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I’ve been dancing around this somewhat complicated concept of flow and then yesterday I called

I’ve been dancing around this somewhat complicated concept of flow and then yesterday I called it one [Coach Tony]( Coach Tony [@tonystubblebine]( I’ve been dancing around this somewhat complicated concept of flow and then yesterday I called it one of my core values. You want to experience flow states because they are deeply satisfying. Spending more time in flow is something I optimize for over nearly everything else. ___ What is flow? There are some very flowery definitions out there, but I’d just say simply that it’s when you are “fully engaged in an activity.” Here’s what I mean by flowery. “…being completely involved in an activity for its own sake. The ego falls away. Time flies. Every action, movement, and thought follows inevitably from the previous one, like playing jazz. Your whole being is involved, and you’re using your skills to the utmost.” That’s from Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi who is the author of the book [Flow](. ___ You get into flow through modulation. Well, actually most people get into flow accidentally. It just happens. But if you want to manufacture flow states, you need to think in terms of skill and challenge. You enter a flow state when the challenge is just challenging enough for your skill level. Too challenging and you get frustrated. Too easy and you get bored. People modulate the challenge of easy tasks by turning them into games. I like to use a stopwatch and race myself. That makes any easy task hard. People usually modulate difficult tasks by cheating and finding ways to make that task easier. Writers do this with the sh*tty first draft. Writing a perfect essay feels impossible, so you write a shoddy essay first and then revise it. What is something that you are working on today that you think you could use to get into a flow state? Respond and I’ll help you strategize about this modulation concept. ___ Turn off interruptions. Oh yeah, turn off notifications and other interruptions. They don’t let you get into a flow state. In the modern workplace there are so many distractions, from messages to meetings, that result in a reduction of productivity. Yet a 10-year longitudinal study Cranston and Keller [[4](] showed people in flow states were 500% more productive. From [A Review on the Role of the Neuroscience of Flow States in the Modern World]( ___ Also from that paper… Here’s a bit of the neuroscience speculation about why flow states feel the way they feel. You’re engaged but most of your mental chatter is quiet. Therefore, Dietrich [[32](] introduced the first neurocognitive model for flow states as the transient hypofrontality hypothesis (THH) which considered flow a state of transient downregulation of the highest cognitive hierarchical component, the prefrontal cortices, defining flow processes in the form of transition from explicit to implicit information-processing systems. ___ There are many excellent coaches in the Coach.me [coaching directory]( but only one who actually had the author of the Flow book as his graduate degree advisor. That [coach is Jeff Fajans]( and I recommend him all the time to leaders who work in creative fields or rely on creativity. If that’s you, then I’m recommending him as an excellent executive coach. Don’t miss out on the other issues by Coach Tony [Become a member for $5 per month]( Did you enjoy this issue? [Yes]( [No]( [Coach Tony]( Coach Tony [@tonystubblebine]( Tips, inspirations, and knowledge on productivity, happiness, health, and making an impact on our world. Official email of the Better Humans publication on Medium. (@bttrhumans) You can manage your subscription [here](. In order to unsubscribe, click [here](. If you were forwarded this newsletter and you like it, you can subscribe [here](. Created with [Revue by Twitter](.

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