Long-Term Planning Is Keeping You Stuck, DO THIS Instead.
From Flow State Unlocked with Rían Doris by Rían Doris
March 24, 2026 · 8 min
About this episode
Rían Doris discusses how long-term planning can hinder progress and offers alternative strategies.
Download the FREE Certainty Window PDF here: https://www.flowstate.com/flow/certainty 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
- long-term planning
- peak performance
- neuroscience
- flow states
- entrepreneurship
Keywords
- long-term planning
- flow states
- peak performance
- entrepreneurship
- neuroscience
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: FlowState, Accenture, Audi, Facebook, Bain, US Air Force, American Psychiatric Association
Books & works: Forbes 30 Under 30, Fast Company, PBS, Big Think, Flow Research Collective Radio
Places: Trinity College Dublin, King's College, London, University of Birmingham
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