How to Stop Quitting When Things Get Hard

How to Stop Quitting When Things Get Hard

From Flow State Unlocked with Rían Doris by Rían Doris

March 31, 2026 · 8 min

About this episode

Rían Doris discusses strategies to maintain perseverance in challenging situations.

Download your FREE Scaling Blocker PDF here: http://www.flowstate.com/flow/scaling-blocker FREE 30-Day Protocol: https://flowstate.com/flow-in-30 ABOUT ME 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 Air Force. Along with being listed on Forbes 30 Under 30 Rían'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. Listen To My Podcast…

People in this episode

Host: Rían Doris

Topics covered

  • resilience
  • entrepreneurship
  • performance
  • neuroscience
  • leadership

Keywords

  • quitting
  • hardship
  • performance
  • flow states
  • entrepreneurship

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: FlowState, Accenture, Audi, Facebook, Bain, US Air Force

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