Emmanuel Acho
π€ SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Well, within that stance, there is a means to set a goal.
You talked about talking to the neuroscientist.
You mentioned this pivotal word flow.
In order to achieve flow, flow is simply when you no longer are conscious of time in the midst of a task.
In order to achieve flow, you need automatic feedback, autonomous feedback.
In order to get that feedback, you need to set goals.
So there are principles, objectives in life within micro constructs where goals have value.
I'm talking about the macro look of life.
where goals will do more damage than they will success.
Or at least goals will just be a limiting reactive.
Because I always think, what if Roger Bannister wasn't just trying to break the four minute mile?
How much faster could he have gone?
You never know.
He went 359.8.
He broke it barely.
Literally two tenths of a second was the difference.
How much faster could he have gone?
Maybe no faster, but maybe.
If my goal, Lewis, was to write a book, I would have wrote a book.
I wouldn't have wrote the second one and I might not have written the third one.