Cultivate Mental Acuity and Tap Into Flow with Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman #269

Muscle Intelligence

Ben Pakulski

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4.8 • 745 Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2022

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Today's episode offers a unique insight into best practices to sharpen your focus, learning capacity, and overall intelligence... I often view intelligence in terms of that of a muscle - trainable, but also subject to atrophy if underused. If you seek to not only maintain, but improve on, your mental capacities as you age, this interview is a must-listen.

Dr. Scott Barry Kaufman joins me on the Muscle Intelligence Podcast today, for an episode that will push your limits of your own perceived brainpower. Dr. Kaufman, within his well-developed philosophies and witty, relatable manner, offers an approach to mental and creative performance that will leave you wanting to explore more.

Dr. Kaufman is a cognitive scientist and humanistic psychologist exploring the mind, creativity, and the depths of human potential. He is a professor at Columbia University and founder and director of the Center for the Science of Human Potential. He also hosts the #1 psychology podcast in the world— The Psychology Podcast— which was included in Business Insider’s list of “9 podcasts that will change how you think about human behavior.”

Dr. Kaufman is interested in using his research to help all kinds of minds live a creative, fulfilling, and self-actualized life. His early educational experiences made him realize the deep reservoir of untapped potential of students, including bright and creative children who have been diagnosed with a learning disability.

You'll learn:

How to Train Your Mind and Stay Sharp as You Age
The Important Factor to Improve Your Productivity
The ONE Trait Most Correlated with Increasing Creativity
How to Pull Yourself Out of Perfectionist Tendencies
The Tool to Hone Your Focus Despite Increasing Distractions

Plus, get your FREE copy of the episode guide, as a downloadable reference of the key points and implementable actions from this interview.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	The big part of engagement is this concept called flow, which a lot of extreme athletes
0:07.0	and anyone who's kind of top of their game describes the state of total immersion in what they're
0:15.0	doing and all the time receives in the background. And in order to get into that flow state,
0:20.0	well, first of all, you can't will it to happen.
0:22.5	You can't just say, I'm in the full state, you know, it won't happen. It seems like challenge
0:28.4	and overcoming a hardship in some way. Overcoming something is a good trigger for flow.
0:44.8	Yeah. something is a good trigger for flow. Hey,
0:45.4	welcome back to the muscle intelligence podcast.
0:47.4	I'm your host Ben Pocolski.
0:48.9	We scour the world to bring you the world's greatest humans,
0:51.8	people who are going to help you express the greatness within, to ultimately live your greatest life in a body you the world's greatest humans, people who are going to help you express the greatness
0:54.6	within and to ultimately live your greatest life in a body you love.
0:58.1	Today's guest is no exception.
0:59.7	He is the host of the number one psychology podcast in the world.
1:03.4	In 2015, he was named one of the 50 groundbreaking scientists who are changing the way we see the world.
1:08.6	He is currently a professor at Columbia University and a founder and director of the
1:12.9	center of science of human potential.
1:15.5	Dr.
1:15.8	Scott Barry Kaufman is a cognitive scientist and humanistic psychologist exploring the mind,
1:21.2	creativity, and the depths of human potential.
1:24.5	My kind of guy.
1:26.0	His early educational experiences made him realize that there's a deep reservoir untapped
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