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How to step into uncertainty, make progress, and find flow
Manage episode 400682218 series 2849375
Uncertainty makes it harder to make progress and find flow in meaningful things. In easy conditions, progress is a straight line toward an end point. But when there’s uncertainty, progress is more like a feedback loop.
In episode 68 of The Incrementalist, you will learn:
1) 0:09 When faced with the unknown, you can either do something or do nothing.
2) 0:26 The difference between uncertainty and ambiguity and why they both cause frustration.
3) 1:03 The Paradox of Control and how we create anxiety.
4) 1:47 How good anxiety works for you and bad anxiety works against you.
5) 2:09 The Progress Principle and ways to leverage it.
6) 4:03 How to step into uncertainty to make progress and find flow:
4:08 Tip 1
5:15 Tip 2
6:23 Tip 3 (stage 1 of flow cycle)
8:36 Tip 4 (stage 2 of flow cycle)
9:37 Tip 5 (stage 3 of flow cycle)
11:23 Tip 6 (stage 4 of flow cycle)
7) 13:02 Benefits of the Flow Cycle
8) 13:08 Benefits of the Progress Loop
9) 14:03 I'm making an online course currently titled "The Busyness Trap: How to Escape Overload and Focus on What Matters." To get updates on the course launch and registration process, subscribe to my e-newsletter at dyanwilliams.com or The Incrementalist YouTube channel or podcast.
Website: http://www.dyanwilliams.com/
The Incrementalist: A Simple Productivity System to Create Big Results in Small Steps, is available on Amazon and Leanpub:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CFHYHGFZ(Pros: lowest price for readers and readily available on Kindle)
https://leanpub.com/incrementalist(Pros: price flexibility for readers and 60-day money back guarantee)
Subscribe to e-newsletter at: https://bit.ly/3J9EbsD
Theme Music by: Sebastian Brian Mehr. Album – Olemus; Song – La Nieve.
70 episodes
Manage episode 400682218 series 2849375
Uncertainty makes it harder to make progress and find flow in meaningful things. In easy conditions, progress is a straight line toward an end point. But when there’s uncertainty, progress is more like a feedback loop.
In episode 68 of The Incrementalist, you will learn:
1) 0:09 When faced with the unknown, you can either do something or do nothing.
2) 0:26 The difference between uncertainty and ambiguity and why they both cause frustration.
3) 1:03 The Paradox of Control and how we create anxiety.
4) 1:47 How good anxiety works for you and bad anxiety works against you.
5) 2:09 The Progress Principle and ways to leverage it.
6) 4:03 How to step into uncertainty to make progress and find flow:
4:08 Tip 1
5:15 Tip 2
6:23 Tip 3 (stage 1 of flow cycle)
8:36 Tip 4 (stage 2 of flow cycle)
9:37 Tip 5 (stage 3 of flow cycle)
11:23 Tip 6 (stage 4 of flow cycle)
7) 13:02 Benefits of the Flow Cycle
8) 13:08 Benefits of the Progress Loop
9) 14:03 I'm making an online course currently titled "The Busyness Trap: How to Escape Overload and Focus on What Matters." To get updates on the course launch and registration process, subscribe to my e-newsletter at dyanwilliams.com or The Incrementalist YouTube channel or podcast.
Website: http://www.dyanwilliams.com/
The Incrementalist: A Simple Productivity System to Create Big Results in Small Steps, is available on Amazon and Leanpub:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CFHYHGFZ(Pros: lowest price for readers and readily available on Kindle)
https://leanpub.com/incrementalist(Pros: price flexibility for readers and 60-day money back guarantee)
Subscribe to e-newsletter at: https://bit.ly/3J9EbsD
Theme Music by: Sebastian Brian Mehr. Album – Olemus; Song – La Nieve.
70 episodes
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