When you get to that point where you are highly productive, and you feel like you can do anything, that is the state called "Flow". Jeremy Jensen has been studying flow for years and his passion is helping people lead authentic and intentional lives, rich with experiences that make them feel alive.

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Host: Peter Beaudoin Peter manages strategy and partnerships for an innovative alliance of energy companies committed to reducing environmental impacts through collaborative R&D efforts. Peter worked for more than 20 years in Asia building and investing in a variety of businesses. His most recent role outside of Canada was with the World Wildlife Fund, where he was the Chief Executive Officer of WWF China, based in Beijing. Prior to that, Peter lived in Hong Kong for 15 years working in the technology industry.

Guest: Jeremy Jensen is an entrepreneur, speaker, and mountain sports athlete - passionate about helping people lead authentic and intentional lives, rich with experiences that make them feel alive! His interests lie at the intersection of flow science, lifestyle design, and action/adventure sports.

He is the founder of Crux Academy, an online learning platform where you can learn from and engage with the world's best topic experts in the adventure community.

He is also the co-founder of Outwild, a community and event series that brings together outdoor and adventure-minded individuals to share ideas, optimize their lifestyles, create businesses, build meaningful connections, and play hard outside. 

Jeremy is also the creator of the Adventurepreneur Podcast, where he shares the stories of problem solvers, change makers, athletes, and outside the box thinkers - who have built their passion for adventure, travel, and the outdoors into businesses, projects, or fulfilling lifestyles.

His main priorities are to always be growing, helping other people, building and maintaining meaningful relationships, experiencing new things, and chasing flow states.

Jeremy holds an MBA and MA in Social Entrepreneurship from the American University, a BA in Spanish from the University of Utah, and is a certified flow lecturer/coach - studying under the world’s foremost authority and thought leader on flow and optimal performance - Steven Kotler.

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Show Links:

• Crux Academy (https://www.crux.academy/)
• Adventurepreneur Podcast (https://www.jeremyrjensen.com/podcast)
• Author: Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi(https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/66354.Flow)
• Author: Cal Newport (https://www.amazon.ca/Cal-Newport/e/B001IGNR0U)
• Author: Steven Kotler (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50209348-the-art-of-impossible)
• Dr. Huberman at Stanford (https://profiles.stanford.edu/andrew-huberman)

Show Quotes:

"Think about a good movie, a great conversation, playing with your kids. The moment where you're just shining in a meeting or with a colleague. Those are flow moments."

"Executives in flow are 500% more productive than not in flow. So, if you can imagine the implications over time, if you can systematize that, make it consistent. Yeah, pretty big implications."

Credits...

This Episode Sponsored By: New Idea Machine

Episode Music: Tony Del Degan

Creator & Producer: Al Del Degan