By The Growth Equation
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In his 1990 book Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience, psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi laid out the ideas that would give birth to the idea of the "flow state." In the years since, the flow state has long been sought after by all manner of people—athletes, artists, performers—who are hoping to increase their productivity and happiness by losing themselves in an activity or getting "in the zone." Today, you'll learn the eight factors that Csikszentmihalyi found most reliably led to optimal experiences and how you can better organize the activities in your life such that you might lose yourself in flow.
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We are, each of us, getting older every moment. (Scary, we know!) So how should we think about adjusting our training as we age, particularly if we're still hoping to perform at a high level? That's the question we address today. Steve, Clay, and Brad talk about how to constructively use life's constraints, how to think about approaching progressive overload as one gets older, and why the wisdom that comes with experience—including a better understanding of one's fatigue—can help offset physical decline.
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Steve Magness is back on The Coach Up to discuss the nuances of doing "intense" or "all-out" workouts. Since the explosion of High Intensity Interval Training, there has been much discussion about how to use maximally difficult efforts in training plans. But a lot of that discussion misunderstands the complexities of fatigue and how it's best deployed as a stimulus. Steve explains how to know if you're working too hard, what the risks are, and how to think about stressing your body in such a way that it goes into "grow and adapt" mode not "protect" mode.
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Knowing when to quit, and when to push on, is as much an art as a science. Where is the line between normal fatigue or difficulty, and harmful discomfort? It's a question we all have to navigate in many different endeavors: work, creative pursuits, relationships, long-term projects, physical goals, and more. Quit too soon and you'll constantly fall short of your biggest ambitions—but sometimes hanging on can do as much as harm as good. Today, inspired by a recent story from The New Yorker (link below), the guys discuss how to understand one's tendencies towards quitting or persisting, reframe the mindset around quitting to avoid negative self-identity, highlight the importance of small, manageable steps in growth, and explain the concept of being 'good enough.'
"Should You Just Give Up?" by Joshua Rothman (The New Yorker)
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/open-questions/should-you-just-give-up
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On this week's Coach Up, a lesson from the book "Everyday Zen" by Charlotte Joko Beck about expanding the upper reaches of your comfort zone.
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After a brief discussion of Ruth Chepng'etich's world-record marathon from this past weekend, Brad and Steve get into the science of the "hot streak" phenomenon in sports, creative pursuits, and even business. Why do hot streaks occur? Are they even real? And if so, what can we do to increase the likelihood of getting "hot" in our own life and work?
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This is the second episode of a two-part Coach Up where we're diving into the work of science writer Annie Murphy Paul and her book "The Extended Mind," which explores the ways in which our bodies and our environments impact our thinking. Last week, we explored how the movement of our bodies impacts our thinking. Today, we're talking about the ways we can use the physical spaces in which we live and work to enhance our thinking, productivity, and creativity. You'll learn how to use the everyday environment around you to replenish your attention, to make cognitively demanding tasks easier through "home court advantage," and to solve abstract problems through the use of physical objects.
"The Extended Mind" by Annie Murphy Paul
https://anniemurphypaul.com/books/the-extended-mind/
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Today, Steve, Brad, and Clay discuss three stages of tackling a big, ambitious challenge: (1) How do you find the right goal for you? (Particularly if you're someone who is finding it difficult to get motivated.) (2) How do you push through plateaus—and get used to the monotony of the grind after an initial burst of progress? (3) How to handle the come down that often follows in the wake of working towards something big (whether you hit your goal or not)?
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Over the next two weeks of Coach Up's, we'll be diving into the work of science writer Annie Murphy Paul and her book "The Extended Mind," which explores the ways in which our bodies and our environments impact our thinking. (This is the book we are currently reading in The Growth Equation Academy's book club. If you'd like to learn more about The Academy, click the link below.) Today, we're going to learn about "embodied cognition:" how our bodies impact our thoughts. More specifically, you'll learn how bodily sensations and physical movement can help you manage emotions, enhance creativity, and problem-solve.
"The Extended Mind" by Annie Murphy Paul
https://anniemurphypaul.com/books/the-extended-mind/
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In the performance world, there are a lot of supplements, a lot of questions about supplements, a lack of great data on supplements, and a lot of people trying to sell you supplements. Which can make for a rather confusing combo. So today, Clay talks with board-certified sports dietician Meredith Parmley to try to answer some big questions: Who actually should be taking supplements? Which ones work? Which are overhyped? What are some questions to ask before starting supplements? How should they fit into a larger fueling and nutrition strategy? They cover everything from creatine to magnesium to beet juice to protein powder.
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