You’re in “the zone.” ( like one-buttock playing)

You feel fully immersed in your work.

Flow is a state of optimal experience. ¹ When you are in that state, life goes fast because time flies by without you realizing it.

• Make hours like seconds.
• Effortless effort, timeless time.

The 3 Major Conditions Of Flow

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1. Clear proximal (nearby) goals
2. Clear and immediate feedback
   • Be able to see your progress
3. A balance between perceived challenge and skill
   • Challenge matched to skills

The Challenge-skills Equation

The 4 Stages Of The Flow Cycle By Herbert Benson

• 4 stages
  1. Struggle
  2. Release
  3. Flow
  4. Recovery
• 4 components
  • Selflessness — loss of self-consciousness and ego
  • Timelessness — the feeling of losing tack of time / transformation of time
  • Effortlessness
  • Richness — sense of control
• Prerequisite
  • Calm mind — being immersed in the present moment, getting into your body and out of your head
• Triggers
  • Complete Concentration — Flow follows focus
  • Clear Goals — Confusion creates chaos
    • Flow is about banishing all distractions, friction and resistance
  • Novelty — Inject something NEW in between tasks
• Remarks
  • Flow is not binary, i.e., neither “on” nor “off”
  • They work interdependently with each other