People Make Pyllon: Joy, Identity and Why Fun Still Matters

About this episode

Paul and James explore the importance of joy, identity, and agency in long-term performance and engagement.

In this episode, Paul and James dig into the real drivers of long-term performance and engagement: joy, identity and agency. This is for anyone trying to reconnect with the reason they started in the first place.

People in this episode

Host: Paul Giblin

Guest: James

Topics covered

• long-term performance
• engagement
• joy
• identity
• agency
• reconnection
• fun

Keywords

• performance
• engagement
• joy
• identity
• agency
• fun
• running

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