Are You a Hedgehog or a Fox? Flow Arts Personality Types
3,902 views · Published 13 April 2017 · 4:44 · Indexed 19 October 2026
Channel: DrexFactor Poi · 2017 · Howto & Style
Hedgehogs specialize while foxes have broad interests--so which is it better to be in the Flow Arts world? There's definitely a difference in personality types between folks who want to spin all the tools versus people who focus on just one or two, so what are the pros and cons of each? I'm borrowing an idea from a Greek poet named Archilochus, who described personality archetypes in a dynamic of broad interests versus one or two narrow ideas. The idea was resurrected by philosopher Isaiah Berlin and political psychologist Phil Tetlock. Short answer: I think we need both to have a well-balanced community. Here's why. Learn to spin poi like a Rock Star! Sign up for my 13-video series to learn the basics of poi spinning: http://drexfactor.com New to poi? Check out my 9-video beginner series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGRWu2f31dFVYp558VqSHdeESHGVkMbvz Use the promo code "drexfact0r" for a discount on your order from Flowtoys at Flowtoys at http://flowtoys.com or LanternSmith http://lanternsmith.com/?aff=2 or Ultrapoi http://ultrapoi.com?aff=drexfact0r Check out my 1-minute tutorials for bit-sized snippets of poi spinning knowledge: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGRWu2f31dFXHuPaaCC-w3sreHvycibcj Learn how to learn poi in my 5-part series on linear extensions: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGRWu2f31dFXyV43SSkW2HquXgksxKKlG Be sure to follow me on Instagram for the latest cutting edge tricks I'm working on: http://instagram.com/drexfactor Big thanks to the Friends of the Channel: Dark Monk: http://dark-monk.com Spinballs: http://spinballspoi.com Ultrapoi: http://ultrapoi.com Support these videos on Patreon: http://patreon.com/drexfactorpoi A huge thank you to this month's Patreon supporters: Lane Lillquist Ben Reynolds Anonymous Andrew Hammond Julian Campolo Chris Dibble Matt Brummett Ultrapoi Knut L Matt Schmidt Darren Russell EJ Frost Myles McNamara notan3xit behroze choudary Kyle Beacham Alexis Krohn Dominic Lamatrice Terry Laura Conner Fikret Manoglu Richard McKimm Michael LaHood FlowFests Kelly King Dennis Dyall Wallin Jonathan Maltz IReverend Brainskan Jaquob Harrison-Allen Dmitry Nagachevskyi Jimi Dennison Kelli Mack Jeremiah Johnson Annah Witherill
