From Striving to Flow: How to Fall Back in Love with Work

This podcast series explores a game-changing understanding of the human mind that operates “Before Psychology” — the secret source that exponentially increases peace, performance, and potential for any individual or organisation. 🧭 Episode Summary In this practical-meets-profound conversation, Piers welcomes back Craig to explore how people can genuinely love the work part of work—not by adding hacks and perks, but by subtracting what obscures our natural flow. Craig shares his new venture, Love Your Work, and a simple doorway into effortless productivity: Rather than pushing or “trying harder,” we explore how work becomes energising when the self isn’t busy resisting or controlling. Expect a grounded entry point that naturally points upstream to the deeper Before Psychology understanding—so the benefits don’t stop at a better half-hour block, they recalibrate how you work and live. We cover: Subtraction over addition: Why real engagement comes from removing friction, not adding pool tables, perks, or more process. The OFF Method: A practical way to turn everyday tasks and meetings into “objective meditation”—revealing the system’s built-in intelligence. From trying to allowing: How “trying” creates dissatisfaction and worse results, while allowing reveals presence, ease, and better outcomes. Aperture & flow at work: Why the same spreadsheet can feel draining one day and enlivening the next—clue: it’s not the spreadsheet. Art, sport & emergence: Brilliance arrives when the personal self steps aside From practice to default: Start with a doorway like OFF; let it point you to upstream seeing so flow becomes the baseline, not a borrowed state. 🔎 For listeners who: Sense there’s more to work than grinding—and want results with ease, not instead of ease. Lead teams and are tired of context-switching, Slack pings, and “performative productivity.” Want a non-woo, practical entry to deeper insight that actually improves delivery, wellbeing, and culture. Are curious about non-duality/Before Psychology but prefer a work-first, lived experience 🧩 Mentioned in the episode Love Your Work — Craig’s new venture (how to make work itself your source of wellbeing). The OFF Method (Objective • Focus • Flow) — simple instructions, profound implications. Aperture / Self-identification / Is-ness — the upstream principles behind effortless performance. Cold-shower / Urge-surfing analogy — leaning into sensation vs. conceptualising it. The Meta Realisation: The source of all lack of flow = Self identification ✉️ Connect & Learn More from Craig Craig's Love your Work Website The highly recommended Meaningless Problems podcast that Craig has created. Remember to check out the Forced Episode Craig's Linkedin Profile 💻 Explore more Quality of Mind resources: – Find all things Quality of Mind Video: Why Do We Describe Quality of Mind as Before Psychology? — clear 2-min intro Watch past clients talk about the power of Quality of Mind here Follow Piers on LinkedIn for regular posts and reflections

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From Striving to Flow: How to Fall Back in Love with Work is an episode from Quality of Mind-Transforming Business by Piers Thurston Making Change Work.

This episode is 56:54 long.

This episode was published on Sep 3, 2025.

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