Stephen Collar

the merger of action and awareness, vanishing or disappearing of the sense of self, time dilation, time passes strangely, and then there's two other things. There's a sense of control, I look at you in flow and it looks from the outside looking in, it looks like peak performance. I see Michael Jordan in flow. He's just putting buckets.

the merger of action and awareness, vanishing or disappearing of the sense of self, time dilation, time passes strangely, and then there's two other things. There's a sense of control, I look at you in flow and it looks from the outside looking in, it looks like peak performance. I see Michael Jordan in flow. He's just putting buckets.

On the inside, it feels like, oh shit, I can control things I couldn't normally control. This could be Michael Jordan. He used to talk about being in the zone, being in flow. The basket looks as big as a hula hoop, but I can't miss. Me in flow is a writer. Suddenly my sentences are sort of dancing around the page at four o'clock in the morning on a Tuesday.

On the inside, it feels like, oh shit, I can control things I couldn't normally control. This could be Michael Jordan. He used to talk about being in the zone, being in flow. The basket looks as big as a hula hoop, but I can't miss. Me in flow is a writer. Suddenly my sentences are sort of dancing around the page at four o'clock in the morning on a Tuesday.

That's not usually what happens, like right when I sit down at 4 a.m., but, you know, that's what will happen. Or it's a great brainstorming session where the idea is just ping-ponging out that sense of control. Then the other, the last one, and this is where I was going, this is the point, is flow is described as an autotelic experience.

That's not usually what happens, like right when I sit down at 4 a.m., but, you know, that's what will happen. Or it's a great brainstorming session where the idea is just ping-ponging out that sense of control. Then the other, the last one, and this is where I was going, this is the point, is flow is described as an autotelic experience.

Autotelic is a Greek word, and all it means is an end in itself. It means flow is so joyful, so ecstatic, so much fun. If I were to put it in addiction terms, I would say flow is the most

Autotelic is a Greek word, and all it means is an end in itself. It means flow is so joyful, so ecstatic, so much fun. If I were to put it in addiction terms, I would say flow is the most

addictive state on earth it is it's just a positive addiction it leads us forward into the future that we want to go to rather than most addictions which lead us backwards and drag us down but flow is it's the same you know same reason yeah i see i you know if you want to use addiction positive or negative i would maybe frame it this way it's like you know flow expands you the opposite contracts you yeah that's great that's great okay so when you can make the clear goals list

addictive state on earth it is it's just a positive addiction it leads us forward into the future that we want to go to rather than most addictions which lead us backwards and drag us down but flow is it's the same you know same reason yeah i see i you know if you want to use addiction positive or negative i would maybe frame it this way it's like you know flow expands you the opposite contracts you yeah that's great that's great okay so when you can make the clear goals list

Your daily to-do list and autotelic experience, meaning the completion of all the items on your clear goals list, generates, is joyful, drops you into flow. So it becomes its own motivation. That's my goal. If I can get you to there, right, you're dangerous.

Your daily to-do list and autotelic experience, meaning the completion of all the items on your clear goals list, generates, is joyful, drops you into flow. So it becomes its own motivation. That's my goal. If I can get you to there, right, you're dangerous.

So one of the things that happens, and you guys are going to totally agree with me on this, what you get from that clear goals list, and I'm not talking about like, I got everything done on my list today, but I've now done it for like, five years in a row, and you know what happens.

So one of the things that happens, and you guys are going to totally agree with me on this, what you get from that clear goals list, and I'm not talking about like, I got everything done on my list today, but I've now done it for like, five years in a row, and you know what happens.

If you get everything done in your clear goals list day after day after day, you get way more done than you could possibly shake a stick at. So you end up looking back on your five years and you're like, look what I did. So when you take criticism and you've got that kind of track record where your clear goals list is automatic and you've done that,

If you get everything done in your clear goals list day after day after day, you get way more done than you could possibly shake a stick at. So you end up looking back on your five years and you're like, look what I did. So when you take criticism and you've got that kind of track record where your clear goals list is automatic and you've done that,

you've built, because what really gets built with that is the confidence that you can produce at a really high level. You can meet your goals. This is the other thing people don't realize. They set goals. If you don't meet your goals, You're training your brain that it's okay to not meet your goals.

you've built, because what really gets built with that is the confidence that you can produce at a really high level. You can meet your goals. This is the other thing people don't realize. They set goals. If you don't meet your goals, You're training your brain that it's okay to not meet your goals.

You're training your brain that it's okay to be a loser, to not be who you want to be, not live the way you are. You're always teaching yourself something. You're either teaching yourself this is the good way to go or this is the bad way to go. We don't accomplish our goals. I always tell people,

You're training your brain that it's okay to be a loser, to not be who you want to be, not live the way you are. You're always teaching yourself something. You're either teaching yourself this is the good way to go or this is the bad way to go. We don't accomplish our goals. I always tell people,