Your breaks shape your focus.
Amateurs escape into stimulation → work feels painful.
Pros rest into boredom - work feels like relief.
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If athletes can’t skip rest days without risking injury, why do we expect our minds to work non-stop without breaking down?
Burnout isn’t weakness—it’s biology.
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Ever wondered why some people chase chaos while others thrive in stillness?
It might come down to how your brain is wired.
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Your growth isn't just built in the grind-it's built in recovery.
Skip it, and you're holding yourself back.
Master it, and you unlock a whole new level.
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Make the work the reward, not the punishment.
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Flow feels like magic. But what if you could access it on demand?
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Your chronotype is like a fingerprint.
1 hour in the right zone can equal 4 wasted elsewhere.
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When work becomes your dopamine hit, focus becomes effortless.
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Full focus or full recovery. That’s how the best operate.
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Hours are fixed, energy is your real multiplier.
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Rían Doris is the Co-Founder & CEO of FlowState, the world’s leading peak performance research and training institute focused on decoding the neuroscience of flow states and helping leaders and their teams unlock flow states consistently. Clients include Accenture, Audi, Facebook, Bain & the US Airforce.
Along with being listed on Forbes 30 Under 30 Rian's thought leadership has been featured in Fast Company, PBS and Big Think and he hosted Flow Research Collective Radio, an iTunes top 10 science podcast.
Rían holds a degree in Philosophy, Politics & Economics (PPE) from Trinity College Dublin, an MSC in Neuroscience at King's College, London and an MBA. Rian is currently pursuing a PhD at the University of Birmingham.
Prior to founding FlowState, Rían co-founded Flow Research Collective with Steven Kotler, worked with NYT Bestselling Author Keith Ferazzi, and 12X NYT Bestselling Author Dr. Dan Siegel, and was distinguished fellow of the American Psychiatric Association.