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Why You Should Stop Talking About Your Goals, a Productivity Paradox, & How to Unleash Your Creativity
Mario Peshev
December 17, 2022
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3 Ideas For Better Habits
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Telling People About Your Goals Hurts Your Chances of Reaching Them
The founder and executive director of the Flow Research Collective, Steven Kotler, on the neuroscience of goals.
"The act of telling someone about your goal gives you the feeling that the goal has already been achieved. It releases the dopamine that you're supposed to get afterward, prematurely. Once you've already felt that high, it's difficult to get back up for the hard fight to actually earn it."
Source: The Art of Impossible: A Peak Performance Primer 2
The Downside of Being Overly Focused on Productivity
Researcher and founder of Ness Labs, Anne-Laure Le Cunff on the balance between creativity and productivity.
"Our society has been built on productivity principles. However, since the turn of the century, many entrepreneurs, researchers, and managers alike tend to agree that a pure focus on productivity can—ironically—prove counterproductive.
As Albert Camus once said, “a society based on production is only productive, not creative.” Fortunately, there is an alternative approach: mindful productivity."
Source: Mindful Productivity
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An Artist's Simple Equation for Success
The late painter, Pablo Picasso, on the only available route to success.
"Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success."
Source: Pablo Picasso
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