Chad Silverstein on staying in flow: identify what pulls you out (distractions, certain people, bad news), then design your environment to protect focus. When you ask for feedback, be specific about what you need and find people who'll tell you the truth.
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It's an interesting day. Feedback you can use. And like, Chet's talking in here about.
You know, how to put yourself in flow.
You know, I'd also challenge you to.
Think about, do you know what triggers.
You and takes you out of flow? So that you can kind of protect.
Yourself against those things.
Meaning that if you know that a distraction like, you know, bad news on your phone when it comes through the text because you're in a fight with a loved one, you know, can totally kind of ruin your day, then don't check your phone in the middle of a meeting. Don't check your phone if you're in the middle of Build to lead practice. You know, if you're doing something like, you know, building in yourself in a. In a spiritual way, maybe you're praying or meditating. Don't let something into.
Into your culture that's going to rattle.
You and take you out of wherever you are. So, you know, you gotta. You gotta study yourself to know what triggers you and takes you out of flow. And then also, you know, the things that you enjoy, the music you like.
The environment that you need to be.
In in order to put yourself in flow, and the people that take you out of flow and the people that make you feel like you got the.
Chemistry and, you know, all those things.
All those little nuances, there's just thousands of them. And you just have to focus on.
A couple, couple at a time, never.
Taking on more than you can, you can handle and figuring out, you know, how to get better. And one of the ways to get better is to get feedback and know.
Who you're going to get feedback from.
And what you're going to ask them for feedback for. Again, asking for feedback and showing, you know, lofting up a softball about, hey, can you tell me, like, how I'm doing? That's a terrible way to ask for feedback.
Ask for a very specific, actionable piece of feedback you can actually use and keep asking.
And hopefully you can get to a point where you don't have to ask so much.
You can actually figure it out yourself.
Or you just go to a couple.
Truth tellers who will just smack you right in the face with it and.
