, Steven Kotler writes in his book The Art of Impossible.
Intrinsic motivation refers to behaviors that are driven by internal rewards. We engage in activities because we find them exciting and internally satisfying.
Steven identifies five intrinsic drivers: Curiosity, passion, purpose, autonomy, and mastery.
2: One of my goals for 2024 is to be intentional … continue reading
1: It was 1968, and the executives at NASA had a problem.
“The space agency had a lot of smart people on staff, but smart and creative were different things,” Steven Kotler writes in his brilliant book The Art of Impossible.
“NASA’s lifeblood was innovation. They desperately needed their most creative engineers working their most difficult challenges,” Steven notes. ” Yet telling the Picassos from the … continue reading
1: Getting better at getting better is what RiseWithDrew is all about.
Monday through Thursday, we explore ideas from authors, thought leaders, and exemplary organizations. On Friday, I share something about myself or what we are working on at PCI.
For many years, my go-to recovery activity after a long day was television. Along with a cold beer or a glass of wine.
The only problem with this approach?
It … continue reading
1: We’ve just had an intense “flow state” experience.
We’ve been completely absorbed in the activity, losing our sense of time. Our actions and awareness have melded together, and we’ve felt a powerful sense of being in control.
We’ve successfully traveled through the first three stages of the flow cycle: Struggle, release, and then flow.
How do we feel?
Likely, we’re wiped out. “Even the extra energy … continue reading
1: Psychologist Mihály CsÃkszentmihályi’s believed he discovered the “secret to happiness.”
He labeled it “the flow state.” It’s when we are completely absorbed in an activity. Also known as being “in the zone,” we lose our sense of time. Our actions and awareness become one in which we have a heightened sense of control.
We enter the flow state through as part of a four-step process. So far this week, … continue reading
1: We come home from work tired. We’ve struggled to solve a problem. We decide to take a shower. To wash away all our frustrations.
Standing there, we feel the water beating against our bodies. We relax. Our mind wanders.
Boom. An idea hits us like a flash of lightning.
What just happened? We’ve moved through three of the four stages of the flow cycle: from “struggle” to … continue reading
1: We’ve all experienced the joy of “being in the zone.”
We’re entirely focused on the task at hand. We have a heightened sense of clarity and creativity. We’re focused, deliberate, intentional. Time slows down. There’s a sense of peace and a feeling of being in control.
The psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi first coined the phrase “flow state” in 1975. Mihaly, known as the “father of flow,” defines it as “a … continue reading
1: To increase our motivation, we want to tap into our intrinsic drivers.
We amplify our intrinsic motivation when we perform activities we find interesting and internally satisfying, Steven Kotler writes in his book The Art of Impossible.
We do this when we spend time doing things we are curious about, that we are passionate about, and that increases our feelings of purpose, autonomy, and mastery.
2: That’s one of … continue reading
1: Getting better at getting better is what RiseWithDrew is all about.
Monday through Thursday, we explore ideas from authors, thought leaders, and exemplary organizations. On Friday, I share something about myself or what we are working on at PCI.
Until recently, scientists believed that extrinsic motivators were more powerful than intrinsic drivers.
“Extrinsic drivers are rewards that are external to ourselves,” Steven Kotler writes in his book The … continue reading
1: This week, we’ve been doing a deep dive into peak performance. We must get into a flow state to perform at the highest levels.
We do so by engaging flow triggers, including autonomy, the curiosity-passion-purpose triad, complete concentration, the challenge-skills balance, clear goals, and immediate feedback.
All of these are internal flow triggers. They arise from within us.
However, there are also external flow triggers, Steven Kotler writes in … continue reading
