In the first installment of The Concept, we learn about telic and its opposite, paratelic. These ideas inform our own internal motivations -- or that of our teams -- and they can radically change the results we see from our work.

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RESEARCH LINKS: 

• https://diginole.lib.fsu.edu/islandora/object/fsu:182009/datastream/PDF/view
• https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.00746/full
• https://trans4mind.com/transformation/transform4.2.htm
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reversal_theory
• https://scholarworks.uark.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1843&context=etd
• https://positivepsychology.com/theory-psychology-flow/
• http://www.dankalia.com/mind/dt/_pschlg/ReversalTheory/RT_TheoryMotiv.htm
• https://worldofwork.io/2020/03/reversal-theory-motivation-and-emotion-in-motion/
• https://flowleadership.org/flow-benefits/
• https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1036&context=rpta_fac
• http://michaelapter.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Personality_Dynamics.pdf