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Sorry Anthony, Motivation Doesn't Work... Posted by: jameslillis
Video duration: 287 seconds Welcome to the Kryptonite Cafe, and the very first of our video podcasts. Why do we need to 'get ourselves motivated'? Does it work? Or is there a better way? There is, metaphor. Metaphors can be a double edged sword - we use them to describe the world, but before long they start describing the world to us... Part 1 Related: cafe, flow, james, kryptonite, lillis, metaphor |
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Flow (Part 4) Posted by: jameslillis
Video duration: 276 seconds Here we look at the first component of a flow experience - challenge. Related: challenge, csikszentmihalyi, flow, productivity, success |
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Sorry Anthony, Motivation Doesn't Work... (Part 2) Posted by: jameslillis
Video duration: 255 seconds Throw out all your old Anthony Robbins tapes. Forget about motivation, think metaphor. So how do metaphors shape our reality? Once we get a metaphor, we start to experience things through that filter. So if you are stuck in the rat race, you have more than a race to worry about... Related: anthony, cafe, flow, james, kryptonite, lillis, metaphor, motivation, robbins |
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The Slog/Flow Ratio (Part 1) Posted by: jameslillis
Video duration: 262 seconds What exactly do we mean by the word flow? In an interview with Wired magazine Dr. Csikszentmihalyi said that flow was "like playing jazz". I like to think of flow as the opposite of slog... Related: csikszentmihalyi, flow, james, lillis, management, metaphor, motivation, productivity, slog, success, time |
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Flow (in three easy steps) Posted by: jameslillis
Video duration: 194 seconds How do you get yourself into a state of flow? It's really easy, and really hard. Here's an interesing example I came across recently where a group of people got into a state of flow armed with nothing more than a sturdy cup... Related: cafe, experience, flow, james, kryptonite, lillis, motivation, optimal, productivity |
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Sorry Anthony, Motivation Doesn't Work... (Part 3) Posted by: jameslillis
Video duration: 267 seconds Part three... here we look at the positive metaphors that make all the difference to personal productivity levels. Related: anthony, cafe, flow, james, kryptonite, lillis, metaphor, motivation, robbins |
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Flow Components 2 & 3 Posted by: jameslillis
Video duration: 196 seconds We have looked at the first component of the flow experience. Here we look at numbers 2 & 3 - Clarity and Feedback. Related: challenge, clarity, csikszentmihalyi, experience, feedback, flow, motivation, optimal, productivity, success |
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Sorry Anthony, Motivation Doesn't Work... (Part 4) Posted by: jameslillis
Video duration: 272 seconds Part 4 - how do you switch metaphors? Good question - and not easily answered... Related: anthony, cafe, flow, james, kryptonite, lillis, metaphor, motivation, robbins |
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How To Be Miserable Posted by: jameslillis
Video duration: 221 seconds Ever wondered how you can be miserable? No? Watch as author Stephen Pressfield shows us how to be meaningfully miserable... Related: csikszentmihalyi, flow, inspiration, james, lillis, miserable, motivation, success |
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The Slog/Flow Ratio (Part 2) Posted by: jameslillis
Video duration: 237 seconds Can we get more flow for our slow? Find out here... Related: cafe, csikszentmihalyi, flow, gtd, james, kryptonite, lillis, management, motivation, success, time |
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The Secret is... That There is No Secret Posted by: jameslillis
Video duration: 228 seconds So what is the secret to switching from old metaphors to new metaphors? This question was put to me recently. Here is the answer Related: cafe, challenge, experience, flow, james, kryptonite, lillis, motivation, optimal, productivity |
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The Universe Hates You (and I'm not impressed either...) Posted by: jameslillis
Video duration: 212 seconds Is the universe your friend? Does the universe want to bless you? Contrary to what you may have been told, the answer is no. Quite the opposite. The universe is working every day to bring you into a state of equilibrium with ordinary everyday household objects. But there is hope... Related: australia, csikszentmihalyi, experience, flow, gtd, james, lillis, optimal, productivity, secret, success |
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Flow (Part 3) Posted by: jameslillis
Video duration: 160 seconds What is happiness all about - pleasure? Here we look at the crucial distinction between a life of pleasure and a life of enjoyment. Related: business, cafe, enjoyment, experience, flow, james, kryptonite, lillis, metaphor, motivation, pleasure, success |
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New and Improved Vodcasts! (What is a challenge?) Posted by: jameslillis
Video duration: 250 seconds Welcome to our new and improved format. The first question we are going to be asking is - what is a challenge...? Related: business, cafe, challenge, csikszentmihalyi, experience, flow, james, kryptonite, lillis, motivation, optimal, productivity, success |
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Sorry Anthony, Motivation Doesn't Work... (Part 5, Conclus) Posted by: jameslillis
Video duration: 381 seconds Last in our small series on the power of personal metaphor. Here we recap what personal metaphor is all about and look at the four positive metaphors that usually accompany the experience of flow. And the big question: how do you get a positive personal metaphor...? Related: anthony, cafe, flow, james, kryptonite, lillis, metaphor, motivation, robbins |
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Extreme Productivity Posted by: jameslillis
Video duration: 218 seconds My story about how I got interested in the concept of flow... Related: cafe, challenge, experience, flow, james, kryptonite, lillis, motivation, optimal, productivity |
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The Universe Hates You (and I'm not impressed either) 2 Posted by: jameslillis
Video duration: 226 seconds Why is that we are so surprised by difficulty and challenge? What is Resistance? All will be revealed... Related: australia, csikszentmihalyi, experience, flow, gtd, james, lillis, optimal, productivity, secret, success |
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The Ghost in the Machine Posted by: jameslillis
Video duration: 206 seconds Here we look at the magic variable, the ghost in the machine that makes all the difference... Related: csikszentmihalyi, flow, ghost, hawking, inspiration, james, lillis, machine, motivation, stephen, success |
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Do we really need goals? Posted by: jameslillis
Video duration: 180 seconds Here we look at the idea of challenge - the first component of a flow experience. Related: csikszentmihalyi, experience, flow, goals, james, lillis, optimal |
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We Can Be Heroes... Posted by: jameslillis
Video duration: 158 seconds Why do we take pride in our sufferings? Because they tell us something important - they tell us that we are heroes... Related: cafe, flow, hero, james, kryptonite, lillis, motivation, success |
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A Tribute To Sir Ed (or, Lies Scientists Tell) Posted by: jameslillis
Video duration: 185 seconds So why do people climb mountains? And why do scientists do science? The late great Sir Edmund Hillary gives us his opinion on the matter... Related: business, cafe, challenge, experience, flow, james, kryptonite, lillis, motivation, optimal, productivity, success |
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Did I Tell You About The Time A Shark Ate Me...? Posted by: jameslillis
Video duration: 211 seconds Why do we love to to talk about the difficulties? Why do we compare scars? It all goes back to the idea of personal metaphor... Related: cafe, flow, james, kryptonite, lillis, metaphor, motivation, shark, success |
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Let's Get Technical...! Posted by: jameslillis
Video duration: 178 seconds Just a few thoughts on some interesting issues to do with flow... Enjoy! Related: business, csikszentmihalyi, experience, flow, good, james, lillis, mihaly, optimal, zone |
