Get the FREE One-Month Day checklist here: www.flowstate.com/onemonthday Rían here. Thanks for watching! Ever feel stressed, scattered, and burnt out...even when you're not working super hard? That's likely allostatic load - and it's crushing your performance. With the science-backed techniques in this PDF, you can clear your allostatic load several times in a day to exceed a month’s worth of work in just 11 hours.
Hello sir Big fan of your channel, I actually have a request, Can you make a video on how people with ADHD can attain flow on command? It would be a great help!!(Although your videos have helped me a lot!!🤍)
hey my life does not allow to stack it up in my routine I can only do cold therapy, breath work, exrecise, heat therapy, sleep and meditation and nature. And there not stacked up so yeah and I cant do all of them so is it ok to not do all of them and not stack them up as I cant do that please.
Hey man, I have a few questions in regards to the video. Q 1. The body likes to maintain a level of homeostasis, so when we move out of a long phase or period of work flow, the base level of homeostasis is slightly increased, thus we shouldn't need as much recovery. If we were to pivot back to original base or somewhat lower point in order to get fast recovery, then won't it be us being lazy? Since if recovery rn means sleeping 8 hrs and after long period work phase where I consistently get 6 or 7 hours sleep, then 8 or 9 hours would make me feel lazy and lethargic, right? Another question is that Q2. body is slow to react to such fast oscillating loads, that's why many people stress the need for consistency. This ties into both homeostasis as in need of consistency and flow and the block or analog workflow of oscillating work-recovery phases. Q 3. The idea that the video is based on ties into physical muscle growth and strength. During evolution, use of strength/gym workout/ muscle exertion would yield either food/no food or survival/no survival type situations. If consistently failed to get food then it's death, if no survival then also followed by death of individual. The brain thus developed pathways to see higher pattern recognition, better neural pathways,release bdnf,other neurotransmitters to adjust for the lack of physical strength or technique or strategy. Thus, brain and muscle although had similar stimuli, but their growth and response are different. Muscular growth can be observed but we have only scratched the surface of how the brain performs and grows. Thus, is recovery period of 2 days as much needed, or like can their be some other ways to optimize this recovery process?
Thanks for your precious existence. Since i follow FRC i can't undo what i learned and practice since then. Hope to see this channel growing and some of the book of Steven translated into French. Thanks for helping us to reach the Impossible ! 🦁!
They allow for those of us who have a difficult time paying attention to get snapped back to the video. I do get over stimulated sometimes, though... to ease it, I close my eyes and listen. If that's not working, I will take a break. I hope this helps and that you have a wonderful day.
I didn't know that that's why I wasn't able to make sense of the video. I watched another one of your videos and I had the same experience. Definitely overstimulated. I'm sure your content is informative but the constant input is anxiety producing.
@shilombaba I stopped listening at 8:00 and stopped watching at 12:00 - Too much production; music, animation, B-reel?, analogy - a shame because there's a useful message in there.
My stress levels rose during this video hearing what sounded like someone loading a gun again and again! Honestly, getting off of our media and doing normal things like interacting with people and going outside is the key. Thanks for the reminder.
The guy in this video talks all the buzz words but lacks a real and deep understanding of neuroscience. Allostatic load is chronic stress. It takes 40 hours to recover from a bout of stress which is why people can still feel stressed on a Monday morning. The odd 3 day weekend would be beneficial for this. All his recovery activities are about reducing the level of cortisol in the body. There is nothing new just a lot of words that could be summed up in 30 seconds.
i have been in tears trying to get people to understand this. just get outside like a human and discover for yourself what you want in life and what youre capable of. its just grass. ot may itch but i pinky promise it wont bite😭
I agree. I think good old fresh air and sunshine, clean water to drink (instead of soda or caffeinated drinks), and grounding, will always be the free and simple answers to the over-stimulated brain and much of the unnecessary stresses we face daily, in general. These things can't dissolve our bills, but they can at least, refresh our minds and bodies so that we strengthen our immune systems and have a chance. 😊
I’m pretty sure my dad has been doing this pretty much coincidentally his whole career and coincidentally he is pretty successful in his endeavors. Every weekend he just goes on 10-15 mile hikes and relaxes in nature to relieve stress, and so far it’s worked for him.
I get it that you need to capture the attention of ppl conditioned by short form content, but could you upload a boring version edit of your videos that don't fry my brain after 10 seconds
I recommend just listening to the video as the second I begin watching it I also have a similar problem. I can process it way better with my own imagination though.
@@dashadow1817 are you even trying to understand what he is saying? He's saying that so many cuts and music leads to fopamine overdose in your brain, which is harmful and doing opposite of what they are teaching.
Notes while I'm watching: - "Executive athletes" ensure that work improves their minds instead of burning them out. - Oscilate between exertion (work) and recovery (not relaxation). - Recovery extends your mental limits. - Recovery does not necessarily feel relaxing. Recovery methods - Breathwork (4 7 8 breathing method and box breathing) - Cold therapy (ice bath, cold shower, cold swim, etc.) - Heat Therapy (Sauna, hot baths, sunlight) - Myofascial release (Massages, foam rollers, stretching) - Meditation (basic but difficult to master, can be replaced with breathwork) - Exercise (literally releases feel good hormones) - Nature (hiking, looking at wide horizon levels - from Andrew Huberman) - Sleep (seems passive but is actually mentally stimulating) How to test if an activity counts as recovery: Objective - If your heart rate variability (HRV) is increasing over time during the activity, it is likely a recovery protocol. Subjective - It feels like you just came back from a vacation. For workaholics: Recovery is just as important as work, and you'll be beaten by those who "out oscilate" you. More workload = More recovery: - Take 1 hour every day - Take 1 day per week stacking different recovery protocols. (Eg. Cold shower, then hiking, then breathwork, stretch, sauna session and a nap) - Every month take 3 days fully dedicated to recovery (ideally include a digital detox period) - Every quarter take 10 days (1 week plus 2 weekends) - Every year take a full 2 week recovery vacation (for a complete reboot). Live like a lion: - Ferociously sprint when working, followed by exorbitant recovery. - Don't aim to stay busy, aim to get shit done. It's not supposed to be a marathon, it's a sprint. - Fully working, fully recovering. This "one or the other" binary mindset helps your brain simplify your life. Thanks for reading. Just remember to go easy on yourself as well, you're human, but always strive to be better. Become an executive athlete. Much love
This is literally all I do, plus making music and painting. But I’ve been dealing with terrible health like fibromyalgia that makes it impossible to keep anything up. I’be been searching for years for how to get better, and I’m getting there. I have a lot to give to the world.
For cold therapy you can also have cold showers, even if its 30 secs at the end of your warm shower as Dr. Huberman says on his podcast. Then slowly build up to a full cold shower step by step.
The background sounds are very loud i can barely focus on what you are saying, lower the bs please, your videos are awesome they literally helped me out.
Dude, my wife and I, and most of our kids are ADHD- neurofeedback enhanced, however. We could take this format and loved it. Dumbing stuff down and drawing it out is not helpful. I say this after looking at the comments below. We plan to take to heart what you've just gone over, as we have high performance jobs- and we're kinda burnt out from time to time and highly fit your description. Thanks for sharing this content.
Great content, I’ve written down what you suggest and will put it into practice. Thanks a million for sharing. By the way, you look very like John Moore, the Rebel Entrepreneur 🌺☘️
As someone with ADHD I loved all the quick cuts and noises, helped keep my interest. I've never heard of allostatic load, but thinking on my experience I can totally see now the difference between relaxation and recovery. If I spend the weekend trying to put a lot of time into my hobby projects I feel so stressed going into work, but when I go on a 2 day backpacking trip over the weekend I feel so calm and refreshed the entire week, even though it meant I had to put off making progress on some of my important side projects, which normally would cause me to feel anxious. I've also noticed when I actively listen to certain music like classical music, especially going to see a live performance, there is a similar affect. I just feel calm and clear afterwards for days. I don't get that from passively having pop music playing in the background or something. And I thought I was crazy for how big of a difference even doing meditation for 10 mins a day makes me feel stress-wise, I thought for sure it couldn't matter that much, but now I see it does! Thanks for the great info.
As someone who’s extremely active and works 7 days a week, I do all of these things & I can confirm that they work & help a crap ton . My energy levels are at the highest point they’ve ever been . Great content, thanks for sharing .
Key Moments for me 5:35 supercompensation 7:52 Relaxing is not replenishing the neurochemicals you have used up during the day 8:32 balance needed 9:15 The 4-7-8 method box breathing [new for me] 9:42 cold therapy 10:53 exercise can give you anandamide rush 13:18 diagram showing recovering then exertion then oscillating between them
staying in the moment and giving your task full attention helps to allow the matrix to pass over you. Everything changes as time passes. I learned somewhere along the line that we rally can only give attention to one thing at a time if we want a quality result.
You don't pray 'for' anything. Prayer is invocation, and invocation is communion Find me a successful person who did not believe in Spirit, and I'll show you 100 that do and did. Without spirit and faith, there's no success. Doesn't have to be God or within a religious framework. But every successful and happy person I've known in my life prays, meditates or worships. Even full on atheists are found doing zen meditation is they have any level of success in life. Ask and ye shall recieve. Don't ask with bitterness or desperation or with a grudging temper. Ask with love, and the heavens open
This channel is the one that I have been looking for years. I've been endlessly reading material, overwhelmed by the volume of research on flow states and motivation and finally Rian comes along who has made it his life's work. I am gonna crush this year I know. This is unlike any other self-help productivity channel.
Im a Comp Sci college student with ADHD who had been procastinating for years, somehow nothing I read or watched ever worked consistently, from books to productivity youtube videos to research papers. *Your videos have been a game changer.* they just click and tie all that research knowledge together in the very right way, and you have the perfect method of keeping your points clear and precise. you've really changed my life, keep doing what you're doing. much love. please consider making a video specifically for ADHD people looking to increase their productivity and access flow state better
am pretty sure I have some ADHD of some level and same bro, these videos are so good, but it is also CRUCIAL (I think anyways), to make your own protocols and make your own concepts that is what I have been doing and it's great.
Some people actually telling me that might have ADHD , and i want to go to CS as well . do you have any advice maybe ? and besides that , do u take prescription for you ADHD or some certain pills ?
@@hunk7932 I don't take pills and neither should you. Don't eat or drink sugar in any form, reduce your carbs to a minimum. If you work on a mac download the extension "self control" and put any distraction in there to block immediately. What works for me in regards of focus is finding a song or beats that I like and hear it 12 hours on repeat (no joke). If you want to put your mind on silence mode, what works for me, is trying to focus on the next thought, if I do this, I don't think anything, that is what is paradox. Otherwise just embrace your ADHD, you are most likely more intelligent than the average human, have a more creative mind.
I was most productive in my life when i did not have any free time. What I mean is my all my "free time" i filled with another kind of mental/sports activities instead of gaming, series, tv, youtube etc. I didn't feel exhausted at all. Felt much stronger.
Watching your videos is the most productive tink i have done in any vacations so far. Not Only I enjoy my vacations much more. I am certain that my next project will be achieved 70 to 100 times faster. Tank you M. Doris for sharing all this.
Been struggling recently because lack of motivation, I’m in sales great at my job, just burnt out. Never realized I just wasn’t properly recovered, I definitely though relaxing was the same. Will be adding this to my life. Will update after a month of doing this.
Step 10: Decibel Regulation. Highly IN YOUR FACE videos completely tops off your cortisol levels. Recovery : edit your videos to mimic a documentary and not a Mission Impossible movie.
The level of editing is soo obnoxious - i would dial it down, less epic music, clicking sounds and drastic cuts - man, you're telling people to sleep, hike and meditate, you don't have to be so dramatic
To be honest it depends on preferences I guess, as a person who has inattentive ADHD all these being dramatic what kept me focused until the end of the video because sometimes we need fireworks show just to stay allerted many times for absorbing new information
This video absolutely works. Since watching this vid., I implemented 1 hour daily active recovery (my go-to choice is cyclic sighing breathwork from Dr. Andrew Huberman since it reduced anxiety and stress more than box breathing and mindfulness meditation in a study, but I sometimes do cardio instead). The first day I was burnt out and was passively scrolling through RU-vid to get my mind off work, and after doing 26 minutes of the breathwork, my burnout/mental exhaustion was like 70-80% lifted; it was insane how my energy just came back. Normally, I would've been stuck in that burnout state for 1-2 days minimum, so compare that to just 26 minutes... game changer. Then yesterday I might've overdone it on the active recovery because I was so energized that I didn't feel tired by the end of the day and thus had insomnia and only slept 2-3 hours. So maybe too much active recovery (and thus too much energy) can counter-intuitively be a bad thing, but idk. Maybe I'm starting to need less sleep now after implementing this into my daily routine?
I've watched A LOT of videos on RU-vid. I'm confident to say that this is extremely well presented new information. It's clear there's a lot of research and experience behind this. Not just another video repeating the same 5 things everyone already knows. Kudos! Subrcribed without watching any other videos yet. But I will, soon. Keep that quality up, it's amazing!
Recovery is part of the work. 50% recovery. 50% work. No exceptions. Bake them every day. Every week, stacking 1 day. Every month, stacking 3 days. Every quarter, 10 days. Every year, 2 weeks. Live like a lion. I am getting such great reinforcement from this video. Thank you!
Allostatic overload sounds a bit like burnout! Totally agree that zoning out in front of the tv isn't necessarily recovery. Parasympathetic massage is a great way to allow some of that stress to release. I'd just be cautious of the cold therapy if your adrenals aren't functioning great, maybe leave that for when you're further into your healing.
Hard pill to swallow: Success isn't just about the grind, it's about the recovery. If we're constantly: • Burning the candle at both ends • Ignoring the signs of "allostatic load" • Neglecting the power of active recovery methods like breathwork, meditation, and nature We're setting ourselves up for burnout, not peak performance. The elite understand it's not about outworking, but about out-oscillating. If you want to truly excel, embrace the rhythm of exertion and recovery, and avoid the trap of the gray zone. Keep going my dudes
very nuanced, very true, complexity is what we should always look for, or should I say what works for us personally? but either way things aren't black and white
I think most guys already have a lot recovery, who's working 16h a day? Not many. So don't make recovery an excuse to not work. You'll also notice that u can go a lot further than ur brain thinks, it's uncomfortable but to overcome
Excellent points. Breath work, mediation and hiking in nature works wonders for me. Cold exposure seems horrible for me personally though. I tried it a few times. Every time I got sick or got a migrane.
Wow I needed to hear this. I put a lot of pressure on myself to accomplish so much in one day, but I never focus on how I’ll recover. I push past my limit because I think I can handle it, but I’m also shortening the height of my limit. Thank you for sharing this video! It really helps!
Thank you so much, Rian Doris. I've been watching your video for a month. I started watching video about taking a boring break like staring a wall for 10 minute. Everytime when I watched your video, I felt so motivatived. You are really helping me redesign my life in a positive way. I have so powerful confidence that if I stick to watching your video and absorb the methods in these videos for increased productivity, it will change my life. This youtube channel is just LEGEND!!
It’s amazing to me how much value and knowledge each of your videos give I especially love this one - I’ve been monitoring what I’ve been calling “fatigue” for months, trying to wrap my head around it, and how to decrease it. Rain’s videos about Rest helped me a lot, but this is a whole new level! 🚀☀️🙏🏻
I literally can't explain how much i needed this video. Since my very childhood i was told to do as much as i can, always be "productive" and rest less. I graduated from school with very high results and now I am studying in one of the best physics university, but I feel FULLY exhausted every day. I can't do the simpliest tasks and my brain doesn't work properly. I even thought that i have autism because I spend hours studying but forget everything the next day and look stupid. I had huge problems with my self esteem because of that and my decision to handle the situation was.. to study more!! Now after watching this video I am crying because i thought that I have disabilities but i'm just exhausted by YEARS of restless work😢
Majority of us even don't know that we're suffering, Its good that you were aware and that's when we strive for more information to fix it... This was a great video for sure.
As a student who studies 12+ hours a day i always stuck at recharging my body is not even half the productive as it was the earlier day and now i realise why what i was doing was relaxing myself and not recovering from the previous day. hands down this is one of the best video on how to get recovered.
This is so useful! Very clear explanation of the necessity of rest for health AND performance. Consider not creating the distinction between relaxation and recovery, because the things you described (tv/media input, alcohol) are not actually relaxing for our nervous systems. Also, consider how many of your viewers are trauma survivors and remove the term lazy and include the information that some of the recovery methods you recommend (ice baths) can be detrimental when the allostatic load that you have comes from trauma. Thank you for this conversation!
I had the same reaction to him degrading the word relaxation...for those of us who know what true relaxing means and not the casual escapism he refers it to...yeah deep relaxation is definitely recovery.
From Claude: The transcript discusses the concept of "allostatic load" which refers to the physical and mental wear and tear caused by constantly adapting to life's pressures. It highlights the importance of recovery in counteracting this load and optimizing performance. The key points are: Recovery is as important as the work itself for peak performance. It allows the body and mind to rejuvenate and recharge. Relaxation is not the same as active recovery. Active recovery involves practices like breathwork, cold therapy, heat therapy, exercise, meditation, and spending time in nature that actively promote healing and reset the nervous system. The ideal approach is to oscillate between intense periods of work (exertion) and dedicated periods of active recovery, just like an athlete alternates between training and rest. Ambitious professionals should aim to "live like a lion" - working with 100% intensity, followed by complete recovery, rather than operating in a constant state of busyness. Recovery should be scheduled and prioritized, with daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and yearly recovery periods factored in to clear allostatic load and expand capacity for peak performance. The transcript advocates treating oneself as an "executive athlete" by mastering the art of oscillating between intense work and strategic recovery periods to achieve elite levels of productivity and well-being.
I search youtube for a intense full body workout and for the first few days i was feeling the best and i got complacent and made my workouts slower so i had more rest time, this made my body reduce my energy i was still eating like a BEAST but i treated my life as my exercise taking more rest then action.
For everybody saying this video increase their allostatic load, this is why : You instantly understand all the tings you can do now. This create dispersion and anxiety. It happened to me on a couple of videos of M. Doris. You need to accept the discomfort it creates and go on watching more video of M. Doris. M. Doris give you all this informations backed by a lot of science. Your Role as the person watching the video is accepting the discomfort it create. It is probably easier for me as I already self taught 20-50% of M. Doris Knowledge. I tink the first element you should work on is to accept emotionnel discomfort. 2 others important point is to, at a minimum, acquire skills that allow you to earn enough money for your basic needs and to spend the minimum to be sure money it’s not a distractions.
All the recovery protocols like cold therapy, meditation, sauna, hiking, do work. But you don't need them. They are like a signal that tell your brain that it's time to let go of whatever is on your mind and focus on the moment. You can actually directly achieve this without doing the external activity. It's the practice of being at peace with yourself and letting your mind just simply be. Don't think about anything and accept everything as it is. As you relax, feel the kindness all around, be one with it. You can learn more about this in the book Psycho-Cybernetics.
I'm almost finished with reading Psycho-Cybernetics. I used a technique from it to great effect today. I've worked 21 days in a row and ate a big lunch with my family so I was exhausted for my evening job, and my mind was running on empty by the last few hours. So I used a technique where I conjured the image I have of my mental sanctuary: a big comfy chair on a wooden porch with a roof over it Victorian-style, while it's raining hard on an otherwise warm day, the perfect place and time to sit and read a novel. I pictured this image for only a few minutes, and it was like my batteries completely recharged and I finished the day strong as ever. The mental techniques in that book are incredible to say the least. I've also benefited heavily from the exercises in visualization, and I noticed my inner self-talk is now overwhelmingly positive. There is hardly a moment in the day when my self-talk is negative, and then it reverses instantly in compassion for myself, followed by a reflexive reminder that I am actually capable of achieving great things. The mindset I've gained from it is worth more than the book's volume in gold.
@@brianjones9780 Glad to know you're using the book to such a great outcome. My mental image is that of a japanese garden. Whenever I picture it in my mind, a feeling of tranquility engulfs my mind.
Yeah, I'm really interested how does it work in the long run. Are you really able to override 80% of your nervous system going FROM the body TO the mind with the remaining 20%? Hint: I tested it out for over 2 decades: you absolutely CANNOT. Is what is mentioned in this video around 10x easier and 10x more effective? Absolutely, YES! Look at it from a simple standpoint of everything in Life: COST VS RETURN. Going MORE into your mind is one of the worst ideas a human can have! But you do you for however long it works (I do not deny it works for a little while, and works wonders!). Just remember there's another way once this one stops being as effective as it one was (diminishing returns). Balance is NOT about a POINT you achieve. Balance is about swinging around that point and variety vs familiarity.
Wow! Why do I feel like he completely NAILED it with this!? I don't even remember how I got here or what I was even doing before I came across it, but I'm GLAD I did. Definitely subscribing. This is exactly what I needed. Thank you Rian. Im looking forwarding to putting these to work and integrating it. It sounds exhilarating and deeply needed.
For me, I structure my self-learning as an experience that I enjoy and quantify it in smaller increments. This made my self-improvement efforts produce feelings of relaxation and accomplishment. Since the efforts are organized in such small units I can easily take advantage of every small amount of time, instead of simply wasting it.
I barely ever subscribe to a channel based on one video and you're an exception. So many fit people blabbering useless 10 minute videos but this was such a great reminder of why I needed recovery to be more productive and the binary method was so valuable and when you talked about Prof. Andrew Huberman is the icing on the top :) Awesome work! Please do keep giving this same value and more :)
I know you have to work to find this type of knowledge but after watching hundreds of videos why is this the only video I’ve found that truly explained this
I guess this is a rather rare comment to read but I legit got off the video after like 1 min because it was too stimulating. I appreciate the time and effort that has gone into editing but I feel like it is so overedited and just like flooding my brain with sounds and fast cuts, as well as b-rolls (I think that were these videos that one shows while talking). I guess for people who consume a lot of videos and even short videos that kind of editing is necessary because of their low attention spans, but for me it is simply too much - and I'm just 20 years old. I'd rather watch unedited videos where one is just spitting facts than this, where every image that flies in is combined with a "pling pling" sound, for me that is too much and pushes me into the wrong direction, I don't want to get so much dopamine or stimulization out of yt anymore and editing like this makes me feel stressed. Just had to get this off my chest, have a nice day whoever you are :)
personally i found the editing style and sound effects beneficial. Im someone whos been stuck in a rut for the past 8 years, and this video flipped some kind of switch in me. we'll see where it goes but im going to start with breathing protocol and cold therapy, along with getting back into regular exercise. the times in my life where i have been most successful were the times i slept the best now that i think about it. thanks for the video, hope to see some results but understand it wont be overnight
Really felt the fatigue after waking up and started working and went straight into to flow. Now will try to nail the recovery protocols. Thanks for the great video man!
"When you're working late sunday in the office and thinking you're getting ahead of the competition, the irony is that the opposite is happening. (...) especially if work piles up and deadlines loom, lean into the active recovery." Tools for active recovery: - Breathwork: 4-7-8 breathing method, box breathing (easier than meditation) - cold therapy: ice bath, cold shower - heat therapy: regular sauna sessions, hot baths - massage - structural integration therapy - myofascial release (e.g. with blackroll, tennis ball -> release muscle tension) - meditation - exercise - hiking - spending time in nature (just looking at wide horizons has a calming effect at the nervous system) - sleep Notes: • There are some activities that don't feel like relaxation as we're doing it, but lead to recovery (e.g. ice bath, exercise) • just laying on the couch and watching Netflix after work is relaxation but isn't contributing to our recovery. -> relaxation and recovery aren't the same. • muscles are growing during the recovery period - recovery is as important as the tension (our professional work life). It's 50/50 --> recovery is part of the work! • Schedule your active recovery routines similarly to how you would schedule work tasks. (Bake them in everyday, take an hour. Maybe daily practices in the morning or in the evening for recovery) • every week you want to take a day where you stack these sorts of active recovery protocols (e.g. going for a swim, doing a workout and going for a hike in nature, the having a nap and then having a massage -> all at the same day) • Every month take a 3 day-period fully dedicated to recovery (including digital detox during this period) - each day is filled with these active recovery protocols • Every quarter take 10 days (1 week + 2 Weekends) to reset and have active recovery be no1 priority • Every year take 2 Weeks off for a complete reboot • 2 tests if something is working for recovery for your nervous system: 1.) Objective measure: Heart rate variability (HRV) - it's a key indicator of stress and recovery balance in the body. If you're doing a certain active recovery protocol and your HRV is increasing over time, this is likely functioning as recovery for you. 2.) Subjective measure: The activity gives you such a dramatical neurophysiological reset, that it feels like you've had a mini vacation. ("One thing i always like to do is in a long evening or a full day off, I stack a lot of these active recovery protocols together in one go and then I come back to work on monday with that just back from holiday feeling. So you want to be able to get the 2 week vacation feel in hours with the right active recovery protocol.") • Ideal: Live like a lion. Either work with 100% intensity or being 100% switched off, recovering deeply and enjoying life. -> ruthlessly eliminate everything in between. Fully on. Fully off. That's it. (Note: There are more points than recovery for peak performance - watch the flow circle to learn more)
That's what i suffer from for 1 month or 2 i study extremely hard no place for rest. Even i study durong meals, even from class room to the gate in the evening. I want every single second od my life to be invested kn studying. But after 2 months i am exhausted and procrastinate. Now i was looking for ways to actually relax my mind. And coming here is eorth it.
Another value-packed video here RIAN. The biggest aha for me is probably the distinction between relaxation and recovery, which is also covered in depth in the last bonus module of Zero to Dangerous (highly recommended for anyone who's serious about taking their focus and productivity to the next level). If you want to live like a lion, surround yourself with others on a similar mission.
Really grateful for all the content you put out, Rian and Team! All my downloaded videos are from you guys. Applying one little practice at a time has helped me keep on keeping on. Especially as a creative professional (not accustomed to these biology-backed tips I used to think were reserved for athletic types only) your content makes a lot more sense to me than the cult pf personalities touting and prescribing only what they did on whoever will take them. Hoping to someday afford the Zero to Dangerous program! Until then, more power to FRC!
This is superb for people in corporate jobs, where they are just a cog in a machine and no one really cares about anyone else in the organisation except their own path. If you're doing something that holds meaning for you, things become different. You still need off-time, obviously, but you're probably not in the same slave-state as the guy in corporate.
After finally figuring out how to focus, plan and work hard. I now have a new struggle which is to *recover* , effienctly and effectively so that I can continue working. I've seen too many people hit the wall and become unable to work or sick for a long time.
as a person with ADHD who is sensory seeking, the editing was just active enough to keep me peeled but not flashy enough to overwhelm me. thought i'd add my piece since everyone is saying the editing and sounds are too much.
Jeez, take a breath and turn the bloody noise down! Holy Crap, I felt OK until I subjected myself to the onslaught of trying to listen to your voice in the middle of that Sound Effect Tsunami!
For meditation challenges, try to stop processing information instead of silencing your mind (like your visual processing information). Yields similar results, but how you achieve them is different.
Thank you for the valuable insights you offer. There much to learn from you. My intuition tells me you blend science with nature in a form that rings with truth. Thanks; I’ll be following you.
Thanks for sharing this, Gisele, and congratulations on a great first episode! I'm proud of how you've embraced joy in your heart and went for it. BRAVO! I'm going through a similar journey myself. You mentioned in the podcast that it took you two years to take action, which resonates with me as I feel I'm also getting prepared-perhaps upgraded. Sometimes, my ego labels me a procrastinator. I'm forging a new identity, which leaves me feeling very sensitive and occasionally lost. It's tough to muster the confidence to tackle life-changing projects. Last February, I left everything-friends, home, work, family (though I did bring my husband along ❤). Upon arriving in my mountain paradise in southern Bulgaria, I experienced a profound spiritual awakening. Living me with an existential crisis, in the best way possible. Returning to work has been challenging, and I feel a strong call to do exactly what you're doing: to educate, inspire, and serve as a beacon of light to others. I want to bring light to darkness, I want to bring love to places, people, and circumstances that love has not yet reached. Being honest with myself has led to an intense love and pride for who I am, my connection with the universe, and my vibrational contribution to the collective. I'm writing to you with tears rolling down my face. It's been a while since someone inspired me this much. Thank you so much ❤. You've gained a loyal subscriber in me. 😊. Sending lot of love 💕
Thank you so much for this content. I realize it is free and I’m very grateful. I would so appreciate it if you didn’t have all those background noises. They are incredibly annoying. I really appreciate your content and I really want to listen to what you say.
Thank you this is useful! So really what we are doing is metabolizing our chemical load effectively and resetting? It makes sense from instinctive behaviours we would naturally do that as opposed to conscious behaviours using the same pathways we tend to not relate that activity to needing a recovery and really turn towards relaxing rather effective relief. Im liking your content! 😊
This is an important topic. I have heard that taking one day off each week is essential to efficiency and productivity. It can be one of the days of the weekend, or a different day. The people of France once tried to make a ten day work week and it was devastating. The fast food company that is closed on Sundays has been making more profit than McD’s. Releasing yourself from work and resting for a day is important for good health as well as productivity. On a different note, I find that doing ten to fifteen minutes of stretching can make me feel as good as taking a twenty minute nap some days. Worth a try.
Regarding "relaxing in front of the television," which is a myth that so many buy into, studies have shown that relaxation only occurs in the first 20 minutes, after which time stress begins to accumulate again. That's not even taking into consideration the fact that you might consider watching the news as "relaxing," which is anything but.
